Need help/advice with smut/literary porn
Quick introduction I'm 27(M). Saw porn real early as a kid, probably 9 or 10 and have been masturbating daily since I turned 14. Last month I recognized my addiction for what it was and immediately cut out a lot of the porn in my life by unfollowing porn accounts, subreddits, etc. Since then I've been doing good by going multiple days without touching myself before masturbating and then increasing the intervals because going cold turkey has never worked for me in the past. But now I've recognized a problem that I seem to be stuck on.
Porn for me has always been a mixture of visuals(Videos, photos, doujins, etc) and written works like erotica books and fanfictions that I read off of my phone. I have been able to clear out and distance myself from the visual but the written works is what I find myself stuck on. I'm an avid reader and erotic novels or just mature books in general where the focus of the story might not be porn but still features it are things that I naturally read alongside regular books. It's not uncommon for me to browse for them the same way someone browses for a regular book to read. I didn't even think of them when I started my journey and even though I've been building the discipline to not touch myself and successful in that regard I'm still essentially relapsing daily when I unconsciously gravitate towards those kinds of stories.
My initial goal when I started this was moderation since even as an addict I thought I was doing too much. But the more I work towards it the more I see how beneficial it'd be to quit altogether so I'd like some advice/help on this hurdle I'm stuck on
Posted May 8, 2026, 3:52 PM UTC