So I've been experiencing a lot of benefits from quitting all artificial sexual stimulation recently and I am really excited to share this progress with you!

It wasn't long ago that I was in quite a bad place having returned to social media to seek out sexual content. 'Seek out' is the key part there. As dopamine is the molecule of more, it is always seeking. And so huge spikes of dopamine can be released by simply seeking sexual content on social media, even if that isn't what is regularly defined by others as porn.

The pathways in the brain are very similar. But, I lied to myself, and would rationalise by saying 'Well, it isn't porn'. But the truth is, it was basically the same.

Since my last setback, I have developed much healthier, better habits.

I wake up at 7am most days and do 100 push-ups, take a cold shower and then meditate for an hour.

This feels good.

In this episode I share my experience of getting past 5 weeks on semen retention / NoFap / Quitting Porn.