Not looked now for a whole 7 days now!!
I'm Steve i'm 28 and i'm a addict. I got into porn and masturbation pretty much as soon as i got a computer internet when i was 17 those days i would get up to watch my sport on TV in the early hours everyone would be a sleep so i could look. i didn't really go out much so the net was my best friend, even tho the pc was in the main room i still found times. Now I'm trying to go clean so far it been 7 days. in the 11 years id say i have gone total 6 months could be less of not masturbating and looking at porn this would be mainly on holiday with friends and family though did sneak back a few times. I get the same from reading lesbian stories to looking at pics and videos. if it was just looking at lesbians it would be easier i think to get rid but its not its lesbian, solo, dominance and kinky fetishes. So far i have had a few urges but i have not been as bad as i thought i would of been, i know it will get harder. its really hard as i flat share and currently unemployed so have loads of time on my hands. My last relationship ended cos of this that my ex girlfriend found out and i could only fake the sex for so long. we had a talk and she tried to help but she i think went about it the wrong way as i relapsed with 2 days (i went and brought a mag). She would only let me use her pc which she had different blockers on it would randomly check history and key strokes. she knew way more about computers than me so even if i tried my hardest to cheat it she would of found it. I have tried to stop both looking at porn and masturbation before but lasted about 3 days, but time i want to give it a good go as i talking to a woman and she would like to spend a weekend away. Though i have other stuff to occupy my mind like getting more healthy, i worry this wont be enough in tiring me out enough that id just want to watch tv or paly xbox. I spend a lot of time on my pc looking for jobs and reading i know its only a click away. Not sure what's better restart back to factory settings so can have a clean start or do my best at deleting everything? I gone cold turkey as this is the only way i know its what i did with smoking and not touched one in 8 years even though i have mates who smoke.
Any help would be much appreciated.
regards,
Steve.
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Hi Steve, actually 7 days is
Hi Steve, actually 7 days is pretty good. In my experience the first 5 days or so is the hardest, but it is very easy to slip up. I can only advise exercising, socialising and keeping away from the PC as much as you can. If you have to use it one tip I saw which I've tried is to write down a list of what tasks you have to use it for, mark them off and then just shut it down.
And definitely delete everything on your PC. I put off doing this for ages as I had a big collection of pictures that took ages to find and I attached a lot of significance to. I very reluctantly secure deleted this a couple of weeks ago, finally, and it's the best decision I made because I know I can't recover anything, and now there is much less temptation to go searching for more "just to add to the collection".
Good luck!
Good advise there over_it.
Good advise there over_it. Yes, they say it's best not to use the Internet if possible unless there is a good reason as that can be a bad habit in itself. Wishing you both the best.
Cheers over_it and Richard. I
Cheers over_it and Richard. I have just spent the last 3 hours doing exercise so that's made me more tired and taken up quite a bit of my alone time up. I have list of what i gotta do for rest of day and only about an hour or 2 will be on the computer, rest will be keeping my hands and mind busy on things not near a computer.
Its day 9 and appears to be getting easier, I'm alone right now and all I wanna do is look at normal websites which 9 days ago it would of been a completely different story. even at night I would be there for 2-3 hours masturbating, I still have the odd urge which I think about for 30 seconds but I instantly think about something else or text someone. anyone else had it this easy? or an i setting myself up for a fall?
Also I deleted everything I have apart from pics of the woman I like and there is a real possibility I could get with her. should I delete these also?
Anyone with computer knowledge able to tell me i have deleted all my bookmarks and history from explorer but in the address bar they are still there I keep deleting them is there a better way to total rid my computer of porn web addresses?
Good luck guys
Hi xb1 Re: "anyone else had
Re: "anyone else had it this easy?" I would say in my experience of a few periods of self imposed abstinence of around 2 - 3 weeks that yes there are some days when it seems easy, almost too easy. But then you can find just as much that other days are really hard!
Right now I am on day 18. It's tough going but worth it IMHO.
16 days now
Its defo worth it ain't it, well done on your 18 days. This is my longest time without porn or maturation and I'm very happy. I'm only on day 16 and tho i haven't done anything, I want too but i can't as i have other goals and I'm not failing those so wont be failing this one. in a way I'm lucky i don't have a relationship tho so i have no worry to perform but if i get the weekend away I'll be worrying. I don't even look at her private pics which i thought i might of done, but suppose its all helping me more.
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