Hi Gracie
Thank you for sharing this valuable study with the Reboot Nation. I really hope everyone will read and understand this, and the importance of it.
I'm guilty of being addicted to PMO and struggled with MO for the past 40 years. I don't want to make excuses for myself or any addict. Most of the time we realise how wrong that what we are doing is. It is just so damn difficult to break free from it.
I think part of it is that it is very hard to identify a PMO addict. Unlike most other addictions e.g. Alcoholism, Hard drugs, and even Smoking, is that there are no physical signs to identify the PMO addict. Apart from those with ED, and even then it is no real evidence that it is PMO related unless the addict realises it and admit to it he can have a lot of "Valid" reasons for having ED.
So I guess the point I'm trying to make is that, unless the addicts gets caught, and it gets out in the open there are no stigma to it. So it is easy for him to hide it and still save face. But still back at the ranch the addict have a real struggle and wish to break free from the bond his addiction has over him.
I still need to post my story, and are working on it. All I can say at this stage is that there were more than one incident, and through the culmination of all of them together I could break free! I've been free now for over 60 days. Not that it is easy! However I've come to the realisation that if I could make it this far, why should I waste this great opportunity.
Thankfully my wife, we are married for 9 years, are very supportive. Though she does not understand what it is that are so difficult about it. We now have a wonder full open relationship and with it all exposed and open we can talk about the PMO addiction. Just today she shared with me most of what I've just read in this study. So I can vouch that what the study says are real.
Together we have also decided to go through the reboot and not even having sex during the 90 day reboot. We now focus our time and energy on rebuilding the trust relationship between us and will be rebuilding our physical relationship.
Once again, thank you for sharing this link with us. I hope that all men will read this and get to realise it.