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Hi guys, I'm the newest loser!! :-[ :-[

I did really well for the 5 days prior (second longest reboot I've ever done in my life.. hopefully that means something!). To be fair, I did get some "help" from a 2 day power outage caused by Hurricane Sandy, where I was unable to access the net, let alone my PC.

So what happened exactly? I was moving files off my computer to my external hard drive to free up some hard disk space, when I ran across some old video clips that I used to jerk off to, and I was compelled to click on it just for memory's sake (big mistake, I know), and you can just guess what happened next. I didn't go hunting for clips to masturbate to, not that this should matter anyway.

I am determined to hit my 7 day goal this week, no exceptions!

 

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Wasup guys hope everything is going well for you. I'm sorry some of you fell of the horse, but I know you know what you have to do. Don't ever give up on this shit, your too strong.

I had deleted my porn videos on my computer a while ago, and I blocked my access to porn with K9 protection. I haven't accidently ran into anything triggering. Staying alert.

I'm on day 4, still doing good. No strong urges yet. Feeling a little flatline perhaps.

 

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Sorry to hear about some of you guys falling off but if at any point you feel the urge remember why you're rebooting and remember that it is worth it to go through with this. Although I am facing heavy cravings I keep reminding myself of what awaits me, and that I will have my libido back. That sex drive will lead to a gf one way or another, and to other good things as well.

If you need some advice on disciplinary/distraction techniques ask around, everyone including myself will be more than happy to give suggestions.

Good job getting right back on the horse though, don't beat yourself up over it.

 

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JerseyJay911 I used to feel like I'm not actually rebooting if it wasn't completely out of will power to stop but that's not what it is. Basically, you're attempting to rewire the brain so no matter what circumstances you are in, if you are not watching porn, that's good. And you can do it man!

As Jp91 said, don't beat yourself up.

Any progress is progress. Any days that you don't watch PMO are good days.

 

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Day 5, going strong. I had a great day yesterday, I like this PMO free life. I'm hoping you guys are as well and making progress.

 

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Yesterday I woke up at around 11, I crawled over to my computer and turned it on, trying to distract my self from morning wood I looked out the window adjusting my eyes to the sunlight and guess what I saw. In the backyard of my neighbors house was a blond girl in her 20's doing some really sexy exercises. The thrill of fapping to a real girl right in front of me without her knowing my sound creepy but it was extremely thrilling.

I have to say, after I came I didn't feel bad at all. I'm not sure why, maybe it was because unlike those fake plastic girls on my computer this was a real girl with flaws and I liked her a lot more. Of course MO isn't great but my real priority is having no craving or attachment to porn. The no PMO battles continues.

That was yesterday, I'll report back late tonight on how today went. Weekend are the hardest.

That's also good advice Jp91, congratulations to everyone still holding up.

@JerseyJay911 and sikkunt We just have to get back on the horse guys.

Also, out of curiosity I've noticed a bit of difference in time zones. Where are we all from? I'm Australian.

 

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East coast of the US. and happy one week to Struggling

You're on a roll bro!

 

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I'm from the west side of the U.S.

World War against porno.

 

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now if we can only get some Germans and Russians.....

 

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Hi thanks for the words of encouragement, guys. I shall use this opportunity as a new beginning, and make a serious attempt to reach my newbie goal of 7 days. Here we go!!

I'm from the East Coast US as well. Also, my avatar should be up and running now.

 

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Hahaha, I'm digging the avatar JerseyJay.

 

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Haha thanks man. It's election season here in the US, had to keep that theme going. 8)

 

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To everyone who fell off the horse, the key is to just get back on as soon as possible. Don't dwell on it, don't think of it as a failure, just completely ignore it and move on with the reboot.

JP, thanks haha. You are coming along we'll yourself so keep it up!

Serge, whatever works best for you is what you do. Remember the goal of this is to just be free of an addiction to PORN. Maybe fapping to real girls in front of you will mess with the reboot, I have no idea if it will, but it's better than MOing to porn.

Stay strong everyone, we can all do this

 

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Hey guys I almost fell of the horse right now. Fuck. I was looking at mens clothing online, clicked on women, clicked on intimates. Dam. I could easily picture the ass.

I touched my dick a little and realized what I'm doing and closed that shit down. Did I fuck up? I shouldn't reset my counter for that shit right?

 

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Rather than stress about how you nearly went down an old path rejoice that you instead picked this new one instead.

Remember, this reboot is a lifestyle change which means it's for the long run. I'm clearly not one of the experts on the reboot but I say don't stress the small things like being attracted to women in sexy clothing, that's just part of life (unless it becomes a substitute for human connection), but it's watching hundreds of hours of violent, fake, empty sex that will corrupt the mind. Just my two cents.

 

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I am in total agreement. Serge is absolutely right. And besides, I don't think (honestly) that fapping to your hot neighbor is ANYTHING like fapping to porn so in all honesty I don't think it'll kill the reboot. Maybe stall it, hell maybe it is rewiring you to the real thing a little I'm not sure. But it is for sure not a horrible thing.

StopThePorn, not a big deal, in fact I've gotten aroused a couple times if I saw a hot chick in a movie and sometimes you can't avoid that, some movies even have nudity and it isn't fun but looking away/closing the image you need to realize that seeing it for a total of 10 seconds really doesn't do anything.

 

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The way I see it, it's up to you to decide what things should reset your counter. In your situation, I wouldn't reset my counter personally, though.

I had my first, or second? wet dream since the start of this reboot. I PMO'd in it and it was really vivid that I honestly thought I had PMO'd when I woke up. Fortunately, it was only a wet dream so I'm still rolling.

 

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well you started the action, but you mustnt start feeling the sweetness,
you might feel a chaser effect from the steps down you went,
you might have felt the addiction circuitry started to stimulate; and ordred you to touch your bone to start the process;
mm i guess you saved the day, i guess so; but you were so close i guess,
im sure the next things you were going to search is "ass" or google; or worse jump directly to a streaming site, depanding on how deep the addiction is,
as for me, it became like a tottal madness, if i fall i would go like a zombie to the most fulfilling things!
thats why there is no way i open this dam door at all !

 

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Norway in the house

So I relapsed again yesterday (saturday here). Urge was strong as i relapsed friday aswell.
The positive thing about when I relapse is that I learn something new everytime. When I
first started this I didnt have any blockers, so when I relapsed I got one. The next one I figured
I had to find a new habit and started meditating (which I unfortunatly have been lazy at the last
few days). Now I learned that weekends where I dont have any plans at all are the big enemy.
Home alone with the computer and chaser effect aint good. Now I have made myself some go-to
activities. for me they are:
- Study
- pushups
- meditate
- do something around the apartment (dishes, clean, tidy the place, get rid of old clothes, whatever)
- go for a walk
So whenever I really feel the urge I just do one of those things.

Also got a busy month planned so that will help me keep my dick in check

Sorry for the guys who fell of the wagoon (like me), lets keep going. learn from our mistakes and get better!!

**sorry for my bad english, but its not my first language**

 

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Sikkunt, my best words for you are just keep trying man. I've relapsed hundreds of times so I have no room to really speak. This is my third longest streak in my life right now and it just happened as I kept trying to reboot. We're all different but what's important is that you are really trying to stop this addiction