u/Candid-Pumpkin855

This is my biggest streak in a long while, and honestly, one of the biggest motivations for me to keep going was writing this post here someday. So thank you all. I’m really grateful for this community.

To summarize my story: I’ve been addicted for around 12 years. I tried to quit so many times, but I always fell back into it. One of my best streaks was 63 days, but I relapsed because I realized something important — quitting porn didn’t magically fix the problems in my life.

I still felt empty. I still felt lonely.

This time, instead of only fighting the habit, I’m trying to heal the reason behind it. For me, the root was loneliness.

One thing that surprisingly helped me a lot was “reconditioning.” I read about it in one of my previous posts, and even ChatGPT mentioned that it’s evidence-based. I decided to take it literally:

Every time I got an urge, I immediately did 10 push-ups.

At first, the urges were constant, so I ended up doing push-ups all day 😂

Not gonna lie… I saw a huge muscular difference after the first days.

Even today, I still do the same thing.

I’m not pretending I figured everything out, and I know I’m still early in the journey. But maybe someone here is in a miserable situation like I was, and this advice could help: try linking your urges and thoughts to a different action instead of feeding them.

And again, thank you all.

This subreddit has been one of my biggest motivations, and I honestly don’t think I could’ve reached my two biggest streaks without it.

Please keep me in your prayers.

I edit videos for a content creator who makes talking-head videos. He’s a doctor, and most of his content is analyzing other videos, so the edits require a lot of graphs, added frames, visual references, and motion graphics.

The original reaction clip might only be around 10 seconds long, but the final reel ends up being over a minute because of all the added context and visuals.

The hard part is that I also want the edits to feel viral and engaging — not just simple cuts and subtitles. Balancing quality, speed, and creativity is exhausting sometimes.

Thank God for this streak. I had tremendous urges, but thank God I stayed strong.

Social media is now the main thing that triggers me. In every timeline, you’ll see something sexual almost 100% of the time, and in most cases, more than once.

It has been a big challenge, especially since I’m on holiday and away from people for two days, which feeds the urges even more.

so yeah day 8 and its getting harder again like it always does when i abstain for longer

feels like if i mess up now its gonna be wayyy harder to start over 😭

urges are hitting pretty bad today not gonna lie