Hello everyone. Just got the app a few days ago and have been really moved by everyone’s posts on here, especially through porn addiction and recovery.
At this point, I have not watched porn for 2 days and the longest i have gone without watching is probably a week or two within the last year or so. I am truly inspired to quit but I also do feel the urges and have had trouble controlling them. I am going to the gym and just recently started my routine again. After the breakup between my girlfriend and I, my addiction spiraled out of control and was masturbating to porn multiple times a day. My addiction creates a lot of shame within myself as I would always watch intense and ever worse videos, even having problems with my sexuality which I felt were porn induced. Porn took away my will to talk and flirt with women, which had become apparent, along with my willingness to forgo the gym which I loved. Even with this, I have been unable to stop and only within the last week have I really been motivated to quit. I quit a week ago or so, relapsed and then downloaded this app. Am I crazy or can anyone relate. Reading through this app I understand everyone has there demons, and need some advice for my own
You are not crazy my friend! My addiction is alcohol not porn but addiction is terrible no matter what your “thing”. There are some fab folk on here that will be able to advise you specifically on your addiction but I just wanted you to know that you are heard and you are safe here, in the company of us all struggling with the demon of addiction. If you truly want to stop you have to be strong! A saying that really resonated with me on here in early days was… NOTHING CHANGES, IF NOTHING CHANGES! I wish you well on your journey and look forward to seeing you around on this amazing forum…WELCOME!
Thank you so much for you words. I knew saying something and having other people here my situation would inspire me and keep me honest. I will do my best to fight.
@corndog9 welcome. There are several of us here that are porn/sex/love addicts, I’m 5 years sober from a nearly 40 year addiction myself. Find a group such as SLAA, SAA or others, if none are available in person in your area they all have online meetings. It will look dark and be uncomfortable at first but it does get better, there are several threads here specifically related to our addiction so check them out and keep coming back.
