Hi all, I've been practicing the Buddha's teaching for the past 8 years or so, following the forest tradition. In parallel I've been dealing with PMO addiction for...pretty much all of my adult life. I've already done several 90-days-free etc, but I always end up "falling" eventually, due to countless excuses. Been keeping the five-precepts on a daily basis, and once a week doing the eight-precepts, so that's really helpful (helps me "break" any cycle that I get into). As I dont use any kind of mind-altering substances, my "only" stress-coping-tactics are mobile usage, watching TV, junk-food eating, and eventually PMO. I've also got a lot of stress in my life (mostly around work and relationship), so I think I just need to find a better/healthier way to cope with that, or simply reduce it to a manageable level (remove the underlying factors). As we all know, the real problem is not the porn itself, that's just an outlet that we share. pretty much almost all humans share the "pleasure seeking"/"suffering avoidance" mechanism. I've got lots of thoughts on this issue, would love to share and get inspiration from other people's journeys. I visit this forum occasionally, and have finally decided to join so...good to be here!
