"Check-in" Daily - diary challenge

Check day 3(yesterday)
30/1
Day by day, we can do it

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Check in - Sunday 31st Jan
Day 15 - All good… glory to God

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Day One

Day one always feels better than nothing.

@anon67854825

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Check in - Monday 1st Feb
Day 16 - All good… glory to God

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Yes I failed but I’m gonna keep rereading easy peasy until those lessons stick.

I don’t think those lessons have fully become embedded in my mind but I think the phrase we need to have in mind when we fail is: ‘falling forward’ or ‘failing forward’

when I child learns to walk how many times do they fall over?
But every time they get back up and of course hopefully for us we fail less and less and get longer and longer streaks until this addiction is fully behind us… I’m not aiming at perfection but I am aiming for significant progress and ultimate victory over this addiction.

I’m not giving up

I hope we are all pressing forward and not allowing ourselves to get discouraged

@anon67854825 @Forerunner @Forodwaith @rohitash @omegawarrior @nick9 @debellator @ anyone else on here

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@Rebooter81 Soli Deo Gloria. He hasn’t let go of your hand, don’t give up. Same here, I’m on day 3 after a huge relapse, but I’m not giving up. Keep going brother, you’ve got it in you.
Flame on🔥

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@Rebooter81 Hey man, we all are in the same place. I see that you have the motivation and the will power to do it. Keep reading the book and watch/read every piece of information you can about nofap. Keep going warrior

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So, I didn’t finish the book. I was instantly blown away after a few chapters, but I too, since then have fallen for the poison a few times. But, and a big BUT, Pmo has not much hold over me anymore ~ There is far more bad that comes with pmo, than from nopmo.

To pmo is bad enough already, that any feelings of low self worth are never worthy.

Pmo is anti sex, and anti relationships,
Anti giving, anti love, Anti life and anti self worth.

Sex preventing.
Forfeiting relationships for the moment.
It takes for oneself, Even pmo takes for its own survival.
Pmo only wants to own you, and you to own the fantasy - its not a healthy kind of lov.
It does not create things that you truly want to invest in and nurture (playing some awesome guitar lines… Well, hey!!?)
Pmo takes away our transparency and ability to be completely confident and care free

Pmo has never relaxed me,… But works up a filthy sweat… /or relaxes me to the point of brainlessness, where I just don’t care.
It Kills libido, and it also puts something very, very, VERY normal and Special, into hyperdrive… And we’re travelling at 100mph to get to the shop to buy some bread.

Hope all companions are well. I’m regularly going to Mass, saying prayers and lighting candles for all you guys here :pray::hugs:
Pmo is a lesser thing in my life recently, even though I stumbled, I let my guard down, a guard that doesn’t take much effort.
My main problem I’m realising is the smoking, and the weed in the household,… Not being passive about it, but also not getting frustrated and angry :pray: which I very much fall into a lot of the time.
Passive or angry - Lord help me to find balance, and to simply turn away as I can with pmo :pray:

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Check in - Tuesday 2nd Feb
Day 17 - All good… glory to God

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Day Three

Too busy to even think about relapse. I’ve had a good connection which helps.

@anon67854825

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Thanks for tagging me @Forodwaith @Rebooter81 praying for you guys and all companions.

I had confession yesterday, and regularly at Mass. My work life is quite busy and can be.
Sometimes there are so many things I want to do, my thoughts can be overwhelming.

Like; I really need/want to stop smoking and the damn book.
More guitar practice/exploring,
Piano scales, learning more pieces, and finishing ones I’ve started. Composition, singing and recording religious music, making projects for the Love. I want/need more discipline in my time management and focus on the job at hand… I’m dithering a lot these days… The main culprit is weed :pray: I’m not going to drag this post out,… I’ve learnt from being here, it can add to the burden.

Thanks be to God for today, and for her :pray:

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Hang in there.

I’m on day four now and not that long ago I had, had a setback myself. Before you know it you will have days off freedom.

Fall forward, yes!

@anon67854825

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Check in - Wednesday 3rd Feb
Day 18 - All good… glory to God

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Hey guys , i’m currently on day 6 of my no fap journey and altought my urges are getting lower, sometimes they are difficult to overcome. I know that this is a check in diary, but since we are here,i would like to ask for some advice about strategies to overcome difficult urges. thank you

Hey gyus, today i relapsed, maybe because i was alone in my room (have to keep that in mind). It is a mistake that i have been doing for the past days and is definetly somthing to remember in the next time

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Check in - Thursday 4th Feb
Day 19 - All good… glory to God

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Day five
Another checkpoint day for me and glad to be here.

I was inspired by Van Ghogh’s words today. My take, if you think you cannot quit porn then do so and that voice will be silenced.

@anon67854825

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Check in - Monday 8th Feb
Day 23 - All good… glory to God

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Monday, Feb 8

@anon67854825 @Forodwaith

Hi guys, it’s been a while again.

Since I started my job I’ve been very busy and stressed sometimes, and I’ve put aside a lot of my self-improvement habits unfortunately, I just lacked energy and motivation to maintain many of the positive habits I had last year (exercise, reading, noPMO), my life became a lot more of a work-home cycle (the lockdown did not help lol).

I’m starting to get into the rhythm now and adjusting to my new life, and I want to utilize the time I have at home in more positive ways once again.

I’m reading again the easy-peasy book, I failed to follow the rules and advice of the book last time, I want to re-learn and try again, and try to not repeat the same mistakes!

Praying God to give me strength, I’ve dug a deep hole in the last two months, it’s time to climb back up again :slight_smile:

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Monday 8th Feb

All thoughts and prayers with you @Gk-00 @Forodwaith @Rebooter81

I’ve struggled as of late, and hesitant to post.

We need to keep it very clear in our minds;
Pmo doesn’t fill a void - It creates one!

This is a drug addiction, and we must always always be kind to ourselves.

As perhaps everyone is naturally concerned about their own happiness, survival etc, our falling from grace (pmo) and the distance/guilt we feel around others doesn’t get interpreted as;
“I fell, it’s my fault, I feel worthless”
but ;
“I’m disinterested. Why aren’t you someone else? You don’t mean much to me”

The most ironic thing for me has been; when I open up to her, she doesn’t show disgust in me as a person at all, but gives me much support and reassurance. Because she can see this thing is hurting me and bringing me distress, shame in my life.
She is just as much like one of us in this forum.
We know the misery, And we’ve tasted freedom - “keep going with it”
I want the best for you, always.

Pmo doesn’t make us happy :pray:
It breaks our heart, and pushes others away,
Leaving us with a void, visibile or not.

Please don’t beat yourself up, because it’s kind of like pushing away others

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