I’ve strengthened my biggest strength: my family. I’ve had my most productive period at work, ever.

I haven’t come across too many stories like mine, where there was no focus on sex or getting better at it. I’m posting this hoping it will help someone who might think that way or may be even open your mind to a new way of thinking. I recommend taking a look at my journal […]

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Research Highlight: The Pornography “Rebooting” Experience (podcast)

  Episode Description This 2021 study conducts a qualitative analysis of abstinence journals kept by members of Reboot Nation, a recovery forum for problematic porn use. It explores the various negative effects members attributed to their porn use, which consequently motivated them to try to quit porn, and what the experience of trying to quit […]

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Problematic Pornography Use: Legal and Health Policy Considerations (2021)

Sharpe, M., Mead, D. Problematic Pornography Use: Legal and Health Policy Considerations. Curr Addict Rep (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-021-00390-8 Abstract Purpose of Review Reports of sexual violence, especially towards women and children, are rapidly increasing. At the same time, rates of problematic pornography use (PPU) are accelerating across the world too. The purpose of this review is […]

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The best sex I’ve ever had. For the first time in my life it felt like a personal connection.

Hey guys, pretty short post here. Went through the flatline pretty hard from around days 15-35. After The flatline ended I hit the dating seen hard, went on a couple dates and ended up meeting a girl I really like. One thing led to another after a couple of dates and we had sex. Legitimately […]

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The Pornography “Rebooting” Experience: A Qualitative Analysis of Abstinence Journals on an Online Pornography Abstinence Forum (2021)

Comment: Excellent paper analyzes more than 100 rebooting experiences and highlights what people are undergoing on recovery forums. Contradicts much of the propaganda about recovery forums (such as the nonsense that they’re all religious, or strict semen-retention extremists, etc.) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Arch Sex Behav . 2021 Jan 5. David P Fernandez  1 , Daria J Kuss  2 […]

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Age 20 – More energy, Willpower is stronger, Have more motivation, I don’t give up when something becomes difficult, No more social anxiety

PS: sry for my English So my day counter is showing 140 days but I don’t care because I feel that I am cured and I will never go back though this trash industry. It has been a long road, around 7 months to get out of it. I did streaks of 47,23,6,3 and now […]

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Age 40 – Relationship with my wife has improved significantly. My ED is healing. More peaceful, less anxious.

I have just posted this in my journal [link no  longer active], but I thought you’d like to hear about the effects I’ve noticed after the first 40 days. This feels like a real milestone. I’ve successfully given up PM now for about six weeks, and it’s making a real, measurable difference. My relationship with […]

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