congratulations - me too. I've been trying to do this on my own for decades and realize that I need some support and hope that logging in every day and truthfully reporting my progress will give me the required motivation to continue. I wish you and I strength, wellness and contentment and hope to see you back here as well.

I can totally relate I to have been struggling with this for a long time. I wish you well and hope we can both find strength from helping each other heal.

ok - check in with you tomorrow!

Stay strong We can do this!

That is great tryingtobestrong23! People say this is just the first step but in my experience, deciding to get in this journey is 90% of it. You have crossed the biggest hurdle while others are still justifying the habit or giving excuses. Yes, you can both do it and think of nothing else but success. Picture the good ending and think about it everyday.

Thanks. My goal is to check in every day. I had a good night last night which I expected as I had binged on porn the previous night. So in some way I'm still in the cycle so important to continue with getting this support as time goes on. The danger point comes when I fool myself that I have the habit kicked.

It is a constant struggle I had a good night last night too and this weekend I am working so that keeps me busy. I know it’s going to be difficult to break the cycle but all we can do it take it a day at a time

Hi Hope things are going well - so far so good but I know that the hungry ghost of my addiction is just waiting for me to get too confident - I have to be constantly alert to feeling over confident

I am glad to hear you’re doing well I did have a slip yesterday but I learned from it and refocused myself. The evil demon inside my head it tough to beat but I am strong

Do not trust your own strength. Call on God daily and in times of weakness for help to be delivered from lust and pornography.

It is important to forgive ourselves and re-commit to abstain for one day at a time. I find it helpful to connect with others when I am in a vulnerable place. Also connecting here before the cravings happen - I don't believe that there is evil inside us - that doesn't mean to say that we don't do harmful things. I do believe there is a hunger - porn is empty calories that doesn't satisfy us

Just checking in - no slips so far but no big tests yet either - that will happen when my partner leaves for a couple of days in January. I will need to make sure that I have some activities with others planned out and not use alcohol on those days

I am doing well thank you. It’s not always easy but I am getting through it. I wish you well and stay stong. You can do this. There will always be trying times and tests but stay focused and avoid temptation. I wish you all the best

Thanks for the wishes ttbs23 - sometimes I am not sure what to write here but I think it is important for me to check in anyway as a way of maintaining my focus. Best wishes to you as well

It’s hard to put into words sometimes but just the fact that you keep checking in tells me you are focused and trying to better yourself like your name says you can do this