November 27, 2012 –It’s day 25 since my wife found my porn collection and left me taking our 5 month old daughter away. So the background, this will be a long story but I have have really appreciated being able to read everyone else’s stories and I know sharing mine will help me. I am […]
November 01, 2012, – When I embarked on this journey, I decided that before I began posting, I would have to prove to myself that I was really serious about this huge no PMO challenge. This meant that I would have to beat my longest no PMO record: 12 days. Today, I crossed over the […]
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Autoradiograms showing dopamine D2 receptor levels in the brains of obese and lean rats at four months of age. Half of the rats, top row of images, had been given unrestricted access to food during the previous three months while the other half, bottom row of images, were kept on a restricted diet. Compared […]
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Trends Cogn Sci. 2011 Jan;15(1):37-46. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2010.11.001. Epub 2010 Nov 24. Volkow ND, Wang GJ, Baler RD. Source National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. [email protected] Abstract The ability to resist the urge to eat requires the proper functioning of neuronal circuits involved in top-down control to oppose the […]
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J Nutr. 2009 March; 139(3): 623–628. doi: 10.3945/jn.108.097584 PMCID: PMC2714381 Nicole M. Avena 1 , 2 , Pedro Rada 1 , and Bartley G. Hoebel 1 , * + Author Affiliations 1Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540 and 2The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021 *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected]. […]
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Neuropharmacology. 2011 Dec;61(8):1470-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.08.046. Sim-Selley LJ, Cassidy MP, Sparta A, Zachariou V, Nestler EJ, Selley DE. Source Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. Abstract The stable transcription factor ΔFosB is induced in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) by chronic […]
Hello all! We’ve all read the benefits on nofap and let me tell you they are all real. I am a 27 year old (today!) recovering porn and lust addict, also recovering from a long bout with PIED. I know this is a really rough thing to deal with, especially since we tend to get […]
As of today I have been masturbation and porn free for 444 days. My life has changed 180 degrees I have no problems getting and maintaining erections, I have a strong normal sex drive and sex feels fantastic. I have increased confidence approaching women and talking to them. I have increased overall self confidence. I’m […]
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Biol Psychiatry. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2016 Apr 11. Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2013 May 1; 73(9): 811–818. Published online 2013 Jan 29. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.12.020 PMCID: PMC4827347 NIHMSID: NIHMS763035 Nora D. Volkow, Gene-Jack Wang, Dardo Tomasi, and Ruben D. Baler See commentary “Animal Models Lead the Way to Further Understanding […]
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COMMENTS: ‘Psychogenic ED’ refers to ED arising from the brain. It has often been referred to as ‘psychological ED.’ In contrast, ‘organic ED’ refers to ED at the level of the penis, such as plain old aging, or nerve and cardiovascular problems. This study found that psychogenic ED was strongly correlated with atrophy of the […]