Porn/Adderall - Need Advice

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Over the past few years I’ve been dealing with an addiction to adderall/porn. This addiction has led to lost jobs, ruined relationships, horrible judgement, and crippling debt. My life has been a complete mess. I have receivedtherapy/treatment over the past year and I know I just need to eliminate adderall as it’s directly tied to the PMO addiction (without it I have no urges or compulsive behaviors). I made it 5 months without porn/adderall until this past week. I took some adderall from a friend and it was all downhill from there. I know I can get back on track but this slip up has me questioning a lot and brought me to this site. I’m worried about the damage I’ve already caused my brain because even at 5 months I still didn’t completely feel like myself again. I know it takes time and I need to be patient I just wanted to hear from people who have actually gotten to the point where they genuinely feel like themselves again. I’ve included a few questions below any advice or thoughts would really be appreciated

- Has anyone with adderall/porn addiction been able to rewire their brain so they weren’t into specific things in porn? If so, how long did it take? The adderall has led me to things I feel disgusted about
- When do you start feeling like yourself again?
- Has the addiction caused you to lose a sense of love for others? I struggle with this and feel like it’s even hard liking new people that I’m dating

 

I've been dealing with a similar issue, though my problem has been weed and porn. I used to take Adderall back in college, but that was just for studying, I never did it recreationally. I've been smoking weed since I was 15, started smoking regularly once I got to college. I used to wake and bake, then masturbate to porn

I found weed was far easier to quit, I haven't smoked weed for several months now. I threw out my pen, bowl, carts, etc and just stopped buying. I still get the cravings to smoke, but it's easier to quit compared to porn, because there's that barrier of having to go to the vape shop/plug and physically buying it.

Porn is so difficult to quit, because it's extremely easy to access. You just pull out your phone and it's right there. I also got hooked on buying clips and then phone sex lines, because they make it so easy to just put your credit card in and you can buy with just a click of a button.

My advice is to find more productive hobbies and get off your phone. Whenever I'm on my phone the urge is always there to watch porn. I also posted some of my bank statements in my room so I could see just how much money I was wasting on porn/phone sex lines/weed.

Stay strong man, you got this!