43 years old - quitting NOW

I am a 43 yar old man who came across this site. I was a little stunned to see what this site contains.
I have no idea who is behind this site, and I really don?t care. This is my story.

When I was was a young boy I had an extreme sex drive. I could have sex four times with a girl in one night no matter how drunk a was at 17-18 years age. I always have enjoyed sex very much and to me sexual feelings is an important part of life quality. In the early nineties there weren?t much internet porn, but magazines which I bought. At this time porn didn?t take away my sex drive. I always have masturbated a  lot, at least once a day, up to three times, rarely a three days break. Fice days break, never. The longest brake a I ever had is 14 days when I was serving in a marine vessel. I always remember this ?record? .
I have had the same woman since I was 20 years, and I have always masturbated just like I didn?t have a woman to have sex with. This have reduced our sex rate a lot, which she used to complain about until 7-8 years ago. Sometimes we haven?t had sex for months. I have used a tablet for depression for many years , which almost always reduce sex drive, but I know that this is far from the main reason for not having normal sex with my wife. My wife have accepted little sex and think that this tablet is the reason.
When we had sex, I sometimes masturbated right after. This indicate that porn and porn fantasies have taken too much over I think. The latest years, I slowly realized that I never get sexually aroused close to other women like when I was younger, even if I still always are attracted and urge to look for sexy girls, I even ?get lost? in shopping centers if I see something really nice. But somehow this is not true arousal. I can add that to me the feeling of beeing attracted to the opposite sex is not forbidden for me or my wife but natural and healthy. I understand that many may disagree.
And I have realized that there is something wrong. Very rare an erection without porn and being alone. I have felt that my sex drive is as good as gone, dead!
Of course, sex drive in a 43 year old is not the same as a 17 year old, but lately I have faced these facts about myself  and today I have my 6th day of no masturbation, and no porn. This is what happens:
I am sexually aroused most of the day. I have an erection many times a day, sometimes immediately after just taking my pants off. I feel alive, I feel like a man again, because I know that I can satisfy my wife any time, and I will probably drown her next time we have sex! I am going to tell her that I quit masturbation to have a better sex life with her . My plan is to have at least three weeks of no masturbation, and no more porn again, ever. At least, future porn will be very limited.
The feeling of having my sex drive back cannot be described. I will describe another benefit:
I think that when 6 days without this excessive masturbation(nothing at all) which never give my body a healthy rebuild of sexual energy give me this great feeling, how will it be after two weeks? Three weeks? 6 months? This thinking is actually sexually exciting itself. The feeling of sexually feelings building up, every day. I don?t really know if this bulid up will last, or maybe stall, but I am confident it will change my brain not beeing so often stimulated. I know this because a 2-3 days break always give 10 times better orgasms.
Thinking about how ?easy? it is two rebuild my sex life, ?for free?. I have always thought that I cannot help it, I MUST masturbate, it?s normal, but this is not true.

To quit porn is not very difficult because it doesn?t give me so much anymore, it?s just an endless clicking to find new and better and more exciting stuff. And it escalates just as described is this website.

Having the feeling of arousal, excitement, building up real sexual energy feels fantastic.
The only thing I worry about is that I may masturbate in sleep, or have ?wet dreams? . Tonight I had a strange sexual dream, and I very rarely have sexual dreams even if I like it. And I am a little worried if I bulid up too much psychological tension, get angry or may be unconsentrated or be easily frustrated. After six days, I feel that I could have ejaculated very quickly so what about a month from now??

Doing this masturbation makes me feel a bad man to my wife, and I feel that I never give my body the chance to rebuild sexual energy. Just as it was said in this website, when masturbating every day I have felt that the real reason is an urge for somekind of satisfaction that only contain half sexual stimulation, the other half just a kick in itself. I have felt this a long time, maybe that is the reason that I ?easily? quit porn right now.
I wonder if anybody can describe how this ?stop masturbating? period develops in time, as weeks goes by. After 20 years of exciting my brain so much on porn, I don?t expect me to get ?normal? in no time. But I am quite positive that my erection in improving a lot, really a lot.
I will appreciate any feedback, any comment. Thanks.




 
PornuserNoMore50

wow read your post and can't be of much help to you since I'm 7 days and am basically like you but will follow to hear other comments and learn from ones who have more experience then I.

I do remember when I first had sex in my early teens I felt this strong feeling in my brain that this was the most enjoyable feeling humanly possible without drugs. I became addicted to the feeling and latter in life I used any means possible to get the feeling whenever my mind decided it wanted to feel the explosion in my brain. I am mid fifties now and although the feeling has subsided some it's still there and still strong. I am still an addict to the feeling of orgasm but decided it was time to stop the porn as my source of stimulation and have a real live body (my wife) as my stimulation. I feel messed up in the sense that I am angry, frustrated, agitated, restless, and working around the house like a fully charged high speed robot.

good luck in your new choices and will be following to see responses to your question for my own learning purposes.
 

Brooklyn Jerry

Active Member
  I would guess I have been masturbating for over 50 years. At the beginning no thoughts of women at all were needed,just had to do it. Started looking at semi nude pictures in magazines, you know bra pictures in a a Sears catalog. I remember JO in my living room,hands down my pants watching TV while my parents were in the nearby kitchen. Later on I had access to some porn magazines and JO a few times a day. Neve a problem getting a hard.I still remember going to see a an 007 movies int the mid sixties, getting a hard on and rubbing one out right through my pants in the theater, with my good friend sitting next to me. I don't think he knew.
      All through my teens did it a lot,never had any movies or videos, just magazines.after I got married had plenty of sex,but still JO .
    At my job we used to have stag parties a few times a year with hookers, never had a problem getting a hard and coming.Last time was about 15 years ago, I got on stage and got a blow job from one hooker while I ate the other ones pussy. Came home with cum stained pants and caused a lot of trouble between me and the wife. I swore off hookers after that.
      When I was going to retire the guys wanted to have a party, I refused I really don't think I could have got hard in front of a crowd any longer.
        As I got older we had sex less frequently,my wife was having health issues and I under stood.
  I do feel guilty about one thing that happened with porn. In her last months of life, my wife lost almost all her vision. One day I rented a porn on cable shut the sounds and JO as she lay in a semi sleep state next to me.
After she passed away I watched a lot of porn on TV. Then I found all the free porn on the Internet,as well as webcam girls. I also met a lady and stated having sex. The first few times were magic, no ED and was able to perform a few times a night,not bad for a guy 61 at the time. But I continued to watch porn. Started heaved slight ED. I could get hard but not last. Went to a dr and tried Viagra and injectables. It worked but made it hard to cum. All the time my addiction to porn was getting worse. I spent way to much time edging,sometimes for an hour or more. I would try not to O saving my self for my next encounter with my lady, didn't always make it. I feel the edging stressed me to much and was not a good idea. It's been 12 days since viewed porn or masturbated,I had relations twice and it seems to be getting better. I sure do notice women, but that's they ways it's always been.Glad to,have found this forum,at least I know I am not alone in this battle against the evil side of the Internet.
   
 
Top