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3rd Reboot, Day 77 My doctor prescribed some exercise videos to rehabilitate my back muscles. After one glimpse of the woman in the video, I know that I will not be able to watch these without putting my sobriety at risk. Even as I write this, the image seared in my memory with that brief...

FittyBands, This is great news! Keep it up. Now that you have stopped P, PMO, and other destructive habits, now is the time to replace them with constructive habits. For me, P and PMO was a way to medicate feelings of fear, anger, loneliness, and other resentments. For me, stopping was easy...

GoblinJon, I have heard lust described as an attitude demanding that a natural instinct be used in an unnatural way. When I feel hungry, eating is the natural cure for hunger. However, if I binge on junk food when I feel loneliness or fear, the feeling of loneliness goes away but the cause is...

Prakash, in 2019, 2020, and 2021, because of my weakness of character, I gave in to a cycle of fear, anger, isolation, resentment and binging on PMO every couple of months or so, none of which brought me much joy or contentment. As a result, I damaged my relationships with my wife, children...

The forum https://yourbrainrebalanced.com/ looks a lot like this one. How are they different?

I loved the article! Thanks for linking to it here.

Thanks, Jerry. I appreciate the encouragement!

Drop my car off at the shop so I'm on the bus heading to work. A woman stepping on the bus started to trigger the usual reaction, so I quickly looked away and logged on to this forum on my phone.

3rd Reboot, Day 69 Just a quick check in to say that a brief thought flashed in my mind that it wouldn't hurt too much if I was to take a small hit of my drug from some non-P images. So I immediately logged on to this forum, read a few posts, and posted one reply. Connecting with my brothers...

I think it's okay to say whatever is on your mind right now, and no need to wait to say something "positive." I am grateful for all that you have contributed to this forum! What I consider a success story is that a bunch of guys are finally being honest with themselves and with others, and are...

Emptyroom, I loved the chart with the 3 goals. I need something like that. Regarding the pain I feel after PMO (emptiness, shame, remorse), I was told (and used to think) it was my best friend that could help me avoid PMO in the future. But I have come to believe it is a false friend, because...

Congratulations, Yogi! You have taken all the right steps, and are connecting to your beautiful wife--I'm so happy for you. Do you call her every day? Call her every day and talk to the woman. Tell her about the things that you have done that day (even if they seem extremely mundane) and...

Hannibal, I know what you're talking about! It seems to come out of nowhere. I sometimes wonder if men have hormonal cycles, too. But no matter the cause, by now I KNOW it's coming sooner or later, so I have to make sure my mind is right so that when it does come, I don't go spinning off the...

3rd Reboot, Day 61 Yesterday's reconnection provided some protection for me this morning. Here's what happened: My wife is super stressed by the morning routine of getting the kids ready for school (wake them up, make breakfast, prepare their lunches, get them dressed, etc...) I'm not there to...

3rd Reboot, Day 60 I have been relatively free of the obsession to PMO for this past week, skating along on momentum of the intense work I had been doing previously. And then some images on TV yesterday reminded me that I need to stay grounded in this program, that I am never standing still. I...