How do you stop yourself when your body is screaming?

Thank you everyone - this is more advice than I could have asked for, it's much appreciated. I let my addict self continue what is now a pathetic 4 day binge, the first time this has occurred.

One thing I can say about my strategy with nofap is that I try to employ a "don't change anything and hope you will just stop" strategy. Even when I try to change, it usually goes a few days before I just fold into my old habits, and I attribute this to lacking a plan.

If you fail to plan, then plan to fail. This has rung true for years now, and I think it's time to recognize that my failing to plan is really getting old and at this time just asking to relapse.

Taking all your advice, it seems that it is essential to control the DIRECTION of my thoughts. I can't necessarily change WHAT I am thinking about right now, but I can influence how I interpret and respond to them. Also, I love the DEADS document.

Also, I will be writing my plan in my first private journal entry tonight. It is my goal to make this daily. I will take note of my weaknesses, and by letting my thoughts go in written form I believe I will avoid being consumed by them.

I really hope this is it boys. I believe this time will be a genuine and well thought out effort where I will give primacy to the internal (self) rather than external

 

I’m so disappointed in myself. After I wrote this post I journaled for 3 days. I got lazy in number 4 and shortly relapsed thereafter. I didn’t go back to journaling and failed on day 3, as usual.

you know what the problem is guys? It takes me 2 to 4 days before I get my first incessant urge to relapse, which 90% of the time I fail due to it. The first urge…

talk about no backbone, I can’t deal with even the slightest resistance . How embarrassing…