Day 9 (7/9/21)
Day 9 completed successfully.
Worked out early in the morning which was followed by a cold shower. Never felt a strong urge throughout the whole day.
One thing I also noticed was I did not get lethargic when it came to waking up to go to the gym, today I was genuinely enthusiastic.
Days 10 and 11 (8/9/21 and 9/9/21)
Days 10 and 11 completed.
These days were pretty good. Got workouts done for both the days and also got back to taking cold showers in the night.
The cold showers will seem like torture but once I come out of it, I feel really energised. I was also doing the wim hof breathing technique for the last few days where I noticed that I wasn’t as gassed out as I should have been in the gym. Also would attribute that to the streak.
By the way, about showers:) I’ve heard that it’s better to take warm shower in the evening, before bed, as when your body gets warm it’s ready for sleep. Cold water creates an opposite effect. But maybe you haven’t difficulties to fall asleep after cold shower as well!
You’re doing great, keep going!
@Dari I do get urges at night, so in order to subside them I tend to take cold showers at night. It also helps me sleep, which is a good thing.
Days 12 and 13 (10/9/11 and 11/9/21)
Days 12 and 13 completed successfully.
I was very busy in these 2 days as on 12th I was celebrating a festival, so my whole day went into preparing for it
I had to pick up my earphones on the 13th so I had to do that. This was then followed by my vehicle breaking down, so in order to get it fixed I had to travel almost 12 to 15 kilometres with the vehicle to get it fixed. This took about the whole day. Needless to say since I was tired the whole 2 days, I had to take cold showers twice in order to get energized.
Days 14 to 17 (12/9/21 to 15/9/21)
I haven’t been really active in terms of writing my journal and I take the blame for that.
I have been really busy in the past couple of days and the urges have basically reduced. I’m sticking to habits of going to the gym, taking cold showers in the morning and in the night and doing the wim hof breathing method and it is working wonders for me.
Days 18 to 20 (16/9/21 to 19/9/21)
Days 18 to 20 completed successfully.
I can’t believe I reached 20 days in this streak.
Certainly all the things I have been implementing in the routine have been working.
Looking forward to the next 20 days.
Days 21 to 28 (20/9/21 to 26/9/21)
This week went pretty well for me. Now I’m getting the hang of my routine.
Going to the gym and taking cold showers in the morning and night have increased my focus and sleep quality. Now I feel like I’m not craving porn and masturbation a lot as I used to do before, which is a good sign.
Need to do more work but I’m on the right track.
Just relapsed, but man is been a great journey.
I can’t believe I just completed 40 days. Noticed lots of benefits with the change in my routines and it has really helped me in a lot of ways
Looking forward to start a brand new streak and make the streak when longer this time
Day 1 (22 Feb 2022)
It’s been a very long time since I made any entries into my diary. Hopefully, i could have given the good news which is I’m no longer addicted to porn.
That is still not the case. But i still intend to get rid of my porn addiction the right way, starting today.
Hopefully i can do it because I realise that this auction will run my life if i don’t do anything about it. So starting from today, I’m going to be resilient and on my guard to make sure i don’t fall prey to this addiction
I would recommend that you maintain consistency and always be stern about it. Although I haven’t made a large streak, I have noticed something peculiar. People who achieve high streaks, when they relapse, they go on a spiral of persistent relapses. And they are even more vicious than they were before. The habit gets a hold of them much more tightly. Simply put, the higher they rise, the harder the fall.
Fortunately, the self-control also improves dramatically and urges can be managed much more easily overtime. Its just a point of not making that fatal mistake again.
You managed an impressive streak a few months back and you can do it again. And this time, make sure to put this habit in its place permanently.
@immortal227 thanks for the encouraging words. I really appreciate it. Will try to get a long streak hopefully
Day 2 (23/2/22)
Day 2 went particularly well. Started of with a visit to the gym, then went about my work for the day. Hopefully the next few days will be good for me
Good work, Brother. Keep going.
Day 3 (24/2/22)
Day 3 went particularly well. Had some urges which were pretty strong and i also almost acted on those urges but i stopped. These urges will probably keep coming for the next few days, so got to be alert
Day 4 (26/2/22)
Day 4 completed successfully. Lots of urges to deal with which is normal because it is the first week of the streak, but I’m dealing with them.
Hopefully everything goes well in the coming days
Days 5 to 7 (1/3/22)
One week of no fap completed. Feels pretty good. Implementing my gym routine has helped me a lot. But I’m still having problems getting off porn.
I know at what time I’m vulnerable to watching porn, so got to keep myself active in those times.
Looking ahead to next week.
Days 8 to 11 (4/3/22)
Pretty good so far in terms of maintaining the streak.
I try to abstain from adult content as much as possible and my intensity of workouts at the gym have increased, which are good signs.
Now just have to keep continuing this, but i also feel like if i keep thinking about adult content in any time of day, then I’ll reset the streak.
Let’s see what happens in a few days
Relapsed on the night of Sunday 6/3/22
Feel like an asshole, where all the effort for 10 days or so has gone down the drain.
But will come back stronger. Also will have to be vary of the chaser effect.