Quitting porn...

I like to masturbate. I do. I think all men do.

I also like to watch porn. Daily. Wake up? I'm spanking it to porn. Saturday late morning? Same. I could go on, but you get the picture.

I think I watch too much porn. And I think I'm going to try and quit porn, just like I quit smoking 9 years ago.

Cold turkey.

This isn't a New Years' Resolution (mainly because I've already jerked it twice this morning) but simply a statement. This won't be easy, but neither is quitting something to which you're addicted. Trust me on this.

I will try and keep Random Internet Strangers updated on my progress. The biggest issue will be morning. News and porn. That's the daily behavior, news and porn. I need to change that.

Starting tomorrow, no porn. Maybe a morning run? Get to work early? I don't know, but no porn.

I'll see how long it lasts. Ideally, a long time. At a minimum, I want to give it a whirl.

Wish me luck, Random Internet Strangers!

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No, it won't be easy, but quitting something you really, really enjoy never is. For example, I just found myself browsing this user's albums. Yikes, DownandDirty. Sexy stuff.
 
I misread this as quilting porn and had to see.

I wish you luck.
Maybe quilting would occupy your hands elsewhere...
 
I have told myself so many times that I was going to quit porn, but haven't been successful for years. Good luck, and feel free to message me about it, who knows, you may just inspire ,me to try again.
 
good luck. I've found that if you have sufficient internal motivation, you can pretty much quit anything you want. But is has to start with an internal drive that is stronger than the current cravings.

Wish you the best. Might help if you kee a calendar to mark off the days... or a journal to write down your thoughts. And take up a hobby of some sort. Now that you have time to spare!
 
I've been learning bluegrass guitar recently, so hopefully I can occupy my time and hand with more music!

Regardless, it won't be easy, but most things worth doing right aren't easy.

It's just been "one of those things;" everything is great in moderation, but I don't think it's been "in moderation" for me recently.

Maybe I'll keep a daily log here. In the past, the longest I've gone has been about a week, similar to the lengths of time when I first tried to quit smoking.
 
Good luck to you. It won't be easy. I heard that if you change your behavior for 21 days straight it becomes a new habit. Maybe you should drink hot tea or coffee in the morning as soon as you wake up. You do have to pay attention to what you are doing because it is easy to burn yourself as you are waking up if you don't.
 
This is a tough one. I've had varying degrees of success and failure with this in the past. My motivation? My I am already very visual and porn has only reinforced stimulation for me in a visual way... I'd rather be able to get lost in the entire moment during sex than have to constantly see what is going on to remain involved/stimulated.
 
"Dont quit, though your heart may pound, and you're short of breath, though quitting my friend is a fate worse than death" - Smokers Digest
Just kidding, but really there is nothing wrong with watching a little porn every now and then. In fact it can be a perfectly healthy habit since regular masturbation increases prostate health in men. I'd recommend just cutting back a bit and making sure you are in control of your habit rather than trying to eliminate it completely.

 
Good luck with that one! As soon as I get hard I have the urge to masturbate. I guess if you found more ways to occupy your time then you wouldn't think about it as much. I could probably stop watching porn, but masturbating....I doubt it, I'm a pretty horny dude.
 
QCDelights;bt110567 said:
"Dont quit, though your heart may pound, and you're short of breath, though quitting my friend is a fate worse than death" - Smokers Digest
Just kidding, but really there is nothing wrong with watching a little porn every now and then. In fact it can be a perfectly healthy habit since regular masturbation increases prostate health in men. I'd recommend just cutting back a bit and making sure you are in control of your habit rather than trying to eliminate it completely.


Hey now! I never said anything about quitting masturbation!

My biggest issue recently has been that I think I watch TOO MUCH porn. Quitting will probably the best thing for me.

That brings up a good point though: are erotic stories porn? Is it one thing to give up visual stimulation only, or should all types of porn be out?
 
quitting porn and quitting masturbation are 2 different things ... entirely!

Perhaps if you want you can start by stopping all videos, and photography..

If erotic stories are porn, I may have to put down some best sellers. Our minds play out the written word in our own unique visions. If you don't think you are reading too much erotica, perhaps you can keep that as your reward for having a good week or something.

I also do not even need erotica... I use memories to stimulate myself. And we certainly don't wanna start taking memories away!! Though they are definitely pornographic.
 
Betty_Cocker;bt110578 said:
If erotic stories are porn, I may have to put down some best sellers. Our minds play out the written word in our own unique visions. If you don't think you are reading too much erotica, perhaps you can keep that as your reward for having a good week or something.

I also do not even need erotica... I use memories to stimulate myself. And we certainly don't wanna start taking memories away!! Though they are definitely pornographic.

That's a good idea. My imagination can be pretty wicked. I'll keep the written word then.

Memories and fantasies alone are often enough for me too, but I feel like I've turned into such a visual person that I need to get out of that method of stimulation.
 
Oh! Ha-ha! What a funny guy! Because everyone knows that anyone with a sex life never watches porn! You kill me!

socalfreak;bt110582 said:
Have you ever considered a real relationship with a real person to have a real sex- life ???
 

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