After being a lurker for the longest time, I finally decided to make an account and post here, to give back to this helpful and supportive community. This will be a long post, detailing my journey, starting from the why, then narrating the hardships I faced and the ways I found to overcome them, followed […]
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I beat it because I wanted it enough. Because I tried a lot. Because I dedicated my whole self to it. Because I replaced it with useful activities. Because I realised the EXTREME harm it provokes. Because God helped me and continues to do so. Because I wanted a family , I want to respect […]
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Successful PIV sex after 2.5 months of no porn and NoFap. I am going into full detail for y’all since I know this is what I was searching for when I couldn’t figure out my problem. In some ways my selfish/greedy mind is saying don’t post this, as this information will become very valuable in […]
Read More… from Age 29 – Cured Porn-induced ED in 2.5 months: Tips and encouragement
I used heroin for like 2 years and currently have 6 months clean. Obviously heroin had much more of a negative impact on my life and mental/physical health, but I’m talking purely from an addiction standpoint. We’re surrounded by artificial stimulation everywhere and everyday in our lives. It was a lot tougher to rewire my […]
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So everything is in the title! I reached 100 days of No ejaculation whatsoever. I will share with you a few tricks and knowledge gathered. So first of all I don’t think that i missed anything sexually. I only had one opportunity those last 3 months, some older girl that seemed interested and i could […]
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Hi, i’m am no one special. Just a guy who suffered from addiction for 21 years and helping others. It’s a long LONG post, i hope you’ll read it. Well, sex/porn has always been a problem for me. Around the age of 8 or 9 there was a woman who abused me. It still feels […]
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The authors of this so-called review would have readers believe that self-identification as a porn addict is a function of religious shame/moral disapproval about porn. They only reviewed a small number of studies, which rely on the CPUI-9, an instrument developed by co-author Grubbs that produces skewed findings. The co-authors carefully omitted or misrepresented opposing […]
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It brings so much joy to my heart to be able to see people on nofap completely turn their lives around and prove themselves wrong that life can be so much more fulfilling without being completely engulfed in a cycle of PMO and indulging in deviant sexual behaviors. I still remember the days after I […]
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Charles, P. and Meyrick, J. (2018) Journal of Health Psychology. ISSN 1359-1053 Abstract Purpose Research suggests that exposure to Sexually Explicit Material (SEM) has negative effects on the beliefs, attitudes and actions of young men, but little research has examines how this may happen. The objective of this study was to address this emerging issue […]
Read More… from Exploring the way sexually explicit material informs sexual beliefs, understanding and practices of young men: a qualitative survey (2018)
Day 62, and a lot of changes to report. Advice to couples from our experience with “karezza”. I use the word to mean loving sex without the goal oriented judgmental pressure to have orgasms. Avoiding the burnout of too many O’s, (especially the man’s), and eliminating the overstimulation of porn, has given us amazing sexual […]
Read More… from Age 63 – What is new is the experience of total virility in a loving relationship