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For me in the start I would find myself needing more and more and cold turkey was the only way to go. It all depends on your own capabilities. If you find yourself relapsing and having the urge to do more, see more, then you shouldn’t be doing it at all. But if you find that you don’t experience the guilty feeling afterwards and you don’t have urges to reach for more stimulation then a healthy release, slowly lessening over time to maybe 1-2 a month is fine

Does it make your life unmanageable?

I think no.

Me personally, I think release is healthy and ok without pornography of any kind, but you do want to keep it at a minimum like you are doing right now.

Self control is the goal. You want to be able to rewire even that part of brain

It’s good starting. Try slowly not to do anything