Porn addiction any success stories?

Health and Recovery
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I get a lot of help with blocker software.

I use cold turkey on my desktop, and qustodio on my phone.

It breaks the habit when I can’t directly acsess adult material. There’s a extra step which reminds me I don’t want to do it.

Actually the cold turkey is impossible to get past, unless you are a advanced computer programer or something, it uses a timelock. Qustodio is password based. There are freeware versions available.

I have that album with Bad Religion by the way, the new America. Good album, good song.

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My friends and I listened to a lot of bad religion back in the day. We mainly listened to punk rock back then.

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I don’t watch a lot of porn. There for a while after getting off invega and on perphenazine my sex drive was out of control. I feel I’ve pretty much stabilized as far as that goes though. I pretty much just watch it to do the deed then I’m done.

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Ever since I started on the Antidepressant Citalopram, I haven’t had the urge to masturbate as much. The Libido is gone, where I used to do it every other day I now go weeks without even thinking about it! :sweat_smile:

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When you change your perspective of your reality you overcome any addiction. Addiction is an escape from your reality. It won’t happen overnight, but when you put your mind towards a satisfying reality eventually you succeed. For example take time to be grateful, when you can’t be grateful ask yourself “why?”. Have the mind/power to change what you can’t accept, accept what you can’t change and know the difference. Be assertive, yes is yes and no is no. Know your boundaries and follow your interests and passions.

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its a real addiction

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I dont have addiction anymore thank you

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not denying it can be addictive

i just dont think trying to completely abstain and still sometimes doing it means you are battling addiction. Porn is a visual and auditory aide for masturbation. I’m not sure if it is a porn addiction or an autoerotic one.

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My father was so addicted to porn and would relieve himself while watching that I never really got into it but watching some of the things he did really got inside me and became a need I’m still fighting

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sorry to hear that bro

i think some level of decency is necessary but at the same time it should be treated like other bodily functions: discreetly

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Yes you are right thank you for the advice

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Sounds like something we say when we say the Serenity Prayer in my group

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I doubt you’re going to “think “ your way out of an addiction.

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Can I ask everyone a question what’s so bad at looking at porn is there something I’m missing because I’m looking at this thread like wtf how why who you know what I mean I guess If you watch too much and it affects your life but it seems too me a lot of you need to relax truthfully everything in moderation food porn sex whatever

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