Porn is not an option

downhillfromhere

downhillfromhere

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Blondie said:
Day 273!


Thank you, sir, it feels great to be back here.

Thank you, @Escapeandnevercomeback. What we've done once we can definitely do again. That goes the same for you.

It's nice to officially be back to nine months. And as a little extra bonus this morning, I saw 20% body fat again on the scale for the first time since May. I've been working hard for over two months to see those numbers again, so it's nice to have that result. But like all things, especially with porn, the real trick is to live in harmony and peace and not swing back and forth and stay on the committed middle path no matter what. I alreadly know with porn I could slip off the path real quick, as last year only showed, so complacency is my greatest threat.

What if this day was my last day? What if this day was your last day? The ancients used to meditate on death to wake themselves out of their all too human stupor. I think this is healthy, not in a morbid sense, but in a truly life affirming sense. To know you're going to die, and it could be this very day, keeps you on the straight and narrow. Don't we have goals to accomplish? Our women to love and cherish? The world to save to the very last man? If we did these things, we would never have time for a selfish quick jerk off.

A slave would whisper to the conquering general at his greatest triumph, on his greatest day...

Memento mori
Memento mori
Memento mori
(remember, you too shall die)

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

Plato
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A lot of wisdom here. Congratulations on 9 months, Blondie!
 
forceisstrong2

forceisstrong2

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Blondie said:
Day 280

Hey brother, Tuco, thank you my friend! We're hanging in there. I hope you're doing well these days.

Best
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Hey Blondie,

Yeah there has been a few bumps on the road, but porn now is never the option when life gets me down. Overall it has been a pretty epic 2024 and it is not over yet.

I'll say one other thing. Porn is often a symptom. I thought porn was my problem. It wasn't. It was my life. When I changed my life, porn lost its grip on me. It's still there. I'm still an addict, wary of it, but it no longer is this crushable force out to destroy me. Hope that makes sense.

I'm proud of myself for staying the course. Fuck porn. Chat to you again very soon

Your pal

Tuco
 
Blondie

Blondie

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Day 281

forceisstrong2 said:
Yeah there has been a few bumps on the road, but porn now is never the option when life gets me down. Overall it has been a pretty epic 2024 and it is not over yet.
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This is great to hear. I think the philosophy of having a few bumps in the road but not letting it get to you is a sign of truly being over this.
forceisstrong2 said:
I'll say one other thing. Porn is often a symptom. I thought porn was my problem. It wasn't. It was my life. When I changed my life, porn lost its grip on me. It's still there. I'm still an addict, wary of it, but it no longer is this crushable force out to destroy me. Hope that makes sense.
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Yes, this makes total sense. Over the last six years I've transformed my life and made many other good habits, which has made me into a better man, which has thus lessen the "need" for looking at porn. I honestly think, if someone is really having problems with this stuff, the first question they should ask is, why do they have so much free time on their hands? Even though I've fallen off the wagon a few times over the last six years, I can say one of the motivating factors of getting back on is that I don't have time for it anymore, and that's a good thing. :cool:
forceisstrong2 said:
I'm proud of myself for staying the course. Fuck porn. Chat to you again very soon
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I'm proud of you too! And yes, lets talk again.

Fuck porn!

Best
 
Blondie

Blondie

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Day 282

Escapeandnevercomeback said:
Close to 300 days man!
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Thanks man, I'm getting there. :cool:
Kraken said:
Great work Blondie! It’s been my experience too that porn use correlates with general chaos, stress, etc in my life and that improving other parts of life indirectly helps with porn use for sure
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Thanks @Kraken. yes, I really do think that aspect of this journey is often overlooked. I know it's helped me.

You all have a great porn-free Saturday.
 
Blondie

Blondie

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Just a quick update, I've had tons of dreams these last few weeks, which is always something of a sign that there's some changes going on up there. I've also felt very chill mentally over the last few weeks, with a very clean feeling towards women in my thoughts. I still notice (thank god!) but it's not obsessive like it was nine months ago. This makes me a very happy man indeed.

You all have a great porn-free Sunday.
 
First_step_thousand_miles

First_step_thousand_miles

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Blondie said:
Just a quick update, I've had tons of dreams these last few weeks, which is always something of a sign that there's some changes going on up there. I've also felt very chill mentally over the last few weeks, with a very clean feeling towards women in my thoughts. I still notice (thank god!) but it's not obsessive like it was nine months ago. This makes me a very happy man indeed.

You all have a great porn-free Sunday.
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Great to hear brother. I welcome all sex-related dreams, because it's all part of the process of flushing away the toxins of porn. Still get some weird ones once in a while but it's all good as the day to day function is trending up which is more important, and the urges become much smaller.

Glad to hear this, it will get even cleaner the further away you get which is exciting to look forward to! Proud of you man, I'm psyched for you to hit 300 days and then 1yr!
 
Blondie

Blondie

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Day 284
First_step_thousand_miles said:
Great to hear brother. I welcome all sex-related dreams, because it's all part of the process of flushing away the toxins of porn. Still get some weird ones once in a while but it's all good as the day to day function is trending up which is more important, and the urges become much smaller.
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This is true. It's very welcomed indeed. Mine aren't usually sex dreams though, just dreams in general, which for whatever reason, when I was watching porn, I would hardly ever remember. Strange.
First_step_thousand_miles said:
I'm psyched for you to hit 300 days and then 1yr!
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Same here my man!

Best
 
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