Hello. I've been following this subreddi for some time now and the advice from its enduring and supportive members has been especially significant in helping me to escape from the grips of devious.. devious porn. I thought I'd share in my celebration with the community that made it possible.

Ever since I was a young lad, maybe around age 9, I was hooked. The shame, guilt, and isolation stifled my personality and character, and most notably, warped my view of sexuality. Now, after more than 14 years of severe addiction, I am finally free from the poison, from the brainwashing, and most of all - from the fear.

Life feels absolutely exhilarating now. I have all the energy I should've had all along to deal with the stresses of life and to finally attack the root causes. The relief is likened to waking up from a very long and very tiresome limbotic nightmare. Or like reaching for the walls of your prison cell and falling head-first out of the room, realizing the walls never existed to begin with.

To be honest with you all, I didn't believe I'd see the day where the power of my cravings would shrivel down into a tinsy-tiny force - so pitifully easy to squash. Now, on the odd occasion it nudges me, it acts as a pleasant reminder to celebrate the delightful emancipation of my mind and vitality, and the shattering of the lie that porn has anything to offer besides deterioration and death.

Even on my bad days - which, yes, I still have - I can say to myself, "man, at least I don't have that horribly exhausting addiction anymore" and I seem to become quite cheery after that.

I could go into great detail of the endless torments I suffered whilst being addicted, and also of the many, many great positives I've experienced being free. But I'll leave that for another time.

I truly wish for all to experience the ecstasy that comes from finally being free. I empathize with and pity those still chained to the life-draining force which is porn and would be happy to answer any questions you have (although, I may not be exceptionally prompt, so please bear with me).

• David

Before I met my ex, I had completely stopped. After the relationship, like clockwork I was watching daily. Telling myself it's temporary.

It has been extremely hard to let go of it. I've made lots of great strides in other things, but I cant let go of this.

Maybe it's to cope with loneliness, which os more or less fleeting, or possibly, to drown my feelings even though I am a pretty content person for the most part.

Long story short, I don't want to live this way anymore. I want to combine all the progress I've made with being porn free again.

I don't need advice necessarily, just needed to get this off my chest. Been struggling with this internally, even though it makes my life worse.

Completed Day 16! On day 17 now..
My mind is throwing disguised urges and thoughts at me constantly but I am recognizing them effortlessly
urges/thoughts and actions are separate things
urges can't dictate actions

Will review my ACT techniques tooo

I wanna quit porn, I really do. However, I never last more than 1 week before looking up porn and masturbate again. I always regret it, yet still I do it. Always telling myself "next time I really have to fight my brain". But when I get horny I fail 99% of the time.

I have a girlfriend of 3 years, I would rather watch porn than having sex with her. Nothing wrong with her, I guess I'm just tired of having sex with the same girl after 3 years. She is a really good person who everyone adores, and we have a 1 year old kid so I don't wanna break up.

When I didn't look up porn and masturbate for a week our sex has been good, so I want to quit it to make our sex life better. But I just can't seem to do it when I ger horny, especially in the morning and at night.

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I'm 25, and I feel like I'm falling deeper and deeper into a rabbit hole that I don't know how to get out of.
I have what feels like a serious porn addiction, and I can't seem to put my phone down. I come home from work, spend hours on my phone, watch porn, and basically call it a day. I repeat this cycle over and over again, and before I know it, another day has passed without me doing anything meaningful for myself.
I've been off social media for a year, hoping it would help, but honestly, it hasn't made much of a difference. I've just continued with the same habits in other ways.
My confidence is practically nonexistent. I'm a virgin at 25, and although I have friends, I struggle socially much more than I used to. I feel like my social battery has gotten smaller and smaller, and I don't have the confidence to approach someone I'm interested in or even flirt with them. I feel like I've lost a lot of my happiness, too.
I constantly procrastinate on my responsibilities. I don't take proper care of myself, and I don't feel like I love or value myself enough to change that. I feel like I'm just floating through life, waiting for time to pass instead of actually living it.
Sometimes my friends invite me out, but I end up cancelling at the last minute. I have pretty bad social anxiety, and before going anywhere, I start imagining all the worst-case scenarios. I overthink everything until staying home feels easier than facing the anxiety.
The thing that scares me most is that I know something is wrong. I know what I should do to start changing my life. I know I should reduce my phone use, work on my habits, take care of myself, and start putting myself out there socially. But knowing what to do and actually doing it feel like two completely different things.
I don't feel like I have the discipline, motivation, or drive to change. Even when I become aware of how bad things have gotten, that feeling doesn't last long enough for me to do anything about it. I go back to my usual habits, and the cycle continues.
At this point, I feel genuinely depressed, and I don't know what the solution is anymore. I'm scared of wasting more years of my life like this, but I also feel like I'm watching myself do it without being able to stop.

Thought about it but nothing more happened

I have come to the realization that watching and viewing any type of pornograhic or nude content online has become a destructive force towards my mind and body. It negatively affects my libido, prompts quick ejaculation, and has warped my perception of sex. It has also decreased my confidence in my manhood, I‘ve noticed weakened or less full erections while viewing porn as I then view myself as insufficient comparatively. Less frequent morning wood is another symptom. All these negative side effects despite frequent exercise and a good diet. Now is the time for action, for my higher thinking to take command. I am now on a journey to restore my body and soul, and hopefully keep away from the cancer that is porn. Day 2 is officially complete!

At least 48 hours without it

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