Savagesauce
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I have been struggling to overcome my addiction to porn for about 6 years now. I've had several streaks since 2013 and have never been able to quit for good. I'm trying to change that now. I want to go all out on ending this problem forever.
Here's what I'm doing:
Here's what I'm doing:
- I have a strong filter installed on my laptop and phone.
- On top of that strong filter, I have another filter called Pluckeye that removes all images and videos by default unless you whitelist specific sites.
- By default, my Internet is turned off. During the day, Pluckeye is set up to only allow Internet access after wait 15 minutes. During night, the delay is 1 hour.
- When I am at home, I am using an app on my phone called Offtime that blocks all apps except the important ones I need. If I am tempted to circumvent Offtime and access porn, I have another app that blocks my entire phone for an hour.
- I am working on my meditation habit and developing mindfulness to help myself cope with urges.
- Once I have strong mindfulness habits, I plan to resume a good workout routine.
- I'm setting goals to go back to college and work on computer programming. I have a project I'm working on too, and am planning to one day become a software developer.
- Lastly, I am looking into finding a recovery group again, finding an accountability partner, and maybe finding a coach or counselor. I am not going back to Sex Addicts Anonymous though because I find the religious nature of that program objectionable, and to those who say the program "is spiritual, but not religious", I don't buy that statement for one minute.