One man's steps into recovery from porn addiction
Things aren't going to well and without anyone to actually talk to about it, I thought maybe writing about it here might help, so here goes. My porn addiction tends to go in cycles. When I'm doing well, I'm focusing on being present in my life, being attentive to my wife and kids, being productive, … Continue reading Checking In – Unpacking A Bad Period
The first part of my theoretical key ingredients to recovery is motivation, and part of that is having something I read every day that keeps me focussed on why I want to quit porn. It is surprisingly easy to lose sight of these reasons, and to trick myself into thinking that watching porn won't matter, … Continue reading My Current Mission Statement
I'm going to write in some detail about a slip I experienced yesterday. I hope this will help me process it, and by 'making a big deal' out of it (as I should), this should hopefully help me avoid minimising the consequences and the act, and therefore maintain focus on the motivations for staying sober … Continue reading Details of a slip
Today, February 1st 2015, marks the first full calendar month that I have stayed sober from pornography. Throughout my efforts to quit last year, the longest I ever went was 13 days, and that was once - generally I would relapse on average after about 7 days, so I'm pleased to have made it to one … Continue reading One Month Sober – Reflections
This weekend I told my sister about my addition. To me this represented the 4th milestone in my journey of recovery. Those milestones have been: #1 - Admitting I was addicted to internet pornography and telling my wife #2 - Going to see a therapist for the first time #3 - Going to a Sex Addicts … Continue reading Milestone #4 – Telling my sister
Its Christmas Eve and I'm full of thoughts. I suppose it is inherently a time of reflection but for me my current situation in life has left me to perhaps be more reflective than usual. I went to my second 12-step meeting yesterday, and the majority of people who shared expressed worry about getting through … Continue reading Christmas Eve 2014
Recently I have become more and more aware of the separation I feel between the 'outer' me - that people see and interact with - and the 'inner' me, that is constantly aware of my struggle with porn and the fact that those I am speaking with have no idea about this secret of mine. … Continue reading The Identities of an Addict
Today, while browsing r/NoFap, I came across a video called "Share Your Story" by a guy (supposedly) called Noah Church. Watching his other videos, he's an articulate and charismatic ex-porn addict who is spreading the word about addiction and providing help to those still struggling with it (here's probably his best video - a 20 minute … Continue reading A pretty detailed account of my (porn) life
There are two aspects to beating porn addiction - the physical process of abstinence and the methods of doing so, and understanding the psychological background and context that has led to the addiction. They say that to really explore the latter, you need to achieve the former. This post is about the latter. Ever since reading Paula Hall's … Continue reading Trauma, Self-Esteem and a Hypothesis
I am writing this post from a hotel room. My wife asked me to spend time alone to reflect on the current situation that we are in. Things are, as you can imagine, getting pretty tough. To be asked to spend a few days away from home by your wife is a startling reminder that … Continue reading Reflections
