36, PIED, new plan
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I think I could justify writing 20 days here but I am not. I played with the lines yesterday with some very SFW images. But it was an intentional choice to use them for arousal. There was a time when I would have chalked it up to a minor infraction to learn from and not repeat but considered the streak intact. But I know where any sort of justification leads and I am done justifying. Progress isn't a streak counter, it's changing your mindset and behavior and if I justify things it's a dead end on that front.
So I'm setting my counter to 0 again. I know that looks sad and disappointing, but I consider that progress. I want the progress, not the number, and admitting all this to myself and to you is what I think progress looks like.
So I'm setting my counter to 0 again. I know that looks sad and disappointing, but I consider that progress. I want the progress, not the number, and admitting all this to myself and to you is what I think progress looks like.
Blondie
Respected Member
I think you're on to something here logicproc and I respect your honesty.
Call me stupid, but what are SFW images? P subs?
Best,
Blondie
This is true, nice job my man. You have grown so much in discovery yourself this last year, and that is how you defeat porn in the end.
Call me stupid, but what are SFW images? P subs?
Best,
Blondie
Yeah, basically a p sub. Pictures of attractive women in somewhat revealing clothing, but within the range of what you would see walking around a major city in the summer. Not something the average person would call porn, but I think (at least for me) to really get past this addiction, you have to admit that it's all the same. Using images or videos to arouse yourself rather than engaging with the real world, and stimulating unhealthy dopamine overload.
particularly_respecting
Active Member
Great attitude logicprox - really admire this focus on "true" rebooting
I have been there many times - thinking I am abstaining but really continuing softer versions of the old behavior, which just keeps the pathways alive
Here's to true progress brother
and eventually you will get there, just believe you can do it and put in the work. Proud of you brother, no turning back...
Ezel
Respected Member
Keep it up My Man. you got this, just hang in there...
Ezel
Respected Member
There you go my friend, that's what I'm talking about...
Keeping it real-world, I like it!
Ezel
Respected Member
i just hope if all the days were this quiet, but getting out of this closed cycle of porn isn't easy and isn't impossible.
this quiet is the silence before the hurricane, just hang in there logicpox. I promise you when you get out of this hurricane you will not be the same man as you were when you entered it.
this quiet is the silence before the hurricane, just hang in there logicpox. I promise you when you get out of this hurricane you will not be the same man as you were when you entered it.