Congrat to the OP.
I've stopped looking at porn since April 14, 2013, and I can tell you that it has not helped me get another girlfriend. I plan to start looking at porn again from Sept 25, 2013 forward if I have no girlfriend.
I have a no-contact rule with my ex-gf that if I contact her then I'll ban myself for 7 years of looking at porn. That was effective in helping me move on.
The type of porn I look at mainly is escort ads. It just turns me on to see escorts, and the idea that I can call them to set up an appointment. Even during my period of abstaining I keep getting flashback of some of the ads.
Again, if staying away from porn helped in any way shape or form in getting a woman then I would ban it for life. My experience shows otherwise and any self-control in this area, even if I can stop viewing "escort ads", has not helped.
I've stopped looking at porn since April 14, 2013, and I can tell you that it has not helped me get another girlfriend. I plan to start looking at porn again from Sept 25, 2013 forward if I have no girlfriend.
I have a no-contact rule with my ex-gf that if I contact her then I'll ban myself for 7 years of looking at porn. That was effective in helping me move on.
The type of porn I look at mainly is escort ads. It just turns me on to see escorts, and the idea that I can call them to set up an appointment. Even during my period of abstaining I keep getting flashback of some of the ads.
Again, if staying away from porn helped in any way shape or form in getting a woman then I would ban it for life. My experience shows otherwise and any self-control in this area, even if I can stop viewing "escort ads", has not helped.