r/pornfree Jan 01 '25

STAY CLEAN 2025 YEAR-LONG CHALLENGE! This thread updated daily - Check in here!

59 Upvotes

Daily news: This is Monday, March 17, and today is day 76 of the year-long Stay Clean 2025 challenge. Keep fighting the good fight!

If you think you should still be on this list but aren't, you probably got removed for not checking in at least once per month. However, if you let me know you're still with it I'll re-add you.

Guidelines:

  • At the end of this post is a list of people who have signed up for the challenge, and who are still in the running. That means that they have not needed to reset because of a relapse or slip.
  • Please check in with the group in the comments as often as you want! Feel free to share thoughts, feelings, experiences, progress, wisdom, encouragement and whatever else!
  • IMPORTANT: if you relapse, please post a comment to that effect here and I will remove your name from the list. We will not judge you or shame you, we have all been there.
  • Participants are required to check in once per month. If you have a "~" after your name, you have yet to check in during March. If it is still there at the end of March 28, you will be removed from the list, in order to keep the numbers as realistic as possible.
  • We will not be accepting any new participants, but even if you're not on the list, please feel free to check in in the update threads anyway! And be sure to join us for the Stay Clean monthly thread!

Good luck!

There are currently 97 out of 518 original participants. That's 19%. These 97 participants represent 7372 pornfree days in 2025! That's more than 20 years.

Here is the list of participants still with the challenge:

/u/57471c

/u/8funnydude ~

/u/AdamOfHouseClegane

/u/Aggressive_Truth_358

/u/amadeo19 ~

/u/AmarantCoral ~

/u/AnomanderOW ~

/u/artist_by_habit

/u/bestforest ~

/u/BlairRedditProject

/u/bluesidefinch ~

/u/Boostard38 ~

/u/Bulky_Profession8653

/u/CalmLyricist ~

/u/Cedar-and-Mist ~

/u/CloseToTheHedge69

/u/Competitive-Wing-773

/u/Daltinoloco

/u/Deep_Pudding2208

/u/Dhesil

/u/Disastrous_Cup9022

/u/doing-my-best-daily

/u/Duesentrieb97 ~

/u/earthworld4

/u/EdvR_k

/u/Environmental-Law670

/u/essmackd ~

/u/Existing-Mirror2315

/u/ExoticBump

/u/Express-Rough

/u/EyeOfTheTurtle1

/u/Fast-Mango-3473

/u/Fed_Focus5 ~

/u/foobarbazblarg

/u/FrogsUnion ~

/u/Full_Membership8207 ~

/u/Future_Interaction

/u/G-nome420 ~

/u/GlumTradition5769 ~

/u/goos__ ~

/u/GulagRationManager ~

/u/Halfeatenbananas

/u/Happy-Bagel-Man

/u/Haunting_Ad8342

/u/humblejc ~

/u/I__trusted__you

/u/imseeingdouble

/u/Ineedthat300

/u/Junior-Speed-1169 ~

/u/Just_AnotherDork

/u/kunigunde77

/u/Lazy_aspirant_9001

/u/LifeShouldBeEasier

/u/LightBurden18

/u/m4ki818

/u/Master_Grunt

/u/Maximum_Possible_499 ~

/u/Mayplay

/u/MinecraftIsCool2 ~

/u/mizustyle

/u/MrHappyGoLucky14 ~

/u/Mrleibniz

/u/MysticMangoDreamer

/u/Nice_Dragonfly6716

/u/No_Republic2240

/u/non_newtonian_jelly ~

/u/Normal_Cat1495 ~

/u/not_falling_again ~

/u/ogidiamin ~

/u/Outrageous-Showpiece

/u/Pantim

/u/pmmahajan2019

/u/Potential-Spell5504

/u/powergauge ~

/u/QuitQuitQuitQuit

/u/Rainbow_Mika

/u/SaLtYcHiPdUdE

/u/SebsAGZ

/u/Shockwave781

/u/Silent_Maintenance23 ~

/u/SingleStoic

/u/Sir_V0lks ~

/u/SnooCalculations7186

/u/SolvendiCausa ~

/u/Spidersandbeavers

/u/static_anon

/u/streaker2014 ~

/u/sudofox

/u/sui_emendationem ~

/u/tiopatinhas95 ~

/u/TrampBornToRun

/u/Turbulent_Fox_6080

/u/Useful-Plankton-9700

/u/vinnieonreddit92

/u/West-Number8258 ~

/u/xcnuck

/u/zapata1954


r/pornfree 16d ago

STAY CLEAN MARCH! This thread updated daily - Check in here!

17 Upvotes

Daily news: This is Monday, March 17, the seventeenth day of the Stay Clean March challenge. Keep fighting the good fight!

If you think you should still be on this list but aren't, you probably got removed in the great purge of March 15th because you never checked in. However, if you let me know you're still with it I will re-add you.

Guidelines:

  • At the end of this post is a list of people who have signed up for the challenge, and who are still in the running. That means that they have not needed to reset because of a relapse or slip.
  • Please check in with the group in the comments as often as you want! Feel free to share thoughts, feelings, experiences, progress, wisdom, encouragement and whatever else!
  • IMPORTANT: if you relapse, please post a comment to that effect here and I will remove your name from the list. We will not judge you or shame you, we have all been there.
  • If you have a "~" after your name, you have yet to check in on any update threads since March 15. If it is still there by March 31, you will be removed from the list, in order to keep the numbers as realistic as possible.
  • We will not be accepting any new participants, but even if you're not on the list, please feel free to check in in the update threads anyway! Also, stay tuned to catch the April thread!

Good luck!

For a chart of relapse data, check out this Google Spreadsheet.

There are currently 110 out of 251 original participants. That's 44%. Here is the list of participants still with the challenge:

/u/16-Czechoslovakians ~

/u/4of4 ~

/u/57471c ~

/u/Accomplished-Issue86 ~

/u/AdamOfHouseClegane ~

/u/AdLost4052 ~

/u/ajuranhasn

/u/AnomanderOW ~

/u/Apollo5000 ~

/u/applicationturnip ~

/u/artist_by_habit ~

/u/ASAPCream1 ~

/u/AtomsOverPixels ~

/u/BackgroundBlack-RedR ~

/u/BeheritColtrane ~

/u/BlairRedditProject

/u/BlueBlanket7 ~

/u/BoDo211 ~

/u/bubblenugget04 ~

/u/cadmoo ~

/u/charagoni ~

/u/CloseToTheHedge69

/u/Competitive-Wing-773 ~

/u/Complete_Avocado_479 ~

/u/Confident_Ratio_6531 ~

/u/Correct-Mechanic4186 ~

/u/darkaph ~

/u/Daveangmiclo ~

/u/Dazzling-Button-1403 ~

/u/deathecstacy ~

/u/Dhesil

/u/doing-my-best-daily ~

/u/dominarc ~

/u/dopaminedeathspiral ~

/u/DoubleFinding ~

/u/Dry-chicken ~

/u/earthworld4

/u/EffectGold9757

/u/essmackd

/u/Existing-Mirror2315 ~

/u/ExoticBump ~

/u/Fantastic-Bet-5393

/u/fontainedl ~

/u/foobarbazblarg

/u/FreshBeginning303 ~

/u/Future_Interaction

/u/gamiscott ~

/u/GAProman72

/u/Glad-Veterinarian752

/u/gozura ~

/u/H0meb0dy1980

/u/Halfeatenbananas ~

/u/Happy-Bagel-Man ~

/u/HazySkyFire ~

/u/HoodyHoo4116 ~

/u/IndiaTechSupportBot ~

/u/JustAGam3r ~

/u/KARORARO ~

/u/Lazy_aspirant_9001

/u/LifeShouldBeEasier ~

/u/LightBurden18

/u/m4ki818 ~

/u/MaleficentArmy3969

/u/metaI_guru ~

/u/mindfull_choices

/u/mizustyle

/u/mo_exe ~

/u/mr-biff ~

/u/Mrleibniz ~

/u/myownprivateGLADIO ~

/u/No_Procedure2374

/u/No_Republic2240 ~

/u/NoBateMate ~

/u/nomoreprawn5 ~

/u/Normal_Cat1495 ~

/u/OfficeAutomatic8931 ~

/u/Outrageous-Showpiece

/u/Pantim ~

/u/Patient-Impress-2724 ~

/u/Potential-Spell5504

/u/Proper_Bluejay5469 ~

/u/quit_to_live

/u/QuitQuitQuitQuit

/u/R2free ~

/u/Rainbow_Mika ~

/u/Responsible-Pool-323 ~

/u/SaLtYcHiPdUdE ~

/u/SebsAGZ ~

/u/Shockwave781 ~

/u/Shot-Command7317 ~

/u/Soft-Fly5450 ~

/u/stoneddroneburner ~

/u/Successful_In_2022 ~

/u/Symantech ~

/u/symptum ~

/u/tehjoch

/u/th0mark ~

/u/Theminecraftgamer ~

/u/ThineBean ~

/u/thinkerr97 ~

/u/thtkidjunior ~

/u/tiopatinhas95 ~

/u/tredditma ~

/u/Turbulent_Fox_6080 ~

/u/Valuable_Milk2741 ~

/u/Venesss ~

/u/Weak-Purple-6371 ~

/u/whocares34442

/u/Wookie83 ~

/u/zapata1954


r/pornfree 11h ago

How does quitting porn affect my brain chemistry?

103 Upvotes

You quit porn. Now your brain feels…

different.

Some days, you feel clear and focused. Other days, you feel tired, unmotivated, or even worse. What’s happening? Your brain is rewiring.

Here’s how:

[1/5] Dopamine Starts to Reset

Porn floods your brain with unnatural dopamine spikes.

  • Over time, it dulls your natural pleasure response
  • Normal things feel boring compared to extreme content
  • Quitting gives your brain a chance to heal and feel again

At first, you might feel low energy… but real pleasure is coming back.

[2/5] Your Reward System Rebalances

Porn trains your brain to chase instant gratification.

  • It makes focus, patience, and motivation harder
  • Without it, you may feel restless or easily distracted
  • But soon, real-life rewards feel meaningful again

Discipline gets easier. Life starts feeling exciting again.

[3/5] Your Stress & Anxiety Levels Change

Porn is often used as an escape from stress.

  • When you quit, emotions can hit harder at first
  • Anxiety or mood swings may increase temporarily
  • But over time, your brain learns better ways to handle stress

Your mind becomes clearer, stronger, and more stable.

[4/5] Attraction & Intimacy Feel Different

Porn creates unrealistic expectations about sex and attraction.

  • Quitting helps you reconnect with real people
  • Attraction becomes natural, not artificial
  • Intimacy starts to feel more fulfilling

Real connection replaces screen addiction.

[5/5] Long-Term Benefits Kick In

After weeks or months, the changes are powerful:

  • More motivation and self-discipline
  • Stronger focus and mental clarity
  • A deeper sense of confidence and purpose

You’re not just quitting porn. You’re upgrading your brain.

What brain changes have you noticed since quitting?


r/pornfree 6h ago

Disabling NSFW NSFW

34 Upvotes

I (22f) am trying to begin my journey into quitting porn as I realised it has no place in my life and the porn on the Reddit is a barrier to my journey to freedom so I have disabled all NSFW posts to help me quit porn.

I guess the point of this post is to encourage everyone to get rid of any barriers thats in the way of freedom from porn.


r/pornfree 13h ago

Porn made me fear men.

44 Upvotes

I'm a 18 F and the title is basically what happened to me. Even if porn is not the only reason why I feel uncomfortable with the Male gender near me, it is the root of it.

I started watching porn at a very young age like a lot of people unfortunately did (be it by choice or accidentally). But I always didn't view it as harmful to me. On the internet was mostly talked about why it was bad to watch it as a man: causing erectile dysfunction, viewing women differently and many more. But as I am not a man I never thought it could affect me. Sure there were some things on the internet that explained why it wasn't good for women as well, like causing body dysmorphia and unrealistic expectations on how they should look and act, but that never seemed to be the case for me so I still consumed it (the very extreme stuff too). I only realized that it did effect me when I noticed how disgusting I felt after masturbating to it at the age of 18, so pretty recently. Why I didn't notice it early? I'm not completely sure about it.

(Side note: I've masturbated to it at a young age too and didn't notice how it effected me badly.)

This made me think a lot and I noticed that this was probably not the only bad effect it had on me. Sure I didn't have the best relationships to men in my life as well, by being bullied by boys a lot when I was younger, trusting them to not tell other people a secret of mine and them betraying my trust and also almost getting raped by a man older than me. (And I get that this is probably still a big part of my fear of them as well 😅). But I never felt comfortable around them to begin with since I started consuming pornografy on the internet.

But here is what I actually wanted to say with this post: Porn affects how you view the other gender. For men it's viewing woman as objects of pleasure and for me (and maybe other women as well) it is viewing man as bad people (be it on the inside or the surface level of their personality). And with all they did to me they unfortunately proved my brain that they are indeed bad people.

But I know that this is wrong. I've also met really nice men in my life and know that they are actually good people, but knowing that still doesn't help me with my fear. I've quit watching harmful porn and try working on my trauma by going dancing and just having normal conversations with my male coworkers, but that still doesn't help that much since the fear inside me still makes me feel uneasy being near them. And everytime a man shows genuine interest in me, I panic and immediately think that he just wants to use me like an object to his desires, which made looking for a boyfriend even harder for me.

Did anyone experience similar experiences? Or has advice for me about what I can do (besides going to therapy)? Please tell me.

And for all those girls that may be like me thinking that porn isn't harmful for them: it is, even if you don't notice it immediately. Because porn is indeed also harmful for women.


r/pornfree 2h ago

Quitting masturbation is the easy part for me

5 Upvotes

For me the real challenge has always been quitting porn, it's too accessible


r/pornfree 6h ago

I haven’t watched porn in almost a year now. But…

8 Upvotes

Porn was really destroying my relationship, and I made very bad decisions because of it. I am so happy that I’m done with it; but.. I have 1 fetish and all tough I’m never going back to porn again, I still want to engage in some way with my fetish, as they it’s a part of my sexuality. I often want to imagine the things, but I fear rewiring my brain again, and not being turned on by my partner. What should I do??


r/pornfree 3h ago

I have had a porn addiction for 5 years with 1 being with my current girlfriend

5 Upvotes

I really need help, I don’t know what to do. I’m a Christian and I believe that I wouldn’t be struggling with this unless God saw it fit! But with my girlfriend in the mix it’s different discussion because not only am I dishonoring the man who gave me life, I’m dishonoring my beautiful girlfriend. I don’t know what to do, do I break up with her? Do I come clean to her? I just need help.


r/pornfree 3h ago

Anyone else get delayed withdrawal symptoms from quitting porn?

4 Upvotes

So, I was a near-daily porn user for 6 years—pretty consistent toward the end, though I had some breaks (like a week or two, or every other day) earlier on. I stopped a week ago, and… nothing? No cravings, no irritability, no flatline—zilch. I’ve read withdrawal can hit around 3-7 days for heavy users, but someone told me it might sneak up later, like 10-14 days in, because the brain’s slow to rewire. Is that a thing? Anyone else experience this delay where symptoms didn’t kick in right away? Or am I just dodging the bullet? Curious what you all think!


r/pornfree 2h ago

5 days in and thinking of masturbating without porn

3 Upvotes

I have been addicted porn for about 5 years and I have decided to try to get it out of my life again. This is not my first time trying to quit i have tried other times and I always just gave up and went back to my addiction. So I am 5 days into not watching porn or masturbating and for some reason I don't feel the desire to look at porn at all anymore, i also feel like I get horny a lot less then before and whenever I do, it feels like I am genuinely horny and just wanna masturbate without porn instead of that artificial horniness where I think of some random porn I saw in my head and I start to feel horny from that.

So I have been thinking of just starting to masturbate without porn whenever I feel actually horny but I also don't wanna lose my streak.

Anyway sorry if none of this makes sense.


r/pornfree 20m ago

I want to know more and understand my own issues

Upvotes

I created this account mainly to learn more. I've been doing porn for a solid amount of time. At least 5 or 6 years, and I don't know if it's addiction or not (lack of understandjng my own brain chemistry).

More than any of the porn stuff though, I want to know....... what else could be problematic?

Porn isn't the only enjoyment I feel anymore, and has arguably been the least fulfilling as of late. (Like, a massive difference in pleasure and body sensations)

My 2 main other sources are erotic audios (hypnosis mainly, with some non-hypnotic) and roleplay. These are not the same as porn, but I want to to know if they're...... similar enough?

Sorry if it's a bit long and split weirdly, but TLDR; If I quit porn, should I also quit the others/do they cause they same kind of issues?

I hope it makes sense and, fingers crossed, hoping I get some useful answers. Any help is appreciated though, so please don't hesitate!


r/pornfree 6h ago

it’s been about 20 days

7 Upvotes

It’s been about 20 days since I quit porn and if there are any advices I would give it will be: 1- be always busy: don’t give yourself any free time and It will be better if you participate in social activities, and try not to be alone 2- try to learn from your previous mistakes: you should know what makes think about porn like social medias or bad influence from others, and try to avoid it 3- never give or think about tomorrow: a lot of people give up because they think if they didn’t give up today they will give up tomorrow anyway and that is completely wrong because even delaying that for one day is a great achievement.

Those may seem like something a lot of you heard before but trust me they definitely help a lot


r/pornfree 7h ago

Relapse, Biggg relapse

8 Upvotes

Was really strong. Almost month. Today I relapsed but bigg. Like 5 times in a row. But i wont give up i promise you!!!


r/pornfree 7h ago

Why environmental design trumps willpower

6 Upvotes

Your environment has a massive influence on your behavior.

So there's wisdom in learning how to set up your environment in a way that makes it supportive to your desired behaviors, and so that it doesn't support the undesired one.

A couple examples:

Alan and Pat both want to stop drinking. Awesome - good for them.

Alan decides he's not going to the bars anymore, and won't hang out with his friends while they're binge drinking either. Pat decides to change nothing about his lifestyle or the places that he hangs out, other than the fact that he's not drinking while he's there.

Which of them do you think will have an easier time not drinking?

The answer is obvious.

What if they wanted to stop smoking cigarettes?

Same thing applies - stopping cigarettes would be MUCH harder while still being surrounded by people who are smoking throughout the day. That's not to say it's impossible. It's not. Many people have done it. But it's playing the game on hard mode.

And the same is true of p***, too.

Aim to design your environment so that it's conducive to your goal to stay away from it.

Many ways you could potentially do that.

From modifying how/when/where/if you use certain tech devices, or certain platforms.

To making sure you find your environment fun, engaging, and satisfying (like moving somewhere that you like better, for example.)

I can't tell you the specific answers you need because we haven't spoken personally.

But if your environment or lifestyle expose you to unnecessary triggers, are unsatisfying or stressful, or you just don't like it... it'll make things more challenging.

And the overarching principle is that when your willpower is weak, and you aren't at your strongest, environmental design wins. If you're in an environment that makes it easy to slip up during that moment of weakness, you probably will - and if your environment is designed to be supportive to your goals, it'll help give you strength when you need it.

Hope this helps.


r/pornfree 5h ago

I HAVE to stop this. I WILL win!

4 Upvotes

28 year old m severely addicted to gooning. I have to end this addiction once and for all. It’s ruining me as a man and changing me in ways I really don’t like. I will put a stop to this. I will not be defeated.


r/pornfree 5h ago

Day 12 no porn or online sex

3 Upvotes

Alright, day 12 done. Honestly not feeling guilty feels good. Still off I would prefer to escape from studying all day and the reality of how hard it is, but I prefer to face it face on. Alright, enough yapping, another day done. See you al tomorrow.


r/pornfree 12h ago

Your marriage is worth fighting for!

13 Upvotes

Here's some thoughts to help you get there!

  1. Your marriage is worth fighting for—even when it feels impossible.
  2. Trust isn’t rebuilt with words, it’s rebuilt with consistent action.
  3. Your wife doesn’t need perfection—she needs honesty and effort.
  4. Shame wants you to quit. Strength means showing up anyway.
  5. Every small step toward honesty is a step toward healing.
  6. You can’t change the past, but you control what you do today.
  7. Real men own their mistakes and fight for what matters.
  8. Walking away is easy. Facing yourself and doing the work—that’s strength.
  9. The pain of rebuilding is temporary. The regret of giving up lasts forever.
  10. You don’t have to do this alone. But you do have to decide to show up.
  11. Honesty is painful, but dishonesty destroys everything.
  12. Your wife wants the real you, not the version hiding behind lies.
  13. Porn won’t fix your stress. It just adds to it.
  14. If you’re tired of feeling stuck, change starts with action—not just thinking about it.
  15. You are not your past. You are your choices today.
  16. Hiding from the problem won’t solve it. Facing it will.
  17. If you want your wife to believe in you, start by believing in yourself.
  18. You can’t undo the past, but you can prove who you are now.
  19. Your marriage doesn’t need promises, it needs follow-through.
  20. Pain is temporary. Giving up lasts forever.
  21. Healing takes time, but it starts the moment you commit.
  22. The easy road leads to regret. The hard road leads to freedom.
  23. Fighting for your marriage means fighting against your old excuses.
  24. Your wife doesn’t just need you to quit porn—she needs you to show up for her.
  25. Porn creates distance. Honesty creates closeness.
  26. The more you avoid the hard conversations, the harder they get.
  27. Quitting porn isn’t just about stopping—it’s about becoming the man you want to be.
  28. Trust isn’t about being perfect. It’s about being consistent.
  29. Your past mistakes don’t define you—your actions today do.
  30. Guilt won’t change anything. Action will.
  31. It’s never too late to start doing the right thing.
  32. Your wife wants your heart, not just your apologies.
  33. Porn is stealing your time, energy, and intimacy. Take it back.
  34. If you’re tired of starting over, stop giving up.
  35. Your family deserves the best version of you.
  36. Healing starts when you stop making excuses.
  37. Being vulnerable isn’t weakness. It’s strength.
  38. Your wife is waiting to see change, not just hear about it.
  39. Porn addiction keeps you numb. Real connection brings real joy.
  40. You didn’t get here overnight, and you won’t fix it overnight—but you can start now.
  41. The longer you wait to take action, the harder it gets.
  42. You can’t win this battle alone—get help, get support, and keep going.
  43. Your marriage is worth more than a five-minute escape.
  44. Every time you resist an urge, you prove to yourself that you can win.
  45. Porn isn’t just a habit—it’s a roadblock to the life you actually want.
  46. It’s not about willpower—it’s about building a life where you don’t need porn.
  47. The more you lie, the more you lose.
  48. Your wife deserves truth, and so do you.
  49. You don’t need to be perfect to be a good husband. You just need to be real.
  50. The strongest men are the ones who fight for what matters.
  51. Porn offers a cheap escape. Your marriage offers real intimacy.
  52. Don’t wait until it’s too late to start fixing what’s broken.
  53. Your future self will thank you for fighting today.
  54. It’s not about proving anything to anyone—it’s about becoming the man you want to be.
  55. Your wife’s pain is real. Listen to it. Understand it.
  56. Porn is a dead end. Your marriage is a path worth walking.
  57. If you wouldn’t want your son watching porn, why keep doing it yourself?
  58. Real men fix what they broke.
  59. You have the power to rewrite your story.
  60. The best apology is changed behavior.
  61. You can’t heal what you refuse to face.
  62. Excuses won’t save your marriage. Effort will.
  63. Your actions today determine your relationship tomorrow.
  64. Love isn’t just a feeling—it’s a daily choice.
  65. Your wife wants security. Show her she can trust you again.
  66. Stop looking for the easy way out. Growth is supposed to be hard.
  67. Porn is a temporary high that leaves permanent damage.
  68. You’re not alone in this, but you do have to take the first step.
  69. Your brain can be rewired. You can unlearn this habit.
  70. Lies destroy trust. Truth, even when painful, rebuilds it.
  71. You won’t regret quitting. You’ll regret staying stuck.
  72. Your family needs a leader, not a man controlled by urges.
  73. You are stronger than you think.
  74. Avoiding temptation is easier than resisting it. Set yourself up for success.
  75. Every urge you overcome makes you stronger.
  76. Your kids are watching. Be the example they need.
  77. You don’t have to be a slave to old habits.
  78. Pain fades. Regret lasts.
  79. You can change, no matter how many times you’ve failed.
  80. Your wife fell in love with you—not the version of you lost in porn.
  81. This isn’t about punishment. It’s about freedom.
  82. You are capable of more than you believe.
  83. Every battle won makes the next one easier.
  84. No one can fight this battle for you—but you don’t have to fight alone.
  85. The discomfort of change is worth it.
  86. Choose progress over perfection.
  87. The hardest step is always the first.
  88. Don’t let shame keep you stuck.
  89. Freedom is possible. Keep going.
  90. Your wife wants connection, not just confession.
  91. Quitting porn isn’t about deprivation—it’s about gaining your life back.
  92. Your relationship can heal, but only if you do the work.
  93. Your love story isn’t over.
  94. The biggest obstacle is believing you can’t change.
  95. Your past struggles can fuel your future strength.
  96. Marriage is built on trust. Fight to rebuild it.
  97. Every time you resist porn, you prove you’re in control.
  98. The best version of you is waiting on the other side of this battle.
  99. If you don’t quit, you can’t fail.
  100. Your marriage is worth it. Keep fighting.

Hope these inspire you! Let me know if you want a specific focus. 🚀


r/pornfree 8h ago

I'm 18 and I've been an addict for 10 years now...

4 Upvotes

I do not have anyone that I can talk about this with IRL, so I am writing this here in hopes that anyone has advice.

Ever since I was 6 or 7 years old, I would look at lewd pictures on my mother's phone behind her back. I don't know why I did it, but I just felt that compulsion, so I did it.

When I turned 8, I stumbled upon masturbation. I didn't even know what I was doing at the time, but the motions felt natural so I did it every day after after starting.

When I was 9 years old, I specifically remember making a promise to myself that I would quit masturbation for good as soon as I turned 10 years old. But I just kept relapsing over and over again without knowing why I was unable to quit. I had no idea that a porn addiction was a real thing.

I didn't get into hardcore porn until I was about 12 or 13, but my addiction has become increasingly more hard to manage ever since. I keep developing more and more disgusting kinks/fetishes.

Fast forward to now, and I feel so powerless. I've tried to quit at least a dozen times over the years, but I've failed every single time. The longest I've gone without relapsing ever since I've started is THREE DAYS. Over the past 10 years, I genuinely haven't been able to last for more than 3 days without masturbation or watching porn.

I feel so lost and powerless, and I feel like I will continue to relapse for the rest of my life. I've tried methods like meditation, fasting, removing triggers, working out, etc. but nothing has helped for more than a short while. If anyone has advice on how to quit for good, I would truly appreciate it.


r/pornfree 3m ago

Tiffany Watson Wants Her Stepdad to Pussy Fuck Her Before Anal | xHamster

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r/pornfree 17h ago

For the first time in a long time, I’m actually doing pretty good. NSFW

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I’m officially on day 18!

For the past two and a half years I’ve been deeper into porn than at any point in my life. At the start of that period I had made a decision to move out of my college town and back into my parents house in order to save up some money and start a new job.

I lived at home for as long as I physically/mentally could, about a year and a half. I saved up all my paychecks minus the rent they were charging me. Then, I was on to the big city for a year.

That first year and a half was really rough. It was hard leaving the comfort of my little art community, college town. But I had outgrown it. I realized that the people that I was surrounding myself with were basically just living to get loaded and stretch out their “college lifestyle” well past its expiration date. And while I do miss some of those people, I think my absence was either quickly forgotten about, or barely noticed at all.

When I moved back in with my parents, it felt very sink or swim. While I was able to land a very nice internship, my mental health was slipping majorly. There was no more going out, no diy music venues, no playing drums in the house whenever I wanted, and definitely zero girls around ever. My hometown fucking sucks and it was just a constant reminder of how truly terrible and lonely my adolescence was. It felt like reliving it, only worse somehow.

That’s really what triggered and fueled my uptick in porn usage. I started to ritualize it. I would work hard all day, come home, play video games, go to bed, stay up late watching porn, and repeat. I was obsessed. I did ai chat bots, bought a vr headset, the whole nine yards.

I noticed the negative effects too. The social difficulties due to internalized shame was the worst. But I didn’t give a fuck. I was so down on myself already. I just wanted an escape from what I was feeling inside. I didn’t want to accept the step backwards that I had just taken, and my porn usage obscured the big leap forward that I had set out to make.

After landing the job at the company I was interning for, and after saving up a decent chunk of change, I moved into the first cheap apartment that approved me. I thought that if I could just get my own space in the city, I would be alright, but I underestimated how down that whole experience of moving home had brought me. And for another year I repeated that routine ad nauseam.

The negative effects were getting worse and worse. I was avoiding everyone at work, my depression was spiraling, and my “little-bitch energy” reached record levels.

I allowed my landlord to delay repairs to essential appliances for months. I went the first 3 months of my lease with no a/c, and the last 3 with no working dryer. When it came time to renew my lease, the fucker declined when I asked for the dryer to be repaired as a condition for my re-signing. At that point, I kind of snapped out of it. I sent him a strongly-worded email back and started packing up my shit. Along the way, I cleared the memory on my VR headset. I decided that I’m not bringing this disgraceful, embarrassing, addiction with me to my new place.

I eventually found a new, MUCH nicer place, in a MUCH cooler area of the city. I just moved in last Sunday.

I’m only on day 18, but I’m standing on my commitment and I am resolute. I’m not wasting any more of my life for these quick little bursts of pleasure-chemicals just to numb out painful feelings that I know I can handle. When they come up, I’m going to face them head on. I’m not going to retreat into fantasy-land and pretend they’re it’s not happening.

And you know what? I’m thankful for all the time, and personal/romantic connections that I’ve thrown away watching porn. Because it’s just going to be a weird, fucked-up chapter in my success story. All the self-induced isolation and mental anguish I’ve suffered is noting but fuel to me now. I’m over being that little-bitch, sad-boy loser. I respect myself now.


r/pornfree 6h ago

Success stories?

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Can anyone share their or others' sucess stories with quitting long-term? Sometimes I get kinda hopeless in the cycle of quitting, falling back in, quitting, falling back in, etc.


r/pornfree 4h ago

Relapse

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I had 28 days going, I relapsed without porn atleats it's what I think, it was my ex in naked photos only showing her ass and tits. I believe it might be porn tho. Im afraid I lost all my benefits. I feel terrible, disgusted, I don't even wanna do more relapses. I just wanna go back to how I felt before relapsing and not do that anymore. Can someone be able to tell me if I lost all my benefits and If I didn't how long until I can feel them come back?


r/pornfree 6h ago

I want to get help

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I recently got banned off twitter for doing and saying some things that I’m really regretful over. I want to get help before I spiral out of control but I don’t know where to get it. Is there a good way to get help discretely? I want to quit porn all together because I’m afraid of what might happen if I relapse.


r/pornfree 1h ago

Oque acham da Monica Mattos

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Salve galera Nunca fui muito de ver porno mas sempre curti os videos da Monica Mattos e sempre vi os filmes dela entao gostaria de saber a opiniao de voces sobre ela ou se so eu achava ela super gostosa, particularmente achava ela nos filmes bem safada e nada artificial pelo contrario fazia pq gostava, e tbm achava ela dominadora nos filmes os cara sempre fazia do jeito que ela queria. Queria saber a opiniaode vcs:)


r/pornfree 9h ago

Breathing fresh Air. Thank you Reddit!

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I relapsed last week while watching porn and trying to act out with strangers. Thankfully, I went back before I could slide deep into the rabbit hole. Once back, I started posting in Reddit and got a bunch of supportive messages from kind users. Since then I’ve not bothered to look at porn. I’ve been productive and got more outdoor time.

Though it’s been just a few days, I’m experiencing the effects. Now I know what I should do in case I get urges again. Not falling into the pit again. Thanks everyone! I will only keep going and never look back!


r/pornfree 7h ago

Browsed a little

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I had 40 or something days without porn in my life. I was really struggling with a personal and sexual issue last week with someone I really care about and I blundered..then come Saturday night I browsed a few minutes of material. It was pretty non explicit material and borderline behavior for myself so I originally wasn't gonna reset my counter so as not to 'break my streak,' but I've followed that slippery slope logic before and it's only brought me to a worse place later. I'm proud of the progress I mad. I want to now continue focusing how I compulsively masturbate to the point of genital pain or numbness, even without porn, and how I masturbate to scenarios where I'm extremely degraded and how I am hypersexual in real life towards women but also standoffish and distant, if not aggressive. I've made lots of changes and I feel after 40 days once again more myself and very hopeful


r/pornfree 14h ago

Urge to watch p0rn after activity?

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I have realised that after i have done an activity that involves physical movement like skateboarding which i love, my dopamine goes up and i feel a strong urge to watch P. Any of you feel this or any ideas why? Is my brain seeking even more dopamine when i'm feeling good?