Day 7, New Streak...previous streaks of 98 & 174 days

Hey all,

Today is day 7 today of a new streak, as you can see in the title I've had longer, streaks, but never managed to hit my goal of 6 months (as you can see I came mighty darn close)...I just want to say that Nofap will not cure any problems you have, but it will dam sure FORCE YOU to confront them. Once you're in this process you will really learn what true challenge is about and that is when you truly start growing.

I can honestly state that I've achieved much more in my 174 day streak than I achieved in the last 2-3 years (24-years-old right now). I got the courage to pursue woman with more confidence and go on dates, I started playing guitar again, started working out, quit smoking weed and got rid of toxic friends. Above all these, the greatest benefit I have gained is self-control. You see, the thing about Nofap is that once you're able to gain control over a very intrinsic part of your being, the very primitive thing that makes you a man; your biological urge to reproduce (sexual urges) - how much easier can it become to take control over other areas of your life? To me, this is the core of what makes Nofap so successful for many. With this being said, I find myself hardly ever getting too angry or allowing my emotions to get the better of me anymore, but I am not out of the water just yet...

At this point in time I would say that I am far from being the Man I would like to be in society. There are days when I still feel insecure. There are days when I still feel lazy to get up nice and early, but the difference now is that I have a greater drive and will power to improve every day of my life. I am very excited to go again, and this time I am aiming to finally reach 6 months and beyond, but personally, I do not want to WANK ever in my life again. Thank-you so much to Nofap and all the fapstranauts who support and inspire us everyday - you guys are legendary. Never give up and always remember that ONLY YOU can truly determine how you feel about anything in life and with this in mind, the sky is limit.

To end off I would like to share a few tips that helped me on my longer streaks;

- Don't edge, just DON'T. Treat edging the same way you treat MO & PMO.

-Count by the Week, not the day. Now this one may particularly help guys who genuinely struggle to get pass day 3-4. Many guys on Nofap suggest not even counting the days and you can understand why as their is always too much emphasis placed on the number of days and many guys take it quite hard when they relapse and then look at their day count. What particularly helped me with my 98 day streak is that I counted in weeks, so each day actually meant nothing until I made it to another week! This completely helped me breeze through 7 days as I was not counting daily, thus not putting any added pressure on myself. Another great thing is that once I hit a week, I would always say to myself "...maybe I can do another week!", and that became my goal. Before you know it, you will have like 15 days under your belt by simply counting twice!

- Get active and find new hobbies or interests! Like I said, Nofap is only a catalyst to help you on your way, but if you stick to your regular habits then you're likely to fap as this is part of your regular habits. BRANCH OUT and distract yourself.

-Obviously; STAY AWAY FROM PORN SITES and any other triggers.

- If you believe in God like I do then PRAY!!!! Pray that God will help you and make you strong to temptation. You are weak, but He is STRONG.

- Meet girls!! The more chicks you befriend and chase, the more confident you'll become and the more fapping will seem like a non event in your life.

-Cold showers. Okay, now I know this has been touched on a million times, but it wasn't until taking them that I started having the courage to approach more woman! I am dead serious, after having the WILL POWER to face the unpleasantness of the cold water you will be amazed at how this will expand into other areas of your life. It's also a fantastic way to combat stress. Unfortunately, being quite small and skinny I've had to stop as I was losing some serious weight (or rather becoming very lean) and this impacted my gym goals, but as soon as I hit my target weight I will be back under the cold water.

 

Awesome dude, if you know you X7 tables, then you'll still be able to figure out the day haha...I relapsed because of a moment of weakness laying in bed too long one morning and going on Chatroulette...