Looking to form a porn addiction support group

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Long time user, throwaway account.

I believe I am addicted to porn. It’s having a negative effect on my life, and I need to overcome and manage the addiction. I have a therapist who is assisting me, but I also need to connect with other people who are struggling with the addiction.

I thought what better place to look for that source of support than other people with the fetish, who might be in a similar place as me. If you are exploring the idea that you are addicted to burping porn, or know you are and need support, then I ask you to consider sending me a PM and I will see if there is interested in organizing an online peer support-group.

I would like to do this off the forums. I do not want to use these forums, because I believe they are an obstacle to overcoming the addiction and generally a negative space, and also because I want privacy.

The support group might be of benefit to you if–

-You believe porn is interfering with or preventing you from forming meaningful romantic relationships.
-You are spending too much time watching or browsing porn.
-You are spending too much money on porn.
-You have strong cravings to watch porn.
-You resolved to take action at some point, but failed to do so.

I was thinking of having some sort of discussion group and giving people the option to participate or observe. I was also thinking of doing optional activities and writing prompts and discussing strategies for overcoming and managing the addiction.

I want to keep things positive and focus on people’s successes, even if they are small ones.

Anyway, PM me if you’re interested. This will be my only post in this thread.

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not addicted but I love this idea :heart::heart: Hope this can help people

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If y’all feel impatient while forming a network of self-sustaining size and are willing to brave a twelve step, abstinence oriented community, you can find people by searching for SA recovery or SAA recovery. My endorsement is mostly a mechanical reflex, given that I am here and not there. Reddit also has a community of this sort called NoFap.

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Porn addiction therapy might be acceptable. Masturbation abstinence is not.

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Maybe the point of abstinence therapy isn’t to never masturbate, but rather to get into the habit of not doing as much. Cold turkey works best for some people. I only chime in because I kicked the cigarette habit this way. I currently enjoy a smoke once in a while, I’m able to smoke one in a night out and then go multiple months without another. But I got to this point by completely purging myself of access to cigarettes. So I have achieved an enjoyable moderation through an abstinence approach.

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