YOU NEED TO READ THIS
The thing is pretty simple. You just have to want to quit. If you can’t quit, you simply don’t want it enough. That’s the harsh truth, you are comfortable whit who you are, comfortable enough to stay that way. Maybe you didn’t lose enough, maybe you didn’t hit the rock bottom yet. Maybe you just like it. You have to understand, that if you truly (with your whole heart and being) want something, you will do everything to get it. And quitting porn is not that hard in a sense. You just have to stop watching it, of course you will feel lonely, sad, depressed, anxious and much more. But those are only feelings, they come and go, you can not die from not watching porn like with alcohol or drugs. And trust me you are able to fight those feelings, you just have to want to quit. I’m not writing this to discourage anyone. I was trying to quit porn for 3 years and I’m addicted for over 7 years. The longest I’ve managed to stay off it before was 7 days and it happen only once, besides that my longest streak was 3. And yet something changed within me, I finally understood, by reading my reasons to quit several times everyday, by reminding myself how much I’ve lost, how destructive it is for my brain, that I don’t get any pleasure from relationships with woman. I’ve understood that I want to quit and since then I’m twenty something days clean. I don’t even count anymore, I don’t have to, I don’t have to keep myself busy, I don’t have to stay off social media to avoid accidentally seeing some half naked woman that could lead me back to watching porn. Because I DONT WANT TO WATCH PORN. So there is my advise to everyone who’s struggling, learn how to hate porn. Stop wanting to watch it. Understand that it’s destroying you in the most horrible way, it’s stealing your soul. And remember everything that doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. So this addiction in a sense is a grift, you just have to accept it. Keep fighting good people! Never give up!
You’re completely right brother, once it because clear to you that porn is a distraction, it becomes a distraction only. I’m also trying to quit porn for a very long time, but this time it’s the most serious attempt ever. And even though I’m only 16 days in, it became clear to me that I don’t really want to watch porn any more, and I never had that before. It’s all about the mindset, keep kt up brother!