Married man new to NoFap

Hi everyone,

I am new to NoFap. I am married. I immigrated to the USA recently, but my wife and kids currently live abroad. I expect my family to come to the USA in the 2nd half of 2023. While my family and I live in different countries, I want to put myself together.

Reading the "Getting started with NoFap" material, I can relate to many of the problems that PMO brings to life. I have masturbated since age 13, first using my imagination, then watching porn over the internet.

I have experienced how porn escalates; first, I was aroused just by looking at medicine books' pictures, then I continued looking for stronger porn, orgies videos, gay porn, and even sexual intercourse with animals.

All this, plus work life and being parents of a toddler, disconnects me from my wife in a romantic way, I have become cold and distant, and I hate it; I want to go back to being the caring and loving husband I used to be, I love my family, they are everything to me. I also feel down very often; sometimes, it feels like nothing makes sense or brings joy to my life.

I believe I can overcome this and learn how my brain works and how to administer my reward system.