I’ll pre-empt the main question: what benefits am I experiencing after going a month without porn?
Benefits:
Self-respect. I know how hard this addiction is to overcome, so every day that I do so gives me strength and self-respect. And how you feel about yourself drips into every moment of life.
I’m a better friend, brother, boyfriend, and son. I find myself investing in all of these relationships much more; small things like making my girlfriend’s upcoming birthday special and arranging different surprises for her is something I wouldn’t have had the impetus to do when I was in the grip of this addiction. I’m currently visiting home and today I managed to get both my (highly sedentary) parents on a winter walk in nature, which they would never have done themselves but loved.
I’m much more inclined to work out, intensely, and it’s not a chore.
Much more confident in every situation including at work.
Speaking of work, I’m much more effective at advising, speaking, recalling, planning etc etc. Much more credible in general. My output has increased tremendously.
I am just watching the joy of living unfold around and within me. It’s subtle, but beautiful. It feels like the universe is slightly tilted in my favour.
More emotionally stable (less lows, when they do happen they’re not so bad)
I feel like all the potential, which has haunted me for a long time, is becoming more feasible. Be it achieving the body of my dreams, an amazing social life, starting my freedom business, achieving financial independence, changing people’s lives for the better.
I think that’s enough. I’m really happy to have reached 30 days. I’ve had this goal in mind for a while and today it’s happened.
I’m not stopping here; I never want to go back to being a slave.
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By – u/mountainclimber27
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