The Fellowship of the Ring [GROUP]

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noooo, cant believe its real. 48 days down the toilet.

(might be some triggers for someone, no idea. to be sure: triggerwarning)

so I was out clubbin and hooked up with a girl. we went to her place and fooled around.
we were naked in bed together when suddently her roommate comes home in a reeal bad mood
and throws me out. went home horny as a motherfucker and.....yeah..relapsed. It feels kinda
shitty, but I know I'll get back on track pretty fast. Worst part is that I looked at P. Hope I
didnt fuck up my progress too bad.

Some good news tho. no erection problem and I have been flirting heavily with girls lately.
Also noticed some of the good benefits of no PMO. Confidence, stroong sex drive, clear skin,
loads of energy, better focus, more creative and also my view of the female gender has
changed for the better. Probably many more benefits aswell.

Gonna start a journal here now. Read it if you want, if not that is alright too. Keep up the
good work, guys

 

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Goodbye to the fellowship! May all of you find your way without PMO.

http://www.yourbrainrebalanced.com/index.php?topic=7344.0

 

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Guys! Anyone here? *echoes*

Does anyone from the original Fellowship crew still come on? How are you all doing?!

 

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Ironically enough the day in which I reach 30 days no P for the second time in my life is close to the day wantmylifeback leaves. It is ok though, I hope he has a happy and fulfilling life without this crappy addiction on his back.

I am still around. I just visit YBR twice a week at most.

Finding us on our journals is easier Jay.

I am on my way to a green star, and hopefully a purple or blue one after that.

 

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I too, had to cut down on YBR due to a hectic schedule. But that is probably what made me turn to fapping again. As long as I remain a regular at YBR, I will be likely to fap and binge, like I did yesterday.

Jp91, good to hear about how well you're coming along! Seems like I'm the only one that got left behind. :-[

 

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Wow it has been a ghost town in here. Would really like an update from you guys.

I've been doing well, best no porn streak I have ever had. I plan on keeping it that way for the rest of my life.

How are all of you?

 

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hello I'm 18 years old and i joined this forum today as i would really like to stop this porn addiction and would really like to join if there is any room left? i feel this would help my progress totally and i would like to help anyone wanting to end this.

great that we can be supporting each other and pushing each other to not PMO whenever we get urges or get horny.

 

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Seeing as how STR is gone and I may be all that's left of the fellowship, I welcome you!

 

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Yes it appears as though the gang has disbanded, but I'm still here, logging on about 3-4 times a week to read up on recent posts, although I'm not posting much myself. Either way, welcome! What is your biggest motivator in doing this?

 

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I want to stop this addiction , I have seen how bad this can be on ones life. I feel I can be a better person and spennding all the time I would normally in front of the computer on more creative thing's like finding a real girlfriend.

 

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Hi all, I'm back. Hopefully I'll start coming more consistently. Honestly, the main reason I haven't been coming to the site is because I've had nothing but failures to report. Even now, it's the same. However, hopefully I can start a fresh, legitimate reboot unlike the rest of these tries that I've had. The first week is going to be the hardest and if I can go through one week, I hope it'll be easier.

To JP, great job with the 50 days. Keep up the good work boss.

 

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(Sorry for the long post, bear with me...)

Hi everyone who's still doing this Fellowship thing. I posted on January 18th that I was joining this group, and would report back on May 1/2013. I meant to post yesterday but a friend of mine just got back from Australia so we hung out last night instead.

To paraphrase my January 18th post:

- I was joining this Fellowship group to help quit PMO after a year of failing to quit
- I had a problem with being tempted on the internet, so I was cutting back on time on the computer
- I would post back on May 1st with an update
- January 18-May 1 was going to be about 100 days no PMO

First the good news. No PMO since March 24/2013. So FORTY DAYS TODAY!

The bad news is January 18-March 24 was a mix of no PMO and binging. It was something like two steps forward, one step back.


I have to say though that after a rocky start, the past 40 days have been going well. Of course, I've felt like garbage, and its been difficult to fight cravings, and I'm tired a lot of the time. And I'm in a MAJOR flatline. But I feel better than I did when into the PMO. Sometimes its really tough but I keep thinking I HAVE to do this. I don't want to waste my life just being a messed up, unhappy PMO addict.

There have been some positives so far. I'm starting to feel more rested when I sleep, I'm noticing a bit more confidence. I'm making an effort to take better care of myself (e.g. nutrition and hygiene). Nothing drastic. But still positive.

My eventual goal is a minimum six months (September 24th/2013). I'm focusing on a more conservative goal to make it to June 1, no PMO. That would be about 70 days. Again, I'm at 40 days today.

I won't promise to be more active in the thread, but lately I haven't been so tempted when I'm on the computer- I've been really good at abruptly stopping whatever I'm doing that starts tempting me (e.g. if I'm home alone and I'm tempted I immediately go to the store, if its my computer I just shut it down).

I really hope everybody's doing well. This struggle is effing horrible, but keep it going guys. Just think of how proud we all can be when we eventually persevere and are successful in beating the PMO addiction (or whatever you choose to call it).

Check in when you can, let me know who's out there still.

 

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New hobbit here. Whenever I fail, I try to reflect on why it happened and why I know it's wrong: having someone for selfish reasons (sums up crime since the beginning of time). I quickly get to confession (I realize not everyone's catholic) and embrace the fact that God wants me back in the game and embracing my life's adventure instead of sitting on the sidelines.

I then try to eat from the banquet and get the taste of the dumpster out of my mouth (stole from Christopher West): find something beautiful to look at, read, or listen to. Beauty and love are the antidotes to P and lust.

Thanks for sharing your adventures with me. It's better to fight instead of failing to realize you're in a war. Let's realize that almost every man we see in the world is battling with these demons in one form or another. Reach out to them bc they're looking for a fellowship to join. For some reason God has placed us in this age where men are being destroyed like never before. We can turn it around.

 

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June 3 = Day 4. I'll check back in mid September.

 

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astalavista, I thought the Fellowship was resurrected!

Is the purpose supposed of this topic to be like a group journal with encouragement? If so, I think it could be good.

 

hey guys - join us for the totally FREE telephone conference call support meeting tomorrow at 10 a.m. PST 1 pm EST:

http://www.yourbrainrebalanced.com/index.php?topic=10398.0

 

Hey, this just randomly popped into my head to post. I haven't posted since June and I didn't want to leave people hanging bc its forums like this that helped me see my problem for what it was and kick it. This is a pretty dead thread but I wanted people to see my little success story too, not just a dead thread.

I continued to fail off and on until October 1st. Now I am 60 days PMO free. Smashed my previous milestone by about 33%. And I don't miss it.

What did it take? Totally overhauling my life and routine. Bc it wasn't as simple for me as a straight up addiction. I had triggers, factors in my life that made me seek escapism, too much time and not enough productive outlets. I'm grossly simplifying my situation but in the interest of brevity I have to. Cutting out screen time and internet time was huge in helping me stay PMO free. And I don't miss the extra web cruising or anything either.

The take away point is I'm PMO free for two months with no cravings or flatline or any of that anymore. I struggled consciously for about 18 months before this happened and unconsciously for years before to kick it, and to improve myself and my life so I no longer needed it.

This is my way of giving back just a little. It can be done, you will feel better for it. So long and good luck, I won't be posting here ever again. Asta la vista everybody!!