Good evening. It’s only been 15 days, and it’s getting frustrating. I live alone. I only get out when I go to work. I’ve stopped all porn, and deleted the cess pool of available sexual content, Instagram. While the urge/need to self gratify is at bay, the boredom is mind numbing. I used to masturbate just to have something to do between sleeping and being at work. 
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More than 2 weeks is a long time to resist the urge, gotta congratulate yourself on that achievement! While I don’t struggle with this particular addiction, when I quit the substances that I am addicted to it left me with a giant hole, like a massive amount of time and energy unused and it was very boring as well, which led me to just think about using. I found building a new schedule and finding healthy hobbies to fill the time helped a lot! Reading was probably my biggest time filler, something I’d stopped doing in the heat of my addiction.
Any old healthy hobbies/interets you feel like you could dive back into to help spend the spare time?
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Start looking for hobbies and activities to fill your time. Go to SAA meetings there’s lots on zoom. Volunteer somewhere. Find those activities that fulfill you.
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Thank you. I’m a classic car enthusiast. But winter is rough on that hobby. I’ve started reading the Bible to keep me focused. 
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Thank you. I started reading the Bible. And I attended my first SA meeting the other night.
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100% agree with the other responses.
Addiction is such a big thief of time, when you stop acting out it’s amazing how much more time you suddenly have. I found myself picking up things that I hadn’t done in years (playing guitar) or things that I’d always wanted to learn (juggling). The guitar is sat in the corner of my room gathering dust now, but I still look for new things to learn/do. It feels good to learn new skills and try things out, and it stops me from sitting alone getting bored and trying to white knuckle my way through the urges.
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