Age 21 – 1 year: increased motivation, confidence & social facility, better eye contact, a bunch of other things

My fellow fapstronauts, I can hardly believe that the time has come for my 90-day report. My NoFap journey, which began nearly a year ago (on September 26, 2011) has finally brought me to this major milestone, and I have no intention of ever going back to PMO. In the hopes of providing some motivation […]

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Severe stress switches CRF action in the nucleus accumbens from appetitive to aversive (2012)

FULL STUDY – PDF ABSTRACT Nature (2012) doi:10.1038/nature11436 Received 13 May 2011Published online 19 September 2012 Julia C. Lemos, Matthew J. Wanat, Jeffery S. Smith, Beverly A. S. Reyes, Nick G. Hollon, Elisabeth J. Van Bockstaele, Charles Chavkin  & Paul E. M. Phillips Stressors motivate an array of adaptive responses ranging from ‘fight or flight’ […]

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Scientists show protein linked to hunger also implicated in alcoholism (2012)

COMMENTS: More evidence that substance addictions and behavioral addictions involve the same brain pathways and mechanisms. September 14th, 2012 in Psychology & Psychiatry Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have found new links between a protein that controls our urge to eat and brain cells involved in the development of alcoholism. The discovery points to […]

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Something I Want Men To Know Before Flirting With Women

by Charlie Clickman, adult sexuality educator There’s been an important shift in several different communities and scenes lately. In the kink world, in atheism circles, among feminist folks and their allies, in pagan communities, I’ve been seeing more people than ever before talking about the effects of sexual coercion, assault, harassment, unwanted attention, and other […]

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115 day report

Comments : It’s not clear if he stopped porn use from day one, or at day 90.   115 days completed (Hard mode). First real report. I feel I have had somewhat different results. Tips included. LONG I’ll start out with the tips that helped me overall for those that don’t care to read my […]

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