One slip doesn't erase six months of sobriety, my friend. One slip per six months? Most of us would beg, borrow, or steal for that kind of track record.
If you told me I could live the rest of my life, PMO free, save one slip each six months, I'd take it.
We're on a lifetime journey here, and a slip-up doesn't put us all the way back at the starting line. You've enriched the last six months of your life and now have the next six in front of you to life porn free again. And once you hit six, go for seven?and so on.
Really. The worst thing we can do is be hard on ourselves. The insidious thing is, we think we always have this beat: at one month, six months, a year, five years. But the chemistry is there, urging us to just test the waters. We're working to create the discipline to say "No thanks" to the temptation. At first, we just try to say it as often as we can. Eventually, we hope it becomes our pat answer and we never give in. But we all feel that tug from time to time.
If you've said "No" to temptation each day for six months, and then had one slip up, your batting average is pretty high. Forgive yourself, dust off, and just keep going. You've made remarkable progress. Would you rather be where you are today or where you were six and a half months ago? Today is where you belong, and it offers you a lot of promise for the future.
Onward. Stay vigilant. you CAN beat this.