Part of success is knowing when to move forward.

I have surpassed the 90 day mark for the second time on here. With this bout behind I honestly feel confident I've moved beyond porn. Where masturbation sits in my life I am not yet sure. For the foreseeable future it's staying behind me.

Now that I'm comfortable where I'm at with this goal I feel it's time to largely leave the NoFap community behind. Oddly enough, I get the impressionl I'd slip back into porn if I stay. I still want to stop in annually to provide some life updates though.

Thanks to everyone here for any support given.

 

Hey @Chappo030891,

Really a hard question to answer. Or not.

1) Understanding that were are all on our own journey.
2) Considering that the issue is deeper than just PMO. That addictive PMO could be a symptom of something else.
3) Knowing that, while we don't want to fail, failure is part of the journey.
4) Persistence.
5) Acknowledging when to move on (and having goals to move on to).
6) Bonus: Finding people to talk to and getting my thoughts out of my mind. Formus, support groups, family, therapists. The is the slow acting medicine we take for the remainder of our lives.
7) Bonus 2: Be realistic. Having an erotic thought or an erection is no big deal. Knowing to not to let or life be controlled by them is where I think it's at.
8) Bonus 3: Acknowledge there's a power out there that is greater than our selves and it's not one we ever need to fully understand. This is a power that is always there, even when our own willpower fails.

Here's another way to look at this. My journey didn't start when I joined NoFap. It started back around 2005 when I first consciously attempted backing away from porn.

 

@A.V.Joe Thank you sir. I'm not exactly sure what my style was. If anything I wanted to interlace a bit of humour and fun within. People can get into some very dark places. We may as well make the best of our journey out.
@Chappo030891 The annonymous deal does bug me a bit, though I can understand it. These places help us open our thoughts to make it easier to open up to the world around us. A goal of mine is to both leave these issues I've struggled with in the past and to be open about where I've been. By doing so, hopefully I'll be able to passively help others out of their situation in the future.