Help Me and All of Us Looking For a Clue
[QUOTE=JoeySmth2;2880965]I'm at Day 40.
BUT, all I've done all day on this beautiful Patriots Day is sit at my computer, obsessing over pussy and setting up meetings with new girls I've never seen for tomorrow and Thursday. UTR types whose names I've gotten from contacts I've made on this board.
I KNOW I should keep away, that these girls are just ways for me to waste my money, my time, my health, my peace of mind. But honestly all I do is sit here and obsess over fucking them. Truly this is addict behavior. It's to the point where I have trouble concentrating on other things, music, books, a walk with my wife, because I'm just imagining fresh (to me) pussy.
Help me out guys. Remind me of why I'm trying to quit.
And by the way, Wednesday will be 6 weeks. Isn't this supposed to get easier as time goes by?[/QUOTE]Congratulations!! On all the days you've put together.
I'm a (recovering) addict too. Haven't had a drink or drugs since May, 1981. Haven't had a cigarette since Jan, 1987. It hasn't always been easy but my life is better for it.
What helped me then was relying on a higher power. I turned into a bible reading born again. That lasted till my Mother died, when I got pissed at 'God.'
Then one day on the suggestion of a co-worker we walked into an exotic dancer joint. The kind where you dropped a token in and the shade raised and a naked girl appeared. I went thru $5 of tokens like that and we were out of there. Embarrassed at what we just did, we laughed a little and went back to work. Next day I went right back. In fact I could hardly wait to go back. It felt perfectly right being there. As if I had found the missing piece of a puzzle I'd been searching for for a very long time. That was in 1990 and I've been hooked on this hobby ever since.
It was never a problem, even when I was married. I got very good at concealing my other identity. But eventually it took an (emotional) toll because I had became distant and withdrawn till finally the marriage ended in 2003, after 25 yrs.
So for the past 13 yrs I've been running free. Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! Long story there.
But I've gotten to a point where I realize that this behavior is a substitute to fill in a void and just covering up the real flaw in my character ... The inability to become emotionally intimate with my partner. Which I've discovered from reading a book on sexual addiction.
It's called 'Breaking The Cycle' by George N Collins, MA. It's an easy read. At the end it even offers info on a website and includes an invitation to talk to him personally by phone.
The book has been really helpful. I'm on my 5th reread. And I'm this close to signing up for some online, anonymous help.
We can't do this alone. We all need help.
I am a sex / pornography addict
But this is my first step. Admitting that what I thought was over, still oppresses me.
God has created some beautiful creatures and like many men I look to the creation rather than the creator. "There is no temptation that is not common to man, but with that temptation, He will make a way of escape".
Some temptations are too powerful, so we have to run from it. Not dabble in it, and think we are strong enough flirt with it.
I am preaching to myself guys. 50 years of addiction, two failed marriages directly related to it. Thousands of wasted hours.
Tens of thousands of dollars.
I started reading USASG for obvious reasons, then I found this thread. I am making a commitment to become free.
Thanks for your ear and encouragement.