Haven't been on here in a while. I had been struggling with relapsing every 1-2 weeks over and over again. Have been pretty good about not binging or letting go completely for a year or longer, and kept it down to a minimum but eventually my brain would get the best of me and I would relapse. 2 years ago I had a lot of addictions. I was addicted to porn and fapping (obviously), nasal spray, antidepressants, lorazepam, weed, cigarettes, coffee, and was using painkillers recreationally that ultimately led to me using heroin a handful of times. First thing to go was nasal spray, then the pills, then in August of last year I quit smoking cigarettes. This one took a lot of willpower but I stopped cold turkey. This eventually led to me quitting weed and caffeine at the beginning of December. This was the hardest one for me along with fapping and porn. I am 38 days clean off weed. Anyways my point is, when I stopped smoking weed I simultaneously stopped fapping besides one incident a week in which didn't lead to O. I did this completely effortlessly, I don't even think about porn or fapping whereas before when I was smoking weed it was always on my mind even during a good streak. I made it a month without fapping one other time before but I was always touching myself and wishing I could have a good fap. I'm just not thinking about it anymore. It must be a dopamine thing, they are kind of comorbid addictions. Anyways just a thought, I'm not cured yet but at this point a month in and being more true to myself, I am no longer interested in my previous fetishes, in fact just the thought of that sends a chill down my spine and leaves me wondering what the hell was wrong with me. I really hope I don't go back and don't think I will as I have stopped all those things in the last 2 years. If you smoke weed and you are struggling with nofap, please consider stopping for a month to see how it affects your reboot. Thanks for reading.
Smoke weed is forbidden in my country, so I couldn't even if I wanted. But I have problems with caffeine. Unfortunately I have been drinking less but still a lot. But I'm ok even if I drink more because I want to stop first the PMO addiction, then the other bad habits.
To be honest, I do smoke weed, but I'm not a complete "bong ripper" type, trying to get "baked dude." I noticed since I started NoFap, I've been smoking a bit less weed. I went from 1 whole pipe bowl of weed to 1-2 hits of weed when I do decide to intake. However, I have cut down my alcohol usage probably by 75%. I used to drink every weekend, now I drink 1-2 times in moderation every month or so. I don't drink to get drunk anymore either. Everyone is different, do what works for you. I can function on weed better than I can alcohol, but if you feel you're better off without it, more power to you.
Started with a new therapist last week and she advised me to stop smoking weed as well because it contributes to my problem. It's a challenge because it's a big part of my culture, however, I have noticed the benefits. I am less tempted to fap.
ya man, but only about once a month. I take it like going to cinema, its fun, good time with friends but you cannot go on cinema every fuckin day
