Saw you on the check in today. Congratulations on your 8 days. Thought I’d throw this out here for ya.
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Maybe you like one of these plans.
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Thank you.
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At times in the past.
My plan was to do things better than before.
Which means i would evaluate my addiction.
I would think about what i liked the most while i was in my addiction.
Then i would calculate the amount of time in my addiction.
How much of that time was enjoyable?
What was enjoyable doing that time?
Then i thought about all the time i have been out the addiction.
What things gave me enjoyable moments while i was not in my addiction?
I then realized that it’s just a small portion of time that I enjoyed while on the addiction.
While not on my addiction i was able to enjoy more of life.
Cause some of the things that give me the most joy out of life.
I cant enjoy while in the addiction.
An at times its not worth starting my addiction again, knowing that I will not enjoy it.
So my plan usually is to not do anything that prevents me from enjoying life. And if addiction will prevent me from enjoying life, it’s not worth doing the addiction because it’s not enjoyable no more.
Tho when i relapsed after i came up wit that theory.
I found myself trying to shut it off before i end up completely turned down what I feel while I was not in the addiction.
The last few relapses devastated my situation.
As of now my plan is to build up as much as i can in hopes of not destroying what im building while sober.
Cause im not sure how many times i can come bac from it.
Its is others i care about.
An at times when i choose to enjoy life wit addiction.
It hurts the ones i care about.
The ones that choose to care about me.
At the end of the day.
I prefer to enjoy life without anyone else getting hurt in the process.
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Welcome to TS 
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Welcome!
Great username.
Stick around, have a good read and involve yourself.
Plenty of goodness around here.
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Good day everyone.
I’m new here and I need guide to the PMO community.
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Welcome to Talking Sober Erin 
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Welcome to the community @ErinTheSideOfCaution ! There is a great group of supportive people here . Just read around and jump in where you are comfortable. I really hope you choose to stick around and stay sober with us. ODAAT 
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Welcome Erin 
Your friend pointed you to a great community. I hope today is day 2 . You achieved some good sober time before and you can do it again. Do it for you and everything else will fall into place. Stay patient and hopeful. 
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Welcome @SOG There’s a good group of folks here on Talking Sober who are recovering from lust / porn / sex and related addictions. If you search “PMO”, “sex addiction”, “porn”, and related terms you will find many posts.
Personally my recovery from porn finally started to get some traction when I joined Sexaholics Anonymous (www.SA.org). When I started working that program in a systematic way, and keeping an open mind and learning from people with more experience, I found sobriety.
There’s a lot to learn and it is a big change in mindset. It is possible though, always one day at a time.
Welcome to Talking Sober!
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Hey there Erin Are you hangin in there ??
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Hey! Thanks for checking in! I get my 5 day badge at 6am tomorrow(: I’ve been trying to read through posts on here any time I’m feeling bored or triggered which has helped. Seeing a widget on the home page of my phone with my sobriety counter has been a huge encouragement as well! 
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Amazing !!! So glad to hear you are sticking with it!!! Just give it time and patience. I never thought I could do this.
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Hey Erin. Congrats on 5 days, that’s huge! We’re so happy to have you here 
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Thanks Madds! It’s good to be here