Make your own rules.

When I say what’s in the title I speak of not only creating new habits and finding YOUR OWN way to happiness and freedom. I also speak of, that’s at least what I think, not being too strict, but still strict, on yourself. To explain that further, what I mean by that is based on knowing that this journey won’t be linear. You will have great moments, maybe for weeks, without a single thought of porn, then you will have days where you’re close to relapsing. I think it’s important to know that this isn’t a journey of flipping a switch but still knowing its needs much determination and the want to DO this. I feel that everybody here has their own depiction of what their streak is about - some wanna stop it all, some want to "just" stop porn and also the what is interpreted as bringing a streak to the end is very different. Getting back to my point of it not being linear and you always having ups and downs with this, I can only give you the advice to be clear with yourself what your goal is and to not let moments where you successfully stopped yourself from doing it, even though you might have started for a minute, be neglected. Even though you did not fully succeed in that moment in your goal to never do it again, but you also learned to implement a way to distract yourself and know better. At the same time, don’t use this to cheat on yourself. Slip-ups can happen, but don’t let it turn into a NEW pattern. I can speak from my own experience: I am about to be on this journey for 60 days, many ups, many downs. I can safely say I have not watched a single second of classic porn in this time, even though I have daily before - it couldn’t feel better. Nevertheless, I have had 2-3 moments where I slipped up on the only social media I still have: TikTok. I looked up girls in a moment of complete mindlessness, to go back to my old habits. Every single of these slip-ups though were stopped by me realizing what I REALLY want: never finished and most importantly, always realized how bad it was what I did. Everybody is individual, make your own rules, be aware of the discipline this needs but also know to highlight your little successes even though they might be connected to a minor down. The ups are what gets you where you want to be. Also know to "punish" yourself when not at all trying to stop what you’re doing. Keep going!