[29M] Forerunner's Diary - Ascension to Greatness šŸ™‡šŸ¾

Okay bro, i will do that

God bless you :pray::pray:

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90 days brother! Youā€™ve made it to the goal. Thatā€™s awesome man, congratulations. God is Good! Now you must set a new goal. Iā€™ve seen you become more and more determined and confident itā€™s an awesome thing to witness. May God bless you with 90 more brother! Amen.

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Congrats man to 90 days. It is amazing and encouraging to see people reaching it!

I also asked myself so many times, what we have to do to get rid of it. I thought, that there need to be a list of things which we have to follow and which should help us out of this. Thatā€™s why I started a list at some point. But the farther I got, the more I felt like the list is not a really good thing or not the right way to go. I donā€™t think that there is a 5-point list with simple things which we can exactly follow.

But at the moment, I do believe that there are 5 very basic things to consider. They are on a very basic level but I think everyone has to apply them to their own personality and problem. I feel like, everyone needs to apply at least the first 4. Canā€™t see how it should be possible without these :grinning:

These are my top 5:

  • Increase the priority of your real life. We always do, what has the highest priority to us. We need to love what we do in real live and we also need goals. Find hobbies which make you happy, get in touch with nature, try to find purpose in your job, so that you like doing it.
  • Decrease the priority of ā– ā– ā– ā– . Figure out why you wanna quit the addiction. The harms and negative effects

These two should allow you to get a better priority balance in life, you can see alternatives to ā– ā– ā– ā– . You stop to fight ā– ā– ā– ā–  every single day

  • Find a way to handle the negative feelings. I guess we are all triggered by bad feelings. Tiredness, anxiety, feeling useless and so on. ā– ā– ā– ā–  gives us a way to flee the real-life problems.
  • Find a way to handle single, smaller urges. They will always occur. Itā€™s small little actions we should make to a habit. Going out for a walk, short meditation, prayer and tiny things like these once we feel an urge. Everyone will have something else that works best
  • Get an accountability partner. The closer the person is, the better. A private message in the forum works better than shouting out in an impersonal post. Even better to have someone in a private messenger or real life.

These are the 5 rules Iā€™m currently living after. Iā€™m not yet on your level. But I feel that it starts to get better and better :blush:
I wanted to make a post about this at some point. But I donā€™t feel like I can do it before I reached 100 days.

Keep going man. You are amazing

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@neveragaintw Thank you very much for your congratulations, and your insights brother!

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@Sacred Thank you so much for your blessings and support brother! On to the next goal, LORD willing! The journey continues!

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Thank GOD for today!

Today has been an outpouring of support, love and congratulations. This truly is a beautiful community. People really deserve to break free of this addiction.

@HE-MAN123 Thank you for your kind words on the message board my friend!

I spent time with family and friends today, and I wrote up my success story as requested, so I could share it on the forum: After 13 YEARS of trying to quit, Thank GOD for 90 days free and clean!

Always thank GOD for everything.

Day 90. The journey continues.

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You are my Hero ā€¦ You are my idealā€¦ You are a Championā€¦ You are a Conquerorā€¦

You are a very kind manā€¦ You are worthyā€¦ You are nobleā€¦ You are a symbol of brotherhoodā€¦ You are the one who can guide this whole communityā€¦ You are a True Leader.

Love & Peaceā€¦ You are riding on your horseā€¦ We all are cheering for youā€¦ Go furtherā€¦ Cross all boundariesā€¦ Make a beautiful lifeā€¦ Dont ever leave usā€¦ we all need youā€¦

Keep Going. The God is with you.

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@Sahas Brother, thank you for your wonderful compliments.

Iā€™m just a man like you, trying my best to overcome this and to help my friends along the way. It was you who inspired me to write this diary. I wanted to be like you and give more in this community. You are a hero also.

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Patience and perseverance always wins. A big, big congratulations once again. Let us stay upright and tight!!!

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Can you kindly add me to the group or share me the link. Iā€™m a fresher in the group. Presently in my day 3 of no PMO ā€¦iā€™d need all the motivation and encouragement that i can get

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@shootingstar Absolutely brother - the link to the group is here:

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Thank GOD for another day!

I need to spend some time reflecting on the next steps and re-affirming my commitments to the journey and continuing to improve daily. Iā€™ve slipped up with my morning routine for the past few days, and thatā€™s not good. I donā€™t want to sleep in; I want to be consistent. There are many great things to be doing each day. GOD willing, I will continue to improve.

Today, I was checking my emails and I received an explicit spam email with pornographic images. I was disgusted and deleted it straight away. A few seconds later, I realised what Iā€™d just done and tears of gratitude rolled down my cheek. There are so many ways that event could have gone wrong; I could have decided that it wasnā€™t my fault for coming across the images but no harm in looking, right? Or been triggered enough to start searching for other material. But no, this life has become an automatic habit now. Thank GOD!

Itā€™s time to make other areas of my life instinctual in the same way. Regular exercise. Completing daily tasks. Learning a language. The journey continues.

Always thank GOD for everything.

Day 92.

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Does anyone on here know your email?
If some random person has your email, it could be a troll trying to tempt you lmao.

Also, congrats on 90!

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@TheWillToLive Thanks bro!

Nah, but that thought did come to mind for a second. Iā€™m sure it was legitimate spam mail.

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Thank GOD for today!

My dark passenger returned yesterday with a vengeance. Those were the strongest urges Iā€™ve had since beginning this streak. I battled with them all through the night until 7AM. I refused to give up after coming this far. I had to go back and read my posts for motivation and encouragement. In the end, I proved that I was stronger than the urge.

But I didnā€™t achieve a complete victory, sadly. I succumbed to watching some kissing prank videos on YouTube. This only fed the urges more, like my saying - donā€™t use gasoline to put out a fire. I donā€™t want to watch those kinds of videos. I want to see women with genuine love and affection as fellow human beings, not objectify them and reduce them to tools for false pleasure as Iā€™ve done so often in the past.

I learned just how crucial it is to respect each day and be thankful for how far Iā€™ve come. Too far to go back - itā€™s so easy to fall back into old habits, but Iā€™m choosing not to. Iā€™m choosing to continue with this new life Iā€™ve built. Now that Iā€™ve started my journey towards Nineveh, I canā€™t go back and end up trapped in the belly of the whale once more. There are so many blessings in my life now. I thank GOD for this journey. The days on my counter are just a bonus. Gratitude is a must. Everyday has to be approached with the same diligence and respect as Day One from now on.

Not only that, but Iā€™ve been blessed with amazing companions on this journey; companions I can and should have reached out to when I was struggling. I cannot be prideful regarding having passed 90 days. Whether Iā€™m on 100 days or 10 years, I must ask for help if I need it. This journey is NOT EASY! Itā€™s not the worldā€™s strongest addiction for nothing.

I must remember my own words:

Always thank GOD for everything.

Day One. Day 96.

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Please watch out for the chaser effect :pray:
And treat yourself often. You deserve it

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You are in big trouble.

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hey buddy
you are my big inspiration. you know that you donā€™t need PMO. and you are doing it with a good, healthy mindset. keep moving. write down on paper what is bothering you. give yourself some time to relax and sleep properly.

please, you really donā€™t wanna be where I am right now. you are climbing out of the deep pits of hell on earth. you came so far. just keep moving.

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@anon67854825 @Sahas @neveragaintw Thank you for your advice and support brothers.

Iā€™ll take some time and reflect on my journey. I need to renew my commitment. Iā€™ve fought so hard to get to 90 days that I lost sight of the journey. This is only another stop along the way.

After seeing how easy it is to fall back into old habits, Iā€™m extra cautious at this time, especially given the chaser effect. Relapsing is always an option, but itā€™s not one Iā€™m choosing to make. Iā€™ve set up some accountability software on all my devices and a friend will monitor my activity online and help keep me on track.

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Please look after yourself bro :pray:
Weā€™re all behind you, and I agree this is a stop along the way - and probably many many more to come :smile::+1:

Enjoy reflection, with the ease and comfort to put it to one side when itā€™s needed.

Always treat yourself :pray:
What are your favourite things?

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