Starting up. Again.

Hello and welcome jidiz

 

welcome jidiz.....seems like you are like even kinda bummed about starting the program. I'm going to send you my fb addy. It is easier to real time chat there. Msg me there if you want to chat.

 

Sounds like you've come to a realization that brought us all here. PMO doesn't make us happy. It satisfies me for an instant, numbs my pain, and robs me of any possible joy in life. Not making it through your first day isn't that big of a deal. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

I read something interesting this morning, and I'm not sure if it's true, but apparently it takes your body and hormones three days to re-balance after a relapse. Be careful not to let a relapse turn into a binge. It's very easy to start justifying to yourself, now that you've relapsed, "Well, I messed up today, so might as well do it again and start back up tomorrow."

Don't think that way. You're lying to yourself.

 

Hello and welcome!

This might sound a bit trite but this is a copied and pasted message because I think its important to greet people but don't have to time to type out the same message every time. So rather than just ignore people I figured it would be good to do this?

Just to get you started can I just make the following suggestions (and they are only suggestions)?

1. Head over to the forums at the top of the main page. Don't be shy. Wade in and see what grabs your interest. Start a thread. Help others and be helped just by getting involved. Plus its the PERFECT antidote to fapping!

2. Check out the website yourbrainonporn if you haven't already and make use of the brilliant resources there.

3. Consider doing a 90 day reboot and get yourself a tracker (see bottom of this post)

4. Lighten up! Humour really is the best medicine and can really help you see things from a new and and helpful perspective. (And you need that more than anything right now. Right?)

5. Consider reading the book 'Changing for Good' by James O Prochaska. Is a particularly helpful tool for those who want to make positive and LASTING change in their life. Several of us have found this to be an indispensable tool.

7. Don't get into arguments (especially over the usual politics/religion stuff) We are all human here and we are in this together regardless of our chosen 'path' (even if you believe truth is a 'pathless' land!)

6. Thank the founder of this site Alexander. It really is making the world a better place (I truly believe that!) And credit where its due I say!!

7. Greet and encourage newcomers...;-)

All the very best to you