No More Porn For Me

Not more porn for me too!

This is a very good thread. Too bad it ended 4 years ago. Porn addiction is a very real thing. I’m thankful to God for the strength I needed to break this. I’ve been porn free for 6 or 7 years. I still have to guard against the temptation but I’ve developed some good methods to do that.

Might be of value to share your methods.

First and foremost, I rely on my faith and the strength of God through prayer and reading of scripture. I rely on friends who also struggle with porn addiction. If I feel tempted, I call them for reassurance. I keep NOTHING from my wife which is a big deal to us since we both consider porn a form of cheating. Following 1 Corinthians 17:5, my wife gives me everything I need to strengthen me. Finally, knowledge. Admit that you have a problem. Arm yourself with the knowledge of what porn does to you and those around you. Learn what it does to the actresses and actors who create these videos. There are exceptions, but I can’t support an industry that causes such harm to people. Porn also corrupts the integrity of moral values. If you don’t believe this, think back when you first realized your own sexuality and how porn has turned that into something else. The things that excited you then dont do the same for you now. You always want more and vanilla isn’t good enough. Think about how many relationships have been damaged by porn. Perhaps even your own.

The above mentioned methods work for me. They might not work for everyone. Especially those who don’t consider porn morally damaging. If you don’t think its an addiction, stop looking at it for a month or more and see how hard it is to break the chains.

Some other methods:
Quit watching TV or only watch “safe” programs.
Get rid of all the porn in your house
Ask a trusted friend of family member to enter a password into an adult content screening program on your computer
Stay busy (Idle hands are the Devil’s workshop)
Control your eyes when you are around women
Choose to be around friends who help you not hinder you
Join a porn addiction support group

In the end, my biggest ally in the war against porn is God. He has changed me for the better. I do understand that many people will not walk the same path as me but the other methods will help.

As you said, others may find your methods not entirely to their liking but you have proven the effectiveness. Whatever approach one takes, it is beneficial in every way to initiate it.

My compliments to you, How lack.

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Thank you. In the beginning, it was hard work. Now it’s just maintenance. Kind of like PE. :)

Just wanted to point out that no women are exploited in gay male porn.
Every single gay male porn actor I have met has been a really nice guy with none of the loathing you’ve described.
I’ve done gay porn. It was fun. In a way, it was just sharing awesome sex with a bigger group. No loathing involved.

When it comes to porn, homosexuality is the morally superior choice. Even if it’s just watching a dude JO and having that JO Buddy fantasy. Also, go amateur. Amateur women masturbating on video for free is because they enjoy it, I’d hope. Why pay for it at all? Get on Cam4 and make friends to JO with (male or female) and just pay the connection provider if you want.

I still need to read the whole post. But I feel porn has desensitized me. If I watch to much and masturbate my EQ takes a nose dive.

Same here, I stopped watching 14 days ago (after 13 years almost daily) as my once throbbing hardon was not much more than floppy sausage. The last 7 days I have had the best sex with my partner in the whole 2 years I have been with her. Not only has she told me I am different for the better but I can also visually see the positive impact my change has had on her. This is something that all serial porno wankers such as myself need to consider. I really plan on making it a permanent thing.

I forgot to add within the 10min edit period, within this last 7 days I have masturbated twice. Both times in bed after my partner had got up to go to work, whilst thinking about the sex we had the night before.

Prior to this, more often than not when having sex with her I would be thinking about something/someone I had just seen in a “movie” not 2 hours beforehand rather than thinking about nothing but her and the moment.

I am thinking to follow the same path mate.

I got dumped 3 hours ago by my girlfriend and this is making me re-evaluate everything in my life (it was not to with porn but other reasons).

I am going to change my diet, stop porn, and other things I want to do, and forget relationships for the moment, it is healthy to do.

“The levels of dopamine released by the brain is far higher when watching porn and masturbating than when having normal sex.”

To be honest this sounds like little more than a strong argument for professional masturbation and flippant attitude toward sex…

Are you sure that it was caused by the pron videos? You see, I am not defending such activity, buy the loss of libido can be caused by other disease such as testosterone imbalance, diabetes, obesity and so on.

Firstly, congrats to paulski82 the OP for having the courage to start this thread.

As he mentioned not everyone has this problem, however after reading through the 18 or so pages, it’s very clear that many many men do struggle with it.

I’m jumping on the bandwagon now too!

Also wanted to say to those guys who don’t get free on their first, second, third etc attempt - keep trying, you only fail when you give up and at the very least, you tried.

I’ve scanned this thread and I’m haven’t seen it mentioned (which is surprising.) There is a forum to support guys with PIED (Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction) or that just want to break their porn addiction and stop use altogether.
It’s http://www.your … rebalanced.com/ Also do your reading up on Your Brain On Porn -
I love porn and giving it up has been difficult. But I started having issues getting or staying hard which turns out was for a variety of reasons (none were my health) and I’m certain that one of them that I was addicted to masturbating to porn. Now I not only try to avoid porn, but I try to avoid all masturbation (at least for now.) As it turns out I once thought I had to (masturbate) and I really don’t. I just try to only have sex with my wife which is regularly.

Anyway, all I can say is if you’re masturbating to porn frequently, especially if you’re young, find a way to stop before you get ED. You don’t want to go there. If all you do is very rare or as foreplay with a woman, then whatever, you probably won’t develop a problem. You just don’t wan to go down the hole. Fortunately for me I caught it early enough so that I haven’t had a hard time recovering back to decent sexual performance.

There are other things to consider such as how it affects you body. http://www.anab olicmen.com/how … -less-of-a-man/ How Sex Impacts Male Testosterone Levels & Production Androgen Receptors: 5 Ways to Boost AR Density & Sensitivity

That’s it. My two cents. Just wanted to mention yourbrainrebalanced.com and yourbrainonporn.com. Go read the stories there and it puts things in perspective.