Wet dreamz shoutout J Cole
6 days since I started this new journey. Been trying to quit porn for years to be honest, but recently I’ve come to the enlightenment that I need to change now before things become worse. I’m 24, and I’m building my career. Porn should have no role in my life anymore. Relationships have been affected in the past because of it, my mental health has taken a hit for years because of it, and my decisions at times have not been good because of it. Day by day, we will get better. Think of yourself as a free man (or woman) and that porn is no longer part of your life. It is in the past. Shut the door on it for good, and never look back. I’m 24 years old, and at times when I’ve gone on my streaks, I get wet dreams. I had one last night, and it’s actually hilarious to me now when it happens. I used to get upset when this would happen, and be like “oh I came now my benefits from semen retention wont be as good…” blah blah blah. Shit happens. It is out of your control if this happens to you. Your brain has been wired for years to look at porn, and if you stop watching it, you’re going to see side effects (mostly all good, although this can sometimes be inconvenient if it happens with your significant other in the bed with you) you may not have thought about at first. Long story short, be kind to yourself at times. I’m hard on myself, and I’m brutally honest with myself most of the time. But in times like that where something was completely out of my control, you have no other option but to just laugh. If you read all of this, I applaud you. Good luck brothers and sisters. Remember, you can control your thoughts, and if for some reason you lost control over them, remember that you can always control your actions.
I read a lot on semen retention yesterday. Unless you derive spiritual benefits from the practice, six of one/half dozen of the other. Whatcha think happens after a vasectomy? No great changes promised by the proponents of SR that ask you to do all these hoop jumpings to hang on to your swimmers. (Wish I’d have known about all those benefits when I got snipped—I might have been rich, or had 6 pack abs instead of a whole case, or…)