Withdrawing from Pornography

Good for you! Here’s what I just wrote to someone privately about this challenge:

In theory, the worst should be over in two weeks. However, if you have a porn addiction on top of “normal” withdrawal, you will be very vulnerable to “cues” that your brain associates with “relief” for much longer. Like any addict, whenever you are feeling stressed, you will have a compelling urge to seek relief by the fastest most familiar (to your brain) means. It will take some time AWAY from all those porn-related cues to build new pathways in your brain for handling stress.

In the meanwhile, do things that increase your oxytocin. There’s a list in this post, but no doubt others will occur to you: http://www.reuniting.info/node/1461#comment-3908

Above all, recovery is NOT LINEAR. That is, you may feel fine one day and crappy the next, and fine the next, and so forth. So don’t get discouraged on the rough days. Just wait and the wind will change.

Contact, even friendly “pal” contact, with women can help, believe it or not. Did you see pin_cushion’s post? http://www.reuniting.info/node/1560

A big hug for you!
Marnia