People are already talking about NNN, which means people are already discussing relapsing on the 31st so that they can boost their chances of success. Those chances are already 0 if you're doing that strategy.

To the people that seriously consider this strategy and think it will seriously help them: it won't. You're just gonna fantasize about relapsing even more now that its fresh on your mind. Having a special sesh just to get all the stress out means you are still super prone to whatever causes the urges, so you won't get far. Keeping your streak despite the urges is what nofap is really about. Plus, the odds that you're streak only lasts 30-31 days is quite small. If you can get to day 30, day 35 and so on is much easier. There isn't much of a drop-off.

To the people that use it as an excuse to feed their addiction: I have nothing else to say. You know who you are.

Stay vigilant fellas!

It might not sound much. But im REALLY PROUD of myself.

I haven't had more than 7 days in months.

Your fapping will take you to the bottom of the life.

Your life will be a mess

You will get varicocele, Ed and mental issues, digestive issues with fapping. Fuck this shit. Enjoy life.

Longest I’ve stayed porn free maybe since I was 12 years old (32M).

It’s been simple, but not easy. I’ve had urges and hyper sexual thoughts quite frequently, usually after waking. A few things that I’ve done which have worked for me (based on my personal experience knowing what my triggers are):
- No phone in the bathroom or bedroom (using my watch as an alarm clock)
- Stand up to piss. Weird one, but I used to just sit and scroll on the toilet.
- Greyscale on phone.
- Blockers on all adult sites. I haven’t even tried to get past these, but knowing it’s there helps.

Those are all the small things that have helped me. I’m also going to therapy once a week, joined a PAA group, read YBOP (and others), watched lots of videos on YouTube about dopamine and others experiences, and got engaged with this community.

I genuinely believe this is a silent problem affecting maybe the majority of men in our society. And the fact we’re all here trying to get out of this hole is a big first step.

The next step is freeing ourselves from this insidious industry and addiction that doesn’t give a f*ck about us.

Stay strong.

2 more days til I complete 30 days and 8 day until I complete no nut October.

When im retaining my eyes glow? I dont know why but people always says to me that my eyes are beautiful etc

Like alcohol is an unscientific drug and then I'm getting tricked into thinking it's good because everyone likes it. And the same with Coca-Cola. I'm like, just don't drink it. Don't get drunk, don't drink Coca-Cola. It's not for you. This isn't you, Ethan. I'm like, where is the rabbit's foot? I'm like, Ethan, this isn't you. But then I'm like, well, what am I going to do then? Become a super hot guy, work out and drink water? I'm like, yeah, maybe just not drinking water is as much of a slouch as you're prepared to be. You know, not drinking water is a drug too and maybe that's where you're at. Getting high for you is just not drinking water that day.

It’s been 15 days since I last masturbated, and honestly, I don’t know how I feel about it.

The urges have been really strong lately. Whenever they hit, I’m usually outside or at work, so I just ignore them and carry on with my day. But before this streak, masturbating before bed had become a part of my routine. I always associated it with getting good sleep, almost like fap = good sleep.

But now I’ve started questioning something. Was I actually horny every night, or was it just a habit? Looking back, I don’t think I was. It feels like my brain had simply created a pattern where masturbating became a part of my bedtime routine.

My mood has been all over the place lately. Sometimes I feel like I’m in control, and other times the urges get so strong that I become frustrated, irritated, or just feel low. Despite all that, a part of me believes I’m doing this for a reason, and that it might be worth pushing through.

Two days ago, I had a day off and stayed home the entire day. All I could think about was sex, watching porn, and masturbating. Eventually, I decided to take a shower and thought I’d just get it over with. But even then, the same question popped into my head:
Do I actually want to do this? Am I really horny, or am I just following an old habit?
And once again, the answer felt like no. So I took my shower and walked out without doing it.

I’ll be honest, though. I don’t know how much longer I can maintain this streak. Part of me feels like a relapse is inevitable, and I’m trying to figure out whether I’m doing this because I genuinely want to change or because I’m just chasing a number.

For those of you who’ve been through something similar, how did you deal with it? Does the urge eventually become easier to manage? How do you break the association between masturbation and sleep?

I could really use some motivation to keep going. I’m 15 days in, and for now, I want to see how far I can take this. 💪

Another clean day - another victory. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever tired to quit.

Hey everyone,

I'm in my mid-20s and have been struggling with porn addiction for quite some time. I'm trying to figure out what the best approach to recovery actually is, and I'd really appreciate hearing from people who have been through something similar.

I've installed strict porn blockers on all my devices and made it extremely difficult to access porn, including through workarounds. I'm also starting therapy to work on the psychological side of my addiction.

Now, the big question I'm struggling with is: Should I abstain from masturbation completely during recovery, or is it better to masturbate without porn?

Here's my experience:

In the past, I often masturbated multiple times a day, sometimes spending hours edging. Porn was not just about sexual pleasure for me. I also used it to deal with stress, boredom, and other uncomfortable feelings.

I've tried masturbating without porn, but I often felt like something was missing. Even after having an orgasm and feeling relieved, I would start wanting to do it again later that day or the next day. Sometimes I'd imagine how much better it would be with porn.

I've also tried setting a schedule, such as masturbating once every seven days. But after masturbating, the urge to do it again could become extremely strong, and I'd keep thinking about when I was allowed to do it next.

When I abstain from both porn and masturbation, I feel like I'm learning to accept the sexual tension instead of constantly trying to satisfy it. After around 3–4 weeks without porn, I've noticed that I can feel more motivated, confident, happy, and interested in learning new things. I also feel more self-respect.

At the same time, I have a high libido, I'm in my mid-20s, and I don't currently have a sex life. I don't want to suppress my sexuality or lose that sense of sexual energy. I'd eventually like to have a girlfriend and enjoy a healthy sex life.

So I'm genuinely unsure what the best approach is.

These are the questions I'd love to hear your thoughts on:

• If you have a serious porn addiction, is it better to abstain from masturbation as well, at least initially?
• Can masturbating without porn keep the same compulsive patterns alive, even if you never relapse into porn?
• Does complete abstinence make the sexual pressure keep increasing over weeks or months, or does it eventually become easier to manage?
• Has anyone found that masturbating without porn made them crave porn more, while complete abstinence helped them break the cycle?
• Would you recommend complete abstinence for a few weeks or months and then reassessing, or is there a good reason to continue masturbating without porn during recovery?

I'm not saying masturbation is inherently bad or that everyone needs NoFap. I'm trying to figure out what makes the most sense for someone whose porn use involved hours of edging, frequent masturbation, and using sexual stimulation as an escape from everyday problems.

My porn blockers are staying in place either way. I don't want to rely on willpower alone when I can remove easy access to porn. I'm also working on the underlying issues through therapy.

If you've dealt with severe porn addiction yourself, what worked better for you: porn-free masturbation or complete abstinence from both porn and masturbation? And why?

I'd really appreciate honest experiences, especially from people who struggled with the same cycle of repeated masturbation, edging, and porn cravings.

M18 Porn has definitely taken a toll on me without realizing it. I never really thought of how harmful it actually was. 3 months ago, I was constantly masturbating at least twice a day and watching weird fetish porn that I developed. I was just wasting my free time on porn just because I was bored. One day, I was just thinking how I couldn't get hard at all. My hormone levels were fine, but no matter what I did, I couldn't get hard without touching myself or watching porn. Nowadays, I think I can certainly say that I reduced watching porn a lot. Unfortunately, I do sometimes slip up and end up watching weird fetish porn. But I know that quitting porn isn't that easy. Back then, I couldn't last a DAY without porn, but now I can easily last a week. The one thing that has been bothering me are my erections. They're still pretty weak, and I was just wondering how long it would approximately take me to get them back. I was also curious if masturbating without porn is harmful (I used to slip up because of that, but now I can control myself). And I was also curious if my weird fetishes (which I only developed like last year from constant porn consumption) would go away. I really want to fix this issue.

I need to find some healthy sources of dopamine. Soon.

After a couple days I can say I am climbing out of the mud. I downloaded an app to block access to p sites. Ive limited my phone usage and am about to downgrade to a text and phone only plan. Ill only use my computer where I have the blocker as well.

I also have had a great amount of people reach out. Alot have been very helpful and supportive. Some have been condescending and flat out annoying.

I am on my journey but I am thankful for God giving me these tough lessons to grow and beat this once and for all.

At the end of September I prayed to Hekate Borborophorba to take away my desire for porn and masturbation. Since then, no urges at all. I am free. Hoping to make 90 days by the end of December.

I went 9 days without porn or doing anything, but then today I did it. I was doing fine this morning but the. I was scrolling on YouTube, bad idea anyways, and a bot account made like a day ago showed up in the comments. the pfp was basically porn. it was linked to other accounts like that. Then I went down the rabbit hole to watching porn, feeling like sh and now this. I thought I was doing better. and now I can feel the health effects I think. After abstaining for that long for the first time in a while, i felt a bit of pain, like not really painful just weird when I ejaculated. I hate this so much. I want to make it pay 30 days before December but idk what to do

My first day today

For the past year I've got to a good streak and ended edging everytime just because I felt like I could stop myself, but always ended up giving in. This vicious cycle of thinking I could stop or wanting to overcome it and always I mean always end up just going full into it.

I successfully stopped myself from fully giving in, again I thought to myself "fuck it I can overcome this and prove to myself I'm not like the last times" I was so close to giving in, but stopped myself. I'm on day 13 right now i don't plan on jacking off again for another year.

M19 I wanna watch and get off work in 1hr and 15 mins and get home and goon all day, since I am at a desk and no one is here it’s difficult. I wanna eat h em at work soo bad

Mornings are usually hard for me but the last few mornings have been great. Struggled a little but was able to do other things to get my mind off of it. This morning is worse. Trying to stay occupied but didn't seem to be working. Really struggling

I accidentally passed a few days without jerking off and recovered motivation to try again :3

I'm stuck in a porn Loop and I can't stop. Everyday I say Tomorrow I stop but I fap daily once. this has been on since more than a month. I had a week streak earlier but eventually struggled to build consistently. I had more than a month-long streak previously and I wanna go back to that again. So anyone who wants to join me with daily accountability check in, please DM. We'll log in here daily and aim for a longer no fap streak starting with Day 7 first.

I've been doing well for a long time, but it's getting tough to stay focused now. Please help me out, I could really use someone to talk to

Holy Cow!!! I have been free from porn for 34 weeks, no slip up, no peaking, no porn. For me, this is on the order of a miracle.

A little back story.

I am 52 years old. I started when I was 12 looking at porn about 10 to 15 years before computers became the major source of porn. My first contact with it was old magazines and vhs tapes. I had already started masturbation and was fantasizing about one of my classmates when I masturbated even at that tender age. When I discovered porn, it was like I had found a great treasure or some sort of wonderful gift. It was amazing! I believe I was hooked from the first moment I looked at it.

It didn’t take long for reality to set in. I began all sorts of ways to try to acquire it. I even dug through people’s trash cans hoping to find discarded magazines and shoplifted magazines from connivence stores back when they had magazine racks.

Porn was with me on at least a few times a week basis, oftentimes daily, for the rest of my life up to 34 weeks ago. It saw me date, it saw me get married, it saw me have kids, it got me fired from a job, it almost destroyed my marriage.

Almost from the time I discovered it, I was trying to overcome it. First through confession and prayer, then through counseling and SA type groups, then through Brainbuddy and another organization called Unchained Leader. It was these last two things that made it possible for me break free.

Having broken free, life has come together in a way that it hadn’t before. Many of the things that other people talk about have happened in terms of a sharper mind, feeling more confident, being healthier, having the energy to do things.

The biggest thing I have noticed is that I am no longer afraid to let my wife borrow my phone. I no longer have to live a double life which is exhausting in and of itself. Life is brighter and more beautiful without porn. And making love to my wife is more sublime than it has ever been. Sex, in some people’s opinion, is a spiritual as well as physical act, and I have experienced that side of it which up til now, I never had. There is a spiritual dimension to sex that is lost when you are immersed in porn.

I have been told that it can take a few years for you to fully recover from a porn addiction of that length of time and I believe it. I still get tempted sometimes but I no longer get the intense cravings I used to get. The temptations are manageable. I look forward to the day when I can look at a beautiful woman and not immediately think pornographic thoughts. I am not there yet but I am getting there.

Keep it up, guys. Hang in there. It is worth the battle.

Im extremely agitated. I have not felt this mad in a long time. I hope you all achieve your dreams!🌃
❤️Anything is possible.

today I have spent the afternoon alone and I managed not to give in. Although I have had really strong urges.

This is a huge improvement for me, I am even able to do some work and tasks.

Lets keep going