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    More Mindful Daily

    Day 0 I fell off the wagon, so I'm trying something different. I have written a contract with myself to not use porn for one day. If I fail, I pay $20 to PETA and have to post the donation here with a screenshot. Let's go!
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    More Mindful Daily

    Day 4 Not perfect, but making progress.
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    More Mindful Daily

    Day 2 Commitments ✓ Meditate every day for 25 minutes ✓ Keep my bedtime environment safe ✓ Monitor for depression symptoms Goals ✓ Check in with someone ✓Review math to prepare for college I unfortunately masturbated again right after waking up and was thinking about porn. Next morning I...
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    More Mindful Daily

    Day 1 Active Commitments ✓ Keep my bedtime environment safe ✓ Meditate every day for 22 minutes ✓ Monitor for depression symptoms ✓ Check in with someone ✓Review math to prepare for college I'm feeling better today. Depression symptoms are way down and I'm managing life well enough. I'm doing...
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    More Mindful Daily

    You're right. Too much at once can be overwhelming. My main commitment is meditation every day. I'll also just monitor for depression symptoms and manage those as needed. I know from experience that not managing depression can send me down a bad road. As for porn blockers, those don't really...
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    More Mindful Daily

    To avoid depression relapse today, I need to go for a walk outside and work on reviewing math to prepare for college.
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    More Mindful Daily

    I just did my meditation today, I so I will continue my check in. After some reflection, I decided I will update my commitments for my recovery. Daily Commitments Monitor for symptoms of depression Meditate every day for 20 minutes in the morning Go for a walk every day Take electronic devices...
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    More Mindful Daily

    Day 0 It's been another not so good morning. I could have handled my urges by observing them mindfully or focusing on something else, but I instead just gave in. Next time I commit to being more mindful of my urges, and then doing something on my todo list.
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    More Mindful Daily

    I'm able to not think of porn when I'm meditating. The problem is relapsing right after I wake up. I'm trying to build more daily mindfulness so that I can resist in the morning, since in the past having more mindfulness is the morning has helped me resist. Doing something in the morning to...
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    More Mindful Daily

    Day 0 I broke my commitment to meditate for 20 minutes this morning, and instead watched porn. I later ended up doing 10 minutes of meditation during my lunch break at work, and then 20 minutes of meditation tonight. I am recommitting to meditating every morning, and I plan to meditate for 10...
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    Trying Again at Age 27

    I'm going to create a new journal here.
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    More Mindful Daily

    Day 0 After my last attempt at quitting porn flopped, I'm making a new journal. This time I plan to meditate every day for at least 15 minutes. I remember in the past having more control over myself and being able to not use porn when I meditated regularly, so I need to build this habit back...
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    Trying Again at Age 27

    I've tried to quit PMO so many times, and have always relapsed. I'm done trying. I'll still check in and post here, but I don't know what I need to do to quit. I'm just going to keep living, and hopefully it will click eventually. It might never click and I might be addicted forever. I accept...
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    Trying Again at Age 27

    I just enlisted an old SAA friend as an accountability partner, and I am trying out dating apps again. To avoid unnecessary triggers, I opted not to use Tinder and will try Bumble instead. I'll see if there's other more wholesome dating apps out there. I'm getting a system going again. With my...
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    Ready to Destroy my Porn Habit! Looking for Accountability Partner

    Hi everyone. I'm a 27 year old man looking for an accountability partner to end my porn problem once and for all, and find a fulfilling relationship. I'm looking for someone who can: Receive logs of online activity through an accountability program called Accountable2You Hold me accountable for...
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