Lots of changes and benefits. The early benefits are well documented: increased confidence and energy. Over time, you start getting more subtle benefits, like being a lot more calm but also more social. As time goes on, you start to make much more productive use of your time. I’m currently working on writing my first novel. I’m exercising regularly, and I’m making an effort to spend as much time as possible around friends and family.
I’m 26. I stumbled upon this sub nearly two years ago. I saw the 90 day challenge, and thought it sounded rather silly but thought I’d give it a crack. Fast forward two weeks I’m experiencing intense headaches, the likes of which I had never experienced before. This made me realise I had a problem. Then I joined Sex Addicts Anonymous, which is a community of people addicted to certain sexual behaviours (porn being a common one), and this turned my life around. It allowed me to really feel part of a community of people who were suffering as a result of this ghastly problem.
I did have PE fairly badly, which has improved.
I don’t live alone, but I don’t have sex very often (I am single). What you realise after a while is that this problem has very little to do with ‘horniness’. It’s just a way to numb the emotional pain you might be experiencing in the moment. Warped sexual activity is just our drug of choice.
Yes I guess there were different phases in the journey, but what you realise as you progress is that you just have to take each day at a time. (For more info, read the Power of Now). Over time I have become a lot calmer and a lot more social. I’ve also started going back to old hobbies that I had dropped years ago.
LINK: I’m 20 months clean, all I can say is – fill your time, or porn will fill it for you…
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