Cravings Suck, Make a Plan

In your recovery from this addiction, you will experience cravings. These cravings are usually triggered by a cue of some sort. This could be browsing Youtube, clicking through multiple web-sites, or even starting up the computer in your room alone. Whatever it is, you must recognize these triggers and work to avoid them, especially if you are weak in will-power and feel like relapsing.

Although triggers usually precede cravings, sometimes cravings come out of nowhere. When you crave porn you should not feel bad, guilty, or ashamed about it. It’s natural and it won’t set you back. In fact, it shows that you are rewiring your brain out of the addiction. The important thing is that you don’t give in to the craving and engage in PMO.

Most of the time the cravings will be weak - you can swat them away like flies. However, sometimes the cravings are so intense that your thoughts turn against you and every cell in your body is urging you to PMO. When these moments happen, when you feel like you have no control, you must have a plan of action. You might call someone – perhaps an accountability partner. You might do ten pushups and walk outside. Or you might read over success stories (or stories of people relapsing and regretting it). Whatever it is, have a plan in place that works best with you. This addiction will challenge you. You must have a solid plan when you are strong, so you can act accordingly when you are weak.