Just curious...anyone out there have any tips on getting over a porn/masturbation addiction?

Play more games from GOG, that should help you through this tough time.

Boxing gloves

Ever notice that this forum is slowly turning into Dr. Phil? Now we answer relationship questions and personal health questions. You can still grip with mittens. Not so much with boxing gloves. Now if the OP was a chick, OP would be screwed. Anything that causes friction is all they need.

Go outside for awhile.

oh wait it's Mitchell.Jon don baker is Martha Mitchell.

They are but images, regard them as such.

No problem, unless it affects your interpersonal relationships. Stuff can look good, but don't get obsessed on anything, or require real life partners to meet that which you have projected.

All are good in their own way, no real bad, and the gift you are getting isn't as much the sex, as the intent of the partner to give.

Don't sweat it unless it interferes with your life.

Note: Not a Dr. and do not play one on tv.

I am probably asking for trouble by posting this but whatever. I'm not sure if you'll like this approach but I'll post it anyway:
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Get a tattoo of your grandma on your junk. Worked for me. LOL just kidding (maybe). Merry Christmas.

So you're still not sure if it works, eh?

I applaud you for recognizing a problem and seeking to find solutions. I am a recovering porn addict and like others have said, play more games. . .

But since I know from experience that isn't the end all answer, you have to look deep within to find a true foundation for healing. I was exposed to this crap when I was 7 yrs old. It wasn't my fault, but when my mom found out, she hit the crap outta of me for it, even though it was her fiance that had the true problem. I can tell you many, many other things that have added to the millions of reasons I'd come up with to look at porn, but my point is that you need to understand the triggers that push you over the edge to look at it in order to neutralize your pattern for looking at it over and over again.

Once you do this, and you're able to look at all of the reasons you've been doing it, once you accept that you've been helpless in this and most importantly that it's not your fault considering we live in a country that supports this method of prostitution and that girls are raised so delusional that they see these whores as role-models, then you reach a point where the only reason you're doing it is because you've got nothing else to do or are bored and want to kill time (then playing more games can help). Because if you are an addict, then you're not actually gaining "true" pleasure from doing this anymore and hate yourself every time you do it, during and after the act, which eliminates that the reason you're doing it, is because you actually like it.

Religious spiritual stuff helps tremendously as well. If you don't want to be affiliated with any religion, definitely research and read the AA: Alcoholics Annoymous material, since it helps with all addicitions in a spirtual, but non-denominational way. Also, with the games and the reason why it does help, is that you're bascially transferring one addiction for another (the lesser of two evils philosophy). Now this does work, but with me it only worked when I transferred my marijuana addiction into a gaming addiction, but failed to when I tried doing this with porn and gaming. But you might have more luck than me.

Ultimately, what worked for me, what finally worked me, personally, was a spiritual mindset regarding the story in Eden of Adam and Eve. They were able to do everything they wanted to in the Garden of Eden, except eat that fruit. And they did, and they lost their paradise. What I finally came to with porn was this it was simply the one thing in this life that I cannot do because it disrupts everything in my life, can destroy my engagement/marriage (since I began to fight this when I first got engaged), demoralizes me terribly, and for some reason when I was doing it, nothing in my life ever seemed to go right. I was unhappy, depressed, sad all the time. Other people might not experience this, but that's them, not me. This attitude of obedience to God, that this is simply the one thing in all this life that God forbids me from doing, and my acceptance of this, is what finally made it go away.

Hope that helps, brother or sister. And realize that you are a champion of modern times to wish to combat this because there are very few that do. Everyone else has conformed to seeing and thinking pornography okay in our society like little sheep without realizing how degrading it is to all involved. PM me if you need more help.

On the fence, as it were :)> Thanks for the laugh.

1) If you have a girlfriend/wife:
-have more sex! Everyday twice a day if needed at first. It will help, you'll just not get enticed by porn anymore.

2) If you're single:
- get sporty, run, bike, play soccer, whatever that will help you vent your steam. After sports, play some GOG's :)

-in the meantime, find a girlfriend and see point 1.

Also great advice :)

You're not asking for trouble. I'm also a recovering addict and though most of the steps I've come to on my own are found in this nice 10 step guide, it's nice to know that there are websites/organizations seeking to combat this, and that there are more people than I think fighting this terrible addiction.

Strength and honor to you if you're also fighting this.