Join the challenge! Porn detox!

I’ve never been able to stop, and have gone through phases of excessive use which were detrimental… with that said, I find viewing just a bit of porn here and there tends to increase my drive. Maybe watching it in moderation is a bit like having 2 glasses of red a day.

I’m on board! Are YOU going to get on board ?

It’s like anything else. If can’t stop at will, then it’s a problem.

I want to be the one in possession of my own mind at all times. If there is anthing that has enough influence over me that I can’t stop when I’ve decided to, then I know I need to get the hell away from it.

Yesterday I learned that my Father had a problem with porn when he was my age. That was the nail in the coffin for me. I’m never going to watch porn again.

Hmm I think Im going to start cutting back more and more from porn. When it doesnt really turn me on as fast as it used to I think that is a problem.

How is one supposed to masturbate without porn?

Use your hands or buy a Fleshlight. Or microwave a rockmelon and cut a hole in the side.

Ok I am going to try the porn detox again. I failed 2 times but am convinced that you get way better EQ by not watching porn.

I was off porn but when i started clamping I’ve been using it. May try clamping without it.

I have no moral or ethical issues with porn, but I stopped 2 weeks ago. I’ve spent most of my twenties behind a computer screen looking at homemade porn, or reading forum posts about various kinks.

I’ve never stayed away from it for longer than 2 to 3 months. Typically, I’ve binged on it and stayed up all night. I’ve done it at least 4 times this year. It feels odd not to run to sex on the internet when I’m lonely. It sure took my mind off of loneliness, or insecurities.

I’m on board. There’s tons of scientific non-religious information about the effects of porn at Your Brain On Porn -.

I have no moral problem with porn, and I am not a religious person. I have looked at porn continually since I was 15, I’m now 24. I am giving up porn for a few reasons:

1. Get better EQ. I haven’t had a spontaneous erection in years, and I have had problems getting/staying erect while having sex. This lead to serious performance anxiety, which in turn lead to worse EQ, etc.
2. Reclaim lost time. I have got my porn down to once every other day, but on my "on" day, it will typically take the whole day - like 12 hours long. This is clearly way too much time. Also, I have sometimes cancelled or postponed appointments because I preferred to look at porn.
3. Help with PE. A number of posts indicate that increased EQ leads to gains in size. These gains might just be from harder, easier-to-get erections, but gains are still gains, and I’ll take it.

Go for it.

I was a pretty big addict. Without getting into details to save everyone’s time, it affected my daily routine/life to an unacceptable degree (IMO).

I decided to quit on March 18th and have been clean since. I had a lengthy run last summer of 7 weeks but relapsed after seeing Jayden Jaymes on mainstream TV. What a helpless trigger that was. But I’m confident this time.

Wish me luck!

Day 3
I’m on day 3 of no porn so far (I had started a day before posting yesterday). This is still within the range of a “normal” porn break for me, that is to say that even before deciding to quit there were some times when I would go three days without watching it. Something feels different this time, however. It’s probably because my mind is aware that I’ve planned to never watch porn again, so instead of getting dopamine/energy to be motivated to find a chance to watch porn, my brain is just confused.

My dick kind of feels dead right now. As ridiculous as this sounds, I’ve been tempted to just try some porn to make sure it’s still working. No morning wood or spontaneous erections yet, best I got was a spontaneous semi last night, but that reassured me that it would work if I needed it to. I have noticed that it already feels/looks a little fuller when it’s flaccid, so that’s a plus.

In general though the biggest change I feel so far is mental; I have no motivation to do anything really, and that’s really unusual for me. I think I used the dopamine released while watching porn as fuel to do other things throughout my day. Since I would look at porn essentially all day, I would intersperse it around some work that I was doing, and it made the work easier. Sometimes I would even watch it while working, so I think my natural reward response is very dulled by normal things.

Day 6

Things are going well, I had to actually look back at the date of my previous post to figure out how many days it has been. Still not much going on re:spontaneous erections, which I’d really like to get back, but the mental game has greatly improved. I’m not bothered by the fact that I haven’t watched porn in so long, and I’m not even really focusing on it as much in general. Additional free time has been great; initially I just used it all up reading/posting on this forum and researching porn addiction, but now I’m starting to use it for some of the things I’ve been meaning to do, and it’s really been helpful.

Regarding EQ, I was easily able to stay erect during sex, so that was great. More than that, however, was that I did not lose anything (as far as I could tell) in terms of stamina. I thought that for sure after 6 days of no masturbation I would be ready to explode, but after getting over the first 5 minutes (during which I could have easily come a lot), I was able to keep going for as long as I wanted. That was pretty good news to me.

I quit myfreecams the other day, which has been a big problem for me. Deleted my account. Lost all my privates, all the perks of being a long term member. I would have thrown over $1000 into that site … crazy. Feels great to be rid of it.