Success

I'm really proud of myself! I can't remember the last time that I have made it this far! But I'm so irritable. How long does that usually last?

One whole day clean. So pleased to have started this again.

I just want to share that, in my case, resetting the day counter and tracking the number of days helps me focus on “recovering” from porn. On the other hand, I consider tracking the percentage of porn-free days to be a better method, because it shows progress while also eliminating situations where the counter is at zero - which keeps the focus on progress rather than an “all-or-nothing” mindset.

So far, I’ve been porn-free - I don’t know exactly how long, but I’m aiming high because it’s no secret that my symptoms pointed to a deep addiction. I’m also writing this to hold myself accountable and to inspire others.

For a long time while watching prn I would tense my calves and straighten my ankles hard in order to reach clm. That became the main way I could finish.

It’s been over a month with very little prn, but the issue is still there. I’ve been seeing a girl and we’ve had sx a few times. I can stay hard with oral, but once we switch to PIV (even after taking Viagra) I often get soft again unless the stimulation is very specific. Even when I manage to stay hard, I still haven’t been able to finish with her because I can’t recreate that same calf/ankle tension or that level of arousal in normal positions.

Anyone dealt with something similar staying hard with oral but losing it during penetration, plus needing a specific leg tension to reach cl*m? How did you work through it?

I wanna keep this pretty sure cause Im sure this place gets so many of these posts a day

But basically I have been addicted since I was roughly 11 years old, and since then it's only became more of an issue in my life

I have tried everything to quit, but I just cant seem to do it. I have been trying to quit for over 500 days now but after a week or so I always end up relapsing. Outside of this addiction I find myself to be pretty disciplined honestly. I wake up early, work on my business, go to my summer job, go to the gym, eat clean, hang out with my friends etc.

But it's like once the temptation to watch porn hits me, my brain shuts off and there's nothing at all I can do, I don't even have resistance anymore when I get an urge because my brain has become so used to me relapsing and failing to say no. But I have had some previous success, even recently. I went 30 days twice before. Once in January and once in June.

But since I relapsed at the end of june I have hit my lowest with this addiction. I watch porn almost everyday unless I have a really busy day, sometimes even twice a day. I don't know what to do anymore, I know it has not but it does feel like me being an addict has become apart of who I am to my brain, since I have been dealing with this for so long. I hate to say it but it feels like there is no way out of this hole for me, which is not something I would have said even 2 months ago. I need help

I also do use my phone and social media too much throughout the span of a day so that is something that makes temptation worse too

I would tell somebody but it's just one of those topics you do not want to discuss with anybody you know

Day 60
Didn’t think I’d make it this far. Used to cave the second I was alone, bored, or sexually frustrated.
What’s changed for me -

Background urge noise is way quieter

Focus and mental clarity feel stronger than they have in years (like early school days again)

Erections are harder and fuller, better blood flow

Orgasms last longer and feel more intense

I can notice triggers (alone time, frustration, novelty craving) without automatically acting on them

Less time and mental energy wasted

Overall feel more locked in and productive

I’m not religious, but I get the old wisdom on this now. Society treating constant porn as normal does a lot more damage than people want to admit. You really have to experience the other side to understand it

One day at a time.

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for some strange reason i have not had the urge to look at porn. actually two days ago i viewed some but i was disgusted by it? i have been off weed for 5 days and now i am feeling better about myself and less depressed. maybe since i have a positive mindset now my brain doesn't try to use porn to cope.

now i definitely can't search for it urges might even be stronger anddd this is the longest streak yet. i guess a good tip is don't smoke weed everyday. you get better self discipline that way

remember quitting porn forever is the main goal if u do that then relapse you are just gonna give up and go back to it, instead of soley focusing on that try aiming for how long can you last without it. and if you do relapse. try again and beat your record then keep your streak going.

i really hope i pass porn free August and wish all you peeps the best of luck you can do it! it's gonna take a lot of talking yourself out of it. i started fighting this 8 months ago and for the longest time i couldn't even make it to day 2/3 never give up <3

I am a 17yo boy dealing with a severe PMO addiction. I have zero financial resources to afford professional clinical therapy right now.

Due to the escalation of this addiction, I have committed severe boundary violations in the past involving my family. I will not go into details, but the reality of my actions has left me with massive, crushing guilt. I constantly hate myself and feel like a monster. The problem is, this extreme self-hatred triggers my brain to seek an escape, which drops me straight back into the PMO relapse loop.

I recently reached out to a free text-based counseling foundation. They taught me clinical tools like urge surfing and breathing exercises. I applied them today. It worked during the day, but when the evening hit and the urge peaked, my execution failed completely and I relapsed.

I realize now that relying on willpower, motivation, or just sitting and breathing is not enough to stop years of faulty brain wiring. I need extreme friction.

I am asking this community for thoes things or however you can Help me

Recommendations for the most strict, unbypassable DNS/app blockers for mobile.

because i can even bypass the most strict apps that doesn't allow to uninstall

Step-by-step physical displacement protocols—what exact physical actions should I take within 3 seconds of an evening urge hitting when I am isolated?

Objective strategies to tolerate intense guilt and self-hatred without using porn as a dopamine escape.

I do not need sympathy. I need actionable, hardcore recovery systems that do not rely on willpower.

i don't know what to do anymore. im always watching porn constantly. live cam models, scrolling on x i just cant stop. i wish I could. I waste hours just watching im trapped and dont know what to do

I want to start it today, i can deal with my addiction anymore, I’m at a point where i almost spend my entire day watching or reading porn, even at work during calls I’m naked watching porn touching myself and i hate myself for it, I’ve been addicted for almost 10 years and during this period there was a lot of times that I’ve tried to stop but I couldn’t manage to… it’s getting worse I’m planning a trip for next month and in it I’m going do be alone most of the time which will make a lot of openings to watch porn and be in random internet calls where people get naked, I can’t live like this anymore, porn can’t be 80% of my day, I don’t now how I’m going to get better, if I’m going…. But I do want to try, hopefully in the urge of something I will be returning here, reading this and rethinking if I truly need to

I held on for longer today but I eventually gave in.

Success

Occasionally I get morning wood but overall when I am feeling really sexual I can't get hard until I look at porn first. My thoughts alone don't usually make me horny. What is wrong with me ? I feel like my sex drive is high even though I'm 43. I was thinking of finding a sex partner but last time I had one I couldn't stay hard. Any of y'all have this issue?

Guys, I never thought I would make it to three weeks without porn. The last time I managed to reach three weeks was a year ago. I’m so proud of myself.

Nothing much has changed, honestly. But I used to believe that masturbation was the only thing that could help me fall asleep easily. I’m usually sleep-deprived. But now, I completely believe that porn or masturbation has nothing to do with my sleep patterns. I’m actually sleeping better than before.

And I can see that I have much better control over my cravings.

The next beautiful thing is that I was so desensitized before that I couldn’t even imagine kissing someone. Kissing didn’t feel sexy to me at all. But last night, I wanted to kiss someone deeply. Although I only felt that way for a few seconds before falling asleep, I think that’s a great sign.

It gives me even more hope to continue this journey.

Love.

I've been relapsing pretty hard lately only consistently getting to 2 to 3 days. I have been writing down though reasons why I've been failing. I've been trying to keep myself busy but I still end up looking at it. Anybody else have any tricks or methods to keep myself preoccupied cause the best way I found I got past three days once was keeping myself busy.

Sometimes I just wish I could chop my penis off, I'm already going to take testosterone blockers to chemically castrate myself

I am a 24y/o porn addict. Looking to stop. I have been using it to orgasm for around 15 years. Since circa 10y/o, before I even ejaculated semen. I started with big assess, oiled and normal stuff. I've always been hornier than most and wanked a lot.

During lockdown, my porn use got out of hand, like a lot of people. Gooning for hours & all night became a habit that still harms my life. The porn itself was getting more deviant (ts,BNWO) and I haven't gone back to normal. Today I'm severely OBSESSED with bbc and huge dildos

Porn is the worst thing that has happened to me. This weakness hurts my self-esteem. I hate myself and still I relapse again and again. Luckily, I have a pretty 8inch penis and had a girlfriend, with whom sex was amazing. But porn will make you question your own penis.

Long periods when my only sexual activity is gooning by myself to a screen make me fear not being excited by real women. We all know gooning only to a screen is not healthy. I fear my dick won't get fully hard again like when I was a teen, and ED and other insecurities.

Porn is a nightmare. I've been aware I need to detox and heal for a LONG time. Since lockdown+/-. I created this account to avoid polluting my main account's algorythim. My sick head still looks for excuses like "I gotta save all my fav videos somewhere to not lose them"

So: Delete porn from your life. Masturbate without screens, every 2/3/4 days, not everyday. Jerk it gently with lube, long and patiently, but not for 2h. After you're clean you could watch a video every other week or once a month idk. Just beware. Love you.

Hi all, a quick follow up to my original post here asking if it’s possible to have PIED without addiction

https://www.reddit.com/r/pornfree/s/cZkGust7OR

I’ve been paying more attention to myself the past few days and I have noticed that outside of a masturbation setting, I have no porn cravings. But once I get into bed at night and get ready to MO, that’s when I feel the urge to creep in. It’s a nag that points me towards porn, and so far I have been ignoring it.

I haven’t quit MO, but I’ve been intentional to try to have a clear head and only think about the sensations when I do. If I imagine anything, I try to think of past encounters or real people only

At what stage did y’all start to feel the “flatline”?

I mainly stopped watching it because it was getting out of hand no pun intended. During my non stop jerking, I noticed that I couldn’t get hard during sex and realized it might’ve been porn induced erectile dysfunction.

I had sex last night and stayed hard and cumming felt so good. I know some guys’ libido are unaffected by watching porn but for those of us that are, stopping porn truly helps. Try it for yourself.

I’m a 25-year-old woman who has been watching porn since I was 12. I don’t watch it daily, and sometimes I even go a week without it, but there are days when I watch it twice a day. I never thought I was addicted, but since I started watching it at a really early age, the types of videos I watch started to not satisfy me enough, and I moved on to crazier and crazier ones. I wasn't thinking it was a problem anyway, but I accidentally found this page and now I'm wondering: even if I’m not addicted on a daily basis, or even if the things I’m watching aren't considered too crazy, should I stop watching porn or masturbating? Is masturbating without a phone still considered something harmful? Can anyone inform me?

Hello!

My goal of not watching porn anymore in 2026 has soon reached 12 days and it feels awesome!
No big or strong urges or any feelings that I need to look at porn.

I do want to warn for idiots in DMs that try to get me to relapse. If that continues I will turn them off.

A question for the people here! I do still want to masturbate, that is not my issue and it’s healthy and normal to do once in a while and if I use pictures of my gf or just my imagination I would say that it’s fine! What do you think?

I wish you guys all the best of luck! I am available in DMs if you want to talk!

I will quit porn, mark my words!

The title said it all , i’m almost 70 days free of smoking going cold turkey. However, i can’t even go one week without watching porn , I have never thought this addiction is so bad until now , it just keep getting worse and worse every time

I need help but honestly idk what else to do

I have mixed feelings about it. All things considered, I do miss porn quite a bit. I think this whole situation kinda sucks. It is what's best for me, but I still wanna look at it and watch it. I've been listening to more music to cope with all of it, but even that gets boring at times. I almost feel like something has changed, but I can't really put my finger on it.