Technique to help with urges...

I'm having incredibly strong urges to pmo/fap today. I felt like I was about to cave in when this mantra I learnt a few years back seemingly came to my rescue.

Basically you ask yourself "where does it lead me and where does it leave me?"

Well, when I applied this wisdom to my crazy urge to fap it reminded me of why I'm here on this forum on day 14 trying to sort my life out.

Pmo would lead me to a few minutes of intense dopamine induced head rushes but with a distant nagging voice saying why are you doing this again man.

And it would leave me right back at square one, embarrassed and ashamed to look at my reflection in the mirror, angry, depressed and throwing away the last 2 weeks struggles, I've relapsed and reset too many times. So I'm feeling stronger, learning and applying the knowledge and support I get here, still a 45 year old porn addict but determined to keep on this journey to self respect.