Completed 30 days today, here is my small celebration!

Congrats!

 

Congratulations on your milestone ! May I ask if you have already identified what triggers your "PMO mode" since you mention it kicks in when there's a lack of RL relationships but then add that you have no problem approaching women and getting laid? I understand that something else gets in the way?

Spoiler: A thought about the "Controlling P" idea, make sure we don't hijack the success thread with it!

To be fair, controlling P like they would control drugs would have the same deterrent effect : people would do it in the shadows, the industry would need to use unregistered/unprotected workers, and users would still continue to do it.
Any control measure that governments or civil society want to apply to drugs or anything that's a fertile ground for addiction should learn about Portugal's stance and history : After decades of harsh fighting and repression, they stopped the "war on drugs", legalized all drugs, and used the (vasts amounts of money that were used for all that shite) money to help their citizens get out of drugs way, like getting support, care, housing, etc, instead of making them pariahs and outlaws (which only grounds someone more in their abuse and behaviors). If anything, control measures applied to P could be educating people with real risks, real science, real testimonies and real support. When people are educated and know what they're going to face, they make a decision, and these experiements show that people ahve a massive tendency to move away. The appeal is gone. The secrecy is gone. The "being part of a hidden/trendy club" feeling is gone. Etc

I don't want to hijack your thread so I posted this in a spoiler

 

Congratulations!
I'm coming up on 30 days myself. After joining here in August 10, 2016, I've had a couple of good runs but never made the full 90 day reboot yet.
I'm older and addicted to PMO for many years, so I expect that my reboot will require much more time. Also, I'm not sure what kind of recovery I can have at my age and circumstances.
Maybe "monk mode" will define the rest of my life, but that's okay.
Quitting PMO has shown me how powerful and destructive a habit it has been. I'm determined not to die a PMO addict, and hopefully I can experience true love and companionship again.

 

Very inspiring!

 

Many congratulations for your streak, we have to stay strong, I had time that I did not enter here and these publications motivate me to continue and get my rebooting.

 

Exactly ! You know what comes to mind when I think of that? This scene from The Matrix :



Trinity: Get in.
(Switch pulls out a gun to Neo's face)
Neo: What the hell is this?
Trinity: It’s necessary, Neo. For our protection.
Neo: From what.
Trinity: From you.
Switch: Take off your shirt.
Neo: What?
(Switch seems annoyed)
Switch: Stop the car. Listen to me, coppertop. We don’t have time for twenty questions. Right now there’s only one rule, our way or the highway.
Neo: Fine.
(Neo opens the car door and starts out. Trinity catches him.)
Trinity: Please, Neo. You have to trust me
Neo: Why?
Trinity: Because you have been down there, Neo. You know that road. You know exactly where it ends. And I know that’s not where you want to be…


Neo is us, the guy that looks for a change but clearly isn't prepared to welcome the change at any cost. In this scene he's at the crossroads, and like Trinity says, he knows the other path so well already, and doesnt like it.
Trinity could be our helper, this community, or even the person we wnat to be, that guides us and tries to reason us through this step
Switch and Apoc are the agents of change, they know what needs to be done and are not there to make it enjoyable. They're here to make it happen.

In case anyone wonders, I'm currently working on a big-ass article about the similarities between The Matrix (Episode 1) and the NoFap/Reboot process to get out of the addiction. I'm making slow progress only at the time (mainly because writing so much stuff in english when it's not your mother tongue can be painful at times!)

 

Hi from all the Beta males and the others!

 

Hi from all the Delta males and females!

 

I've been looking for serious ressources on this Alpha/Beta/Delta/Omega etc thingy, but there seems to be infinitely more dubious sources than helpful ones. Anyone has tips regarding where to find proper information?

 

Very inspiring thread. Thank you!

 

You made my day bro...
Congrts!!

 

Congratulations... more than motivated to succeed.

 

Yeah that's the main ressource I've found, although this page seemed helpful at first, the rest of the website is filled with extremely dubious information, often feeling like a honey trap for people with low self-esteem, in order to make them buy a book of courses or whatever. I'm not convinced

 

its only 8 days ... i had a hard days today and yesterday but somehow manage to keep it up! Somehow im sure I will make it 90 days. I decided to reward somehow myself every 10 days. what do you think about it?