Journal of Drug and Alcohol Research vol. 2 (2013), Article ID 235651, 11 pages Full-Text PDF doi:10.4303/jdar/235651 Eric J. Nestler Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1065, New York, NY 10029, USA Received 2 November 2012; Revised 10 November 2012; Accepted 20 […]
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Journal of Drug and Alcohol Research vol. 2 (2013), Article ID 235651, 11 pages Full-Text PDF doi:10.4303/jdar/235651 Eric J. Nestler Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1065, New York, NY 10029, USA Received 2 November 2012; Revised 10 November 2012; Accepted 20 […]
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When I started on this NO PMO journey, I was naive. It seemed to have been promoted at the time that if you could manage to stay away from porn for 90 days not only would you be “cured” — you would also see massive side-effects of increased confidence, alpha male charisma and the hottest […]
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Front Behav Neurosci. 2014 Feb 28;8:57. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00057. eCollection 2014. Krashes MJ, Kravitz AV. Author information Abstract Obesity is clinically diagnosed by a simple formula based on the weight and height of a person (body mass index), but is associated with a host of other behavioral symptoms that are likely neurological in origin. In recent […]
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J Neurosci. 2010 Jun 30;30(26):8888-96. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6028-09.2010. Pine A1, Shiner T, Seymour B, Dolan RJ. Author information Abstract Disordered dopamine neurotransmission is implicated in mediating impulsiveness across a range of behaviors and disorders including addiction, compulsive gambling, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and dopamine dysregulation syndrome. Whereas existing theories of dopamine function highlight mechanisms based on aberrant reward […]
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Front Behav Neurosci. 2014 Mar 25;8:83. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00083. eCollection 2014. Li Y1, Sescousse G2, Dreher JC1. Author information Abstract Pathological gambling is a behavioral addiction characterized by a chronic failure to resist the urge to gamble. It shares many similarities with drug addiction. Glucocorticoid hormones including cortisol are thought to play a key role in […]
1 Year Ago… I was nearing the end of my first year in college. I PMO’d close to every day. I seriously wondered what could possibly be so wrong in my life that made me so unhappy. By random dumb luck, I heard about reddit and randomly found /r/nofap on April 24th. I looked over […]
by Bethany Brookshire LINK TO ARTICLE April 21, 2014 A new study suggests that repeated binges on sugar and fat could tilt the neural balance from taking a few modest bites of a tasty dessert toward devouring an entire sundae — and then some. Many of us have experienced that depressing sight: The bottom of […]
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I’m in my late thirties, and just over 3 years into my journey of a life without porn. Nine months in, I had a brief hiatus where I dabbled in porn again for a few months, then quit again. So I consider myself two years “sober”… That said, I’m a bit careful with words like […]
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82 days is a weird number to post about, but I hit a big milestone today. Quick background. I’m divorced and had married my first girlfriend (and first sexual partner). That lasted over a decade and I am ashamed to admit that PMO caused me to have almost no sex life. The divorce wasn’t solely […]