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I'm going to commit to abstaining from porn and masturbation. Deleted all my bookmarks today and set up a tracker on my phone. (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I had a slip up earlier so I had to reset the clock. Hell I even got a rubber band on my arm I snap myself with to take my mind off it. Technically I'm over 24 hours but I'm counting earlier as a relapse so it's hour one. I'll try and provide updates daily with how I feel. Hopefully posting on here will give me a sense of responsibility.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

oh shit lol. i mean, did he advertise it as scientific? i thought it was a mindset thing. it worked for me shrug-outta-hecks

and how effective are these medical professionals at getting ppl to quit? my dads been smoking for over 40 years and his doctor just offers a weak, “you should really quit”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think Allan carr is like proudly anti-science lol

I'm also talking about experts in addiction specifically, I've seen similar experiences of family doctors not really working with people to help them quit their addiction.

It's like any of the less effective methods of quitting something addictive, it's going to work for people, sometimes a lot of people, but there are more successful, safer methods out there.

If this helped, awesome! If it's all you have access to, give it a try! This "easy method" has a lot of black/white thinking that may lead people to be discouraged to try anything else if it doesn't work for them and they fail/falter in their addiction, which is the biggest issue.

Another great example of this is alcoholics anonymous. There's other ways to quit alcohol with higher success rates, it has lots of negative aspects like the religious part of it, but it's very common, may be all you have access to (or what you're being forced into by the state), and has also worked for plenty of people.

Just thought it was worth a heads up to someone seeking help, there may be other options you wanna try first.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

makes sense, thanks!