Has anyone battling P M and Sex addiction?

Hi All,

I am fairly new to the group.

Are there any people on here in ongoing recovery from porn and Sex addiction?

I have been battling different forms of addiction over the years and I have managed to conquer compulsive masturbation and a gambling addiction in the past and my porn use has decreased majorly but I still struggle with triggers and urges for sex addiction.

I was a frequent sex addict and I managed to use urge surfing amongst other things like gym etc to refrain from physically acting out and I managed 10 months just a few weeks short of the year goal I set myself in my mind.

Have many of you experienced this over the years?

Would love to hear your stories.

 

Hi I have not done so no is it worth a read?
The urge to gamble disappeared a long time back but I am guessing it focuses on more than just that?

Thanks for your message☺

 

Will deffo give it a read cheers buddy

 

I would have many triggers. The behaviours would be fantasy and the urge to visit escorts I think p leads to searching sites several times a day and then eventually visiting an escort. At the peak of my addiction I would be watching p everyday and mo thrice a day as well as visiting chat sites and cam sites and visiting an escort every week or so. In this last two years or so I have managed to conquer the urge of cam sites and limited the viewing of p grately but I still struggle at times with with fantasy and the urge to see escorts. Through recognising my triggers I have managed to severly decrease the visits but I have acted out a few times. My longest streak has been over 10 months but the urges have always been there. Can you relate in any way?

 

I think it's about urge surfing and what I have realised is that porn use leads to fantasy for me which leads to searching sites I think having healthy distraction has helped me get to 10 months I always have to be busy when I am tired or have too much time on my hands idle that is when my urges tend to peak. What's your longest streak away from escorts and porn etc?

 

I am in my 20s that's really good streak wise. I think before being in a relationship I felt the same sex was just a mechanical norm the build up and the thrill would be the peak and after the sex I would just feel empty but after a while I became numb to it. When I was stressed or had time to kill it became a routine to M a lot and watch p and go to swinging clubs and visit escorts as I got older and into more than an nsa relationship I could go long periods without but a really stressful period would start to bring these feelings back and then clubs turn into m p and escorts to keep me in check or so I thought. I did have an unhealthy relationship with sex and m and p since a young age as it was a coping mechanism from childhood trauma