[Age 24 – History – given at Day 50, below]
[Day 33] Well here’s my update. This time around (after ten months of working at this), I still haven’t relapsed, still no P, M or O. My life is completely changing, but slowly. I have seen so many hard times during my journey, and there have been times when I’ve wanted to quit. I’ve felt like I’ve needed a release for so long and just have not gotten it.
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Read More… from Age 24 – Day 50 “One year of struggling finally over!”
After 125 days of total abstinence, last night I had great sex and a lot of it – with my new girlfriend. This is shaping up to be a monogamous relationship, I have totally fallen for the girl. The sex was amazing and there was lots of it, throughout the night. I think that sexually […]
Read More… from 125 days – (ED) I’ll never go to the old habits again
Those little blue pills may have some unintended side-effects.
Namely the inability to hear after taking them.
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Read More… from Viagra Could Make You Deaf, Doctors Say
I am now starting my fifth month without using porn. To my recollection, this has been the longest I have gone without looking at porn since I first started using when I was thirteen. In that last year and a half since I decided that I definitely had a problem with porn, I have had some rough spots. Even within the time that I was actively struggling against using, it was common for me to relapse about once a month.
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Read More… from Fifth Month – What Worked; What Didn’t
COMMENTS: The focus of this lay article is the effect “executive functioning” has on our chances for infidelity. It’s important because the desire (dopamine) to have sex a novel partner activates the same neural circuits (reward circuitry) of desire as porn. The ability to resist (executive function) uses the same frontal cortex circuits as resisting porn use. Low functioning of these executive circuits is a hallmark of impulsiveness and addictions. Hypofontality is when these willpower circuits aren’t up to the job.
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Read More… from Why Some People Resist Relationship Infidelity Better Than Others (2011)
COMMENTS: The focus of this lay article is the effect “executive functioning” has on our chances for infidelity. It’s important because the desire (dopamine) to have sex a novel partner activates the same neural circuits (reward circuitry) of desire as porn. The ability to resist (executive function) uses the same frontal cortex circuits as resisting porn use. Low functioning of these executive circuits is a hallmark of impulsiveness and addictions. Hypofontality is when these willpower circuits aren’t up to the job.
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Read More… from (L) Why Some People Resist Relationship Infidelity Better Than Others (2011)
[Week 5] I have just been blown away by reading the stories similar to mine, and very optimistic reading all of the success stories of these same users.
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Read More… from Age 28 – 120 Days: Good to Go (ED Flatline)
A forum member shared this:
Trying to simply change your mind to something else is not enough. It’s a bit more involved then that and here is how you do it (and the way which it was taught to me)
Image your self in any scenario (let’s pick one for this example — giving a formal presentation in front of many people outside on a beautiful day)
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Read More… from Thought Replacement Therapy
A forum member said: