I had a nice 7 day streak going but due to being home alone and having nothing to do I ended up watching videos and edging, as I was doing it and felt I was getting close I stopped, but a few seconds later ended up finishing even though I didn’t want to, I asked chatgpt if I should reset and it said it was a slip up since I wasn’t trying to finish, but what do you guys think? I really don’t want to reset my 7 day streak but idk
Other than religious stuff above… you have to find new hobbies to pick up! Not saying you constantly have to be doing something but instead of wasting time jerkin it, put that to good use! Or go on walks around the neighborhood get your body moving
This is something I struggled with living by myself. If you’re religious, pray constantly. Talk to God like he’s your best friend. He tells us to not rely on our own strength, but to run to him. You have to separate yourself from temptation, run to God, and focus your attention on anything else. If you aren’t religious, then I’d look into Christianity and start pursuing Christ, it makes it so much easier, but if you’d rather not then the same goes. Remove temptation from your surroundings. Get away from your laptop, phone or computer, and exercise, read, play video games or visit friends, but don’t even allow yourself the oppurtunity to relapse. The most important thing is that you have grace and compassion for yourself. You are always forgiven, and you are growing, and the most important thing is that you try and keep trying. If you want to beat addiction though, you have to change your mindset and reframe your relationship with your poison.
Well I didn’t want to do it but you guys are right, if I didn’t reset it I would just constantly think about how I pretty much did relapse, even though I didn’t mean to, it still happened, but do you guys got any tips for what to do when home alone?
I agree, you gatta reset the counter.
That’s a relapse my man, reset the streak, I know it looks bad, but it’s good for you, you can’t bargain with addiction. You got this, you will have a bigger streak next time.
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Seek truth through the word of our creator. Open yourself to it, mind BODY and soul. I also agree with Nate, find a hobby. It helps keep the mind focused.