PMO-Free December 2015 Signups - Also part 2 of our survey from last month!

Sign up for the monthly challenge in this thread!

It's that time of the month again - hello and welcome to the official signup thread for NoFap's "Don't Jerk Off" PMO-Free December 2015!

The purpose of this thread is to provide Fapstronauts with a place to share their commitment to abstaining from particular sexual behaviors throughout the entire month of December 2015. Although it is strongly recommended, posting in this thread is not required for participation.
New to NoFap? Here are some suggestions:

1. Learn about the website, porn addiction, excessive masturbation, and abstaining from PMO. Read through the forum to get informed.
2. Decide if abstaining from PMO is something that you really want. If you don't buy into the process 100%, you'll probably not make it through the month. If you have decided that you would like to participate, proceed to step three.
3. Sign up for this month by replying to this thread.
4. Consider setting up a day counter to track your progress. Otherwise, there are a variety of phone applications and calendars available for crossing off how many days you've lasted.
5. Create a Journal Thread and share your progress every day. Not only does this help you stay accountable, it documents valuable anecdotal evidence that will ultimately help other people going through similar situations in the future.
6. Ask questions and get support by posting on NoFap. Come here every day and participate.
7. Get an accountability partner.

Would you like to participate? If so, please reply to this thread with the following information.

• Are you not going to allow yourself to masturbate? View porn? Orgasm whatsoever? Not allowing any outlet for sexual release is called "hard mode".
• How long do you want this challenge to last? By default it is one month, but 90 days is recommended for rebooting.
• What are your goals?
• Why are you doing this?

Coming in after this month has already started?
Don't panic - it is not a problem. Fapstronauts sign up for NoFap's events all months long. Just follow the instructions above and jump in at any time by replying to this thread.

I wish you all nothing but the best. Onwards to a PMO-free December!

This month we are partnering with Alec Sproten from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) to study the effects of not masturbating and using porn.

“At the end of the day, I was still a virgin, all alone in a dark room, humping a lubed-up robot.” Ernest Cline

Many of you are reading this message because at some point in time you became aware of the harmful effects of masturbation / porn abuse. Although there has been a lot of talking about improvements in relationships, wellbeing and life in general after joining NoFap®, scientific evidence on how masturbation / porn abstinence impacts everyday life is still scarce. And only YOU can change that!

One month ago, in a tremendous effort, over 2000 people participated in the first wave of a survey on how NoFap and masturbation / porn abstinence influence their lives. Preliminary results are very promising, but only the second wave of the survey will provide final scientific evidence on the influence of abstinence on various behaviors. You, the members, are a scientific gold mine, and this survey was designed to tap into that, in the best way that we can. Please take it seriously, give it some of your precious time, and let's make some science happen here!

The survey, designed by Alec Sproten, a social scientist from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany), has various goals: First, it will help the community to know its membership a little better. Second, questions on NoFap® user experiences will help improve the quality of services offered to the community. Third, and this is why we need this second wave of the survey, it will provide answers to the questions if masturbation and porn abstinence have an effect on the ability to delay rewards or on the ability to rationally assess risks.

Participate in the second wave here: https://ww3.unipark.de/uc/abstinence-survey2/

The survey will ask questions about you, your history, your preferences, your attitudes toward masturbation and pornography, and the experiences you've had along the way. It will take about 10 to 15 minutes to complete.

The reason we run a second part of the survey is that we want to assess how your preferences change over time. Even if you did not participate in the first wave, you are still warmly invited to participate in the current part of the survey.

This survey is COMPLETELY anonymous. Public data as well as a summary of the results will be released at the end of December / beginning of January.

And if you need any further motivation, here is a quote from Jon Stewart: “Often, no sooner would the mind begin to scale the heights of Mt. Knowledge than it would receive a frantic call from body base camp, demanding it return to oversee ‘Operation Masturbate’.”