Hi there,

It's my first posting here, so I first want to introduce myself. I'm a 34 year old guy from Europe and today is my 10th day without porn and masturbation.

Why did I start?

Well I've been watching porn since my teenage years and masturbated almost every day to it. The longest times I spent without, have been 14 days Vipassana Workshops that I attended in 2003 and 2006. I never thought about it beeing harmful.

Today is 3 weeks without orgasm and porn. I won't lie though, I did masturbate twice within these 3 weeks but not to orgasm, I controlled myself. I don't really think that masturbating has the power to make adverse effects on your brain like orgasm does, so I think masturbating is ok. However, I will keep it limited. I have avoided watching porn and orgasm for 3 weeks, so Im happy about that. I definitely feel better now after 3 weeks than I did back on Day 1. I feel more peaceful. But I still have anxiety about being near others.

Dear All,
I have started the 60 days abstinence and I am in the 2nd day now.
I am trying to share my withdrawal symptoms and problems in the below blog:

http://www.reuniting.info/blog/4635

I would like someone to be my buddy and share their symptoms/problems so that we can help each other and deaddict together.

Thank you for your support. Expecting buddies to reply.

Any help would be highly valuable to me.

Hey guys, today is not the official start of the 60 day challenge since I said to myself that I wanted to start it when I wake up. Just going to write about some strategies I am consider doing to implement throughout the challenge, and hopefully they will carry over after the challange. I believe it is important to have at least some plan for tackling this. Many of us have come to the point where we find ourselves with a sex addiciton which we have struggled and failed countless times to overcome.

Hi, this is my first post.

Hello there!

I’m at around day 4 or 5 of abstinence, and this time I’ve deleted my favourite porn links from my favourites list, so I hope to avoid watching any porn whatsoever.

All life is sorrowful and the world is an ever burning fire, so enjoy the stately dance of the mystic bliss beyond pain, for that is at the heart of every mythic rite.

A few years ago, I ran across a 'revolutionary diet' called the "Shangri-la Diet", and decided to try it - with absolutely no effort beyond *swallowing 2 tablespoons of coconut oil early each morning*, I lost 27 lbs in three months. The weight did not come back. I lost all food cravings, and could easily just stop eating the minute I was full. I didn't exercise.

SICAS: 4 - Orange

I'm tired. It's been a very busy day. I've managed to stay too busy to be able to masturbate. (This was actually by design.) It's a full moon. Those are usually bad days for me, so I was trying to ensure that I had enough to do that I didn't turn to porn out of frustration. It was still a bad day. I had a conflict with a friend.

I did briefly fondle myself in the shower while fantasizing. But I didn't let it go very far and got out quickly when I realized that I was headed in that direction.

SICAS: Orange - 4

I've been seriously distracting myself for the last few days in order to counter the intensity (usually "Red - 5") of my impulses. Nevertheless, I have still managed to find some time to fantasize about some rather complex scenarios--though I have stopped mid-thought a number of times. Anyway, I have not masturbated, I have not used porn, I have not orgasmed. But my initial concerns about my ability to fantasize have proven to be well-placed, I think. In the past, this kind of fantasizing has usually led to my seeking out cyber-sex chat partners in short order.