Hello everybody, my name is Joshua. I don’t know exactly if I’m addicted to pornography but I do know that I can’t stop masturbating to it. It’s made me do things I’m not proud of and has affected my relationship.
I downloaded this app so that I can get better and not rely on porn to feel good. I’m 18 years old and I don’t want to carry this into adulthood.
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Welcome Joshua!
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Welcome. You’ll love it here
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Good idea Josh! I am also in recovery from a porn addiction. Porn - like drugs - is a lie. It takes you to a place that isn’t real, with behaviours and feelings and events that aren’t realistic, and then - like drugs - it drops you back in reality. And the cycle repeats.
There’s a lot of good research into porn and sex addiction. Search up “Patrick Carnes” and you’ll find some of his research. There’s good talks by him on YouTube too.
Ultimately porn and sex addiction, like all addiction, is about escape. Overcoming porn and sex addiction is about learning about the addiction, and finding a recovery community where you can have connection and collaboration, being together in a community of people. That connection helps build positive momentum over time. Talking Sober is a wonderful community for that.
There’s a good collection of informative links here:
Take care Josh and welcome! Don’t be a stranger - reach out anytime.
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Welcome Joshua!
I’m also in recovery from sex/porn addiction, in addition top the resources @Matt listed here’s a link to a short quiz regarding sexual addiction you might be interested in taking.
https://slaafws.org/40-questions/
6 years ago today I started my recovery process and Talking Sober has been a major part of my staying sober, you can get allot of help here if you just look for it.
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Hi I’m ify and I have porn and maturation addiction, it all started I guess from being molested as a kid but I guess I’m to blame for allowing my self grow into porn and masturbatiom addiction, I keep taking decisions to quit and I keep relapsing. I have never been on a platform like this but I do hope I can use from the incredible truth I read here to carve my path towards sobriety.
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Welcome!! Congrats on taking this step, admitting that you have a problem and looking for a way to get better. Addiction isn’t easy but the rewards of living a life of recovery are awesome. As you know, there are times when we mess up,most important thing to do after that is to get back up and then to try identifying why you messed up and put things in place so that you don’t do em again. Feel free to reach out to those of us that are also fighting the battle against porn and masturbation addiction, I think most of us try to be supportive. I’m not here often but I’m trying to come on regularly again.
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Hey Joshua, its awesome that you realize there’s a problem and you’re taking steps to get ahead of it. I’m 22, if I had your awareness at your age I could’ve saved myself A LOT of time, heartache, and pain. If you keep at it, you’ll be out of it before you know it.
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Welcome to this community. I think we all have regrets, what we have to try to do now is move forward. Let the past be lessons that we’ve learned from and try to form new, healthy patterns