Accountability partner please

[Dustaddict]

It's time to kick this for good.  I'm 40 with a great wife and five kids.  I've struggled with porn for the past 25 years starting with a friends magazine.  Since than I have been able to stop for 3 to 6 months with a relapse binge.  Reading this site i have found found some triggers and hope to find them all.  The trigger found was being vocally beat down and a lack of self confidence.  Also had a severe head injury around 17, who also helped in not being to popular from that point on.

 

[ready2go]

Welcome Dust!  We're glad you found us.  My personal feeling is you've come to the right place to quit porn.  You'll find amazing men here who have gathered in a community to unload the porn habit once and for all.  Everyone's story is unique and the yet the same.  We all have been hooked on porn, found it was detrimental to our lives, and made the choice to give it up in favor of more satisfying and full lives.  Feel free to read everyone's journal and know that we all appreciate your input.  Post freely!  You help us when you journal, and add to the journals of others.  We are all pretty non-judgemental and very supportive of each other.  We are, in fact, a team intent on kicking the shit out of porn.  We're glad you're here man. 
R2G

 

[notgivinup]

Hi Dust. Welcome to RN.

This is the right place to be if you want to quit porn. I am on day 32 of no pmo.

Make sure you watch all the videos on this site, and read Your Brain on Porn. You can stop.

Come here and read all you can and post all you can...it's safe to be honest here. We all have been addicted to this crap and we are finding freedom from it. You will, too.

I'm glad you're here.

porn is NOT an option.

 

[davesaint86]

Welcome.  You made the right choice.  I agree with the others.  Watch the videos.  Keep a journal.  Jot down in your journal your feelings (anxiety, stress, etc) when you feel like like watching porn/masturbating.  Don't PMO though.  Write about it on this site.  I'm on day 68.  There have been two times since I've started that I wanted to PMO.  I noticed my urges are the greatest when I'm really stressed out.  What do alcoholics are drug users do when they are stressed?  I think you will be successful if you can comprehend the warning sides that are urging you to PMO.  When this happens, acknowledge for example you are stressed, that PMO is not the way to solve your stress and that PMO is making things worse and you are just not going to do it.  Find something positive to occupy your time when stressed.  Working out I found out is the best stress reliever.  Spend quality time with your wife and or kids.  Think positive and move forward.  Since I've quit I truly feel blessed.  I'm the happiest I've ever been in my life right now.

Dave