The party is over

seneca

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Day 18.  This is quite the flatline, I think.  To be expected.  Should end soon.  My job is to control my thoughts. Be aware of unhealthy or dangerous environments. This is the only way I can be the best man I can be.
 

seneca

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Day 20.  Feeling great, but still don?t have enough time in. Don?t feel comfortable pontificating or how to stay clean etc. 
 

TakeActionNow

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Seneca,
your words and voice are your guide.
The more you verbalize what you want to be, the more you will be able to get there.

Do not worry about what others think.
Trust your own voice.
Speak out often and loudly where you want to be.
You will get there.

You are the best.
 

seneca

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Day21 thanks TAN.  Your are no doubt right.  I know very well what I want to be.  I have in my mind certain men from history whom I have studied quite well.  I call them my heroes. Obviously I cannot accomplish their feats.  There are no Aztec empires to destroy or polar caps to explore.  But I want to emulate their characters.  And being a drooling slave to internet porn is the very antithesis of what I want to be. 
 

seneca

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Day 22. Often these milestone days - 21, 30, 90, 100, 200 etc can be dangerous.  A feeling of accomplishment leads to hubris and hubris is a basic requirement for relapse. Hubris makes me let my guard down.  And I have to keep my guard up 100% of the time. Not a pleasant thought. But I grooved my brain.  I damaged it.  And now I Have the duty of dealing with that.
 

seneca

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Day 23.  Got through the weekend.  Splendidly.  Weekends equal fee time which equals danger.  Had none this weekend.  Weekdays mean staying late at work, vulnerable computers, and more danger.  Well, I know where the danger lies. It can?t surprise me.
 

seneca

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Day 24.  I?m in that easy stage now.  Or maybe I?m just so busy and never alone. That makes it easy.
 

seneca

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Day 25. This is how I wish to live my life.  The fact is that thinking about internet porn is a choice.  It is an activity that I can chose, or I can choose not to do.  If I choose it, it could be because I just want a quick hit.  I am a selfish child. 
But the other reason, more serious, is that I choose it because I think I can handle it. Hubris, my friends, hubris.
 

joepanic

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I am at that same stage    The thought of viewing it thinking I can handle it and walk away again  but I look to my deceased uncle who died from drinkin too much  When I was younger I did not understand the addiction thing  but I watched him have a drink and never be able to stop  at "just one"  and it makes this battle easier to fight  Its great that I am slowly learning that I dont need it  anymore as I'm ever so slowly becoming productive in other ways.  Such a wonderfull feeling

                      Good luck in fighting the good fight

      Post often it helps me it helps you
 

seneca

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joepanic said:
I am at that same stage    The thought of viewing it thinking I can handle it and walk away again  but I look to my deceased uncle who died from drinkin too much  When I was younger I did not understand the addiction thing  but I watched him have a drink and never be able to stop  at "just one"  and it makes this battle easier to fight  Its great that I am slowly learning that I dont need it  anymore as I'm ever so slowly becoming productive in other ways.  Such a wonderfull feeling

                      Good luck in fighting the good fight

      Post often it helps me it helps you
thanks jp.  Let me state this.  When I get a reply from you, it means quite a bit.  I means another fellow in the fight is watching, there next to me on the front line.  In a significant way, it gives me strength and purpose. Thanks. And on day 30 I intend to open up a bit about myself, if that interests you.
 

seneca

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Day 26. Good things follow.  It?s that last hour or two that would have gone to waste and destruction. ?The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves?. 
 

seneca

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Day 27.  Reread Williams ?Gentlemen, now we begin?.  What great stuff. Spoken by a man who had freed himself of the slavery.  At least for me that is what it is.
 

seneca

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Day 28. No p. No m. No psubs.  Today would be challenging.  I have alone time as my wife and youngest go to work.  And I had sex with my wife this morning.  The post sex period is dangerous because I know we probably won?t have sex again for while, and I could get away with masturbation.  I?m sure none of you think in those terms  :). But the plan is to stay busy and strong. And not take a single step in the wrong direction. 
 

seneca

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Day 29.  Saturday went easy.  I wasn?t in the house at all.  Wasn?t alone at all.  But I tell you this. I am on guard all the time. 
 
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