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toreador

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MountainSummit said:
I also failed to say away from drink, I got a few beers in last night and again tonight. I may need to sit down and reassess how this is all going.

Hi MountainSummit,

if you really fell like you have trouble controlling your drinking, I suppose you better give some thought to the issue. Outside help may be required. Drinking can quickly become a very slippery slope. And apart from its addictive power there can be no doubt about one thing: Alcohol will always affect your ability for self-control. It will cloud your judgement and make you forget your good intentions. Even one pint of beer will limit your will power and make it harder to stay away from PMO. Stay strong. Toreador
 

Ghostly

Member
Hey man,


          You sound a lot like me when I started..only difference is I'm 24. I just wondered why could I never find nothing about PIED on Google or from doctors?? Crazy but I'm glad I did.. Wish I would have found it years before but hey oh well.. I'm almost to day 120, and I fapped once (DO NOT recommend) and had sex once through these 120 days. Haven't really had a good test to see if I'm cured yet or not but I advise doing as I've done which is keep your time plenty occupied. I have picked up overtime at work, running, lifting weights, going out socializing on weekends, cleaning and reading like never before. I also got a book called "The Layguide" by a guy named Tony Clink or something like that. You should check it out...plenty of very valid and helpful tips and it's amusing at times..I find it to be a real confidence booster man. good luck on your journey and stay strong bro!
 

igetum

Active Member
Hi mountainsummit,
By the way I have read about your alcohol intake during reboot. Does it push the urge to PMO away from you or does it bring them? I am about two weeks away from alcohol and it has helped me a lot in my recovery. I used to have such huge urges to PMO when I took alcohol and especially when I took excess. I would stop PMO, then I would take alcohol and fall into MO, the next day, I would be on the internet looking at the pixel babes again. That was of course before I joined reboot nation.
 

Wabbajack

Active Member
Try to focus on one thing at a time, helps in my case :) Shield your thoughts and just keep on trying to do what you're trying to do as good as you can. I usually end up in a trance of something, like when you "go with the flow" and just do the thing. Music, best without words or at least normal text, dubstep in my case, helped a lot, too :)
 

igetum

Active Member
MountainSummit said:
Day 22

I have just created a M counter, and will try to get to 90 days without.
Hi mountainsummit,
I think that is a good idea because MO has a high probability of leading you back to porn. My previous relapses to porn have all been associated to MO. Keep up man PMOless life is the true life, and you are heading there. As for the withdrawal it is just a signal that you are headed the right way.
 

firebird

Member
Are you doing any sports, if I may ask?

I personally discovered that sports (lifting weights in my case) really helps me to keep going. It's a nice way to clear your head, since you mentioned brain fog... run a couple miles or push a couple pounds and see how it affects you. And, as a nice side effect, you get in shape and will propably feel better, too. And it gives you nice little positive moments when you reach the goals you set for yourself.

I read somewhere that sports can boost testosterone production and help with low libido... well that obviously didn't work for me, but it might be worth a shot.

I especially enjoy it since the gym is one of the few places where you aren't constantly confronted with sexual stimulation. I usually go quite late in the evening, like 8 or 10 o'clock... usually all by myself. At that time I would usually just sit around in front of my computer, so I don't really loose anything important. It's quiet there then, I can socialize a little bit and talk to the few other dudes lifting their weights or do my stuff alone if I feel like it... it's a nice time that you can use to really focus on yourself. You should try it. :) 
 
Your story sounds very similar to mine. I seriously need to get a handle on my life. I want to be able to hang out with a girl, with or without the expectation of having sex and be confident that if sex happens, I will be able to perform. I wish I could just go back in time and tell myself to never use P:(
 

Wabbajack

Active Member
I don't have much time to reply, but it never is too bad to be good again. I know this is a hell of a struggle, but do not give up. You must be stronger that yourself and deep down you are. You just need to dig it out :)

 
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mtaha2015

Guest
your stepdad is helping you.
keep getting that help.
this isn't a life long illness.
this can be cured.
invasion of our societies by porn and internet will definitely make it difficult to be cured but I think with self control and a very strong will this can be achieved.
after all its all about a choice.

eat a cake/ don't eat a cake.

enjoy lesser pleasures of life.
 
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