thank you guys for everything

Sup guys, just wanted to thank the community that we have here as nofap has been a huge reason for the success i have achieved this past year. sorry if I ramble on too much, hopefully you guys can read my story and motivate yourselves..

so a little background about me: I'm 17, turning 18 in july and a senior in high school. I first started pmo when I was 13 and was addicted up until the second half of my junior year (probably 3 years of pmo). It got to the point where I'd come home everyday and do it just out of habit and a method of relieving stress. Somewhere around March of last year, I discovered this forum and out of curiosity I tried to stop pmo. After a few tries, I eventually built up a streak of 80 days. Then summer came, and so did finals week. I eventually gave in and relapsed somewhere around June. Like everyone, I immediately felt an immense amount of guilt and throughout summer, I kept relapsing.

Then the first day of school.. I told myself that I'd quit forever. With school ending at 2:04 and then football practice right after until ~5:30, I was physically drained everyday. This helped a lot since I was too tired. (The trick is to always occupy yourself and get to the point where you're tired by the end of the day).

At around day 20 - I was on fire with energy and the amount of attention I was getting. Some of you doubt the benefits of nofap but it's okay, there's no scientific study to back up what i'm saying, unless you try it for yourself.

And so today - I am 172 days free of pmo.

Some benefits: eye contact is nice, my posture has improved, i've gained a lot of strength (and energy).. bench pr: 185, squat: 255, a lot of attention with girls (haven't done much with this attention, however, mostly have been using the increased energy to get work done (i'm taking 4 ap classes this year).

I haven't really incorporated mediation into my everyday routine yet, but cold showers have been going strong. The thing about nofap is that only a small part of the journey towards getting your life back is quitting pmo, the hardest part is what you're going to do with the increased confidence and drive. What i've done is kept straight A's so far this semester, got accepted to a prestigious college (most likely going into stem), and kept up with the gym and eating right. I've set clear goals such as waking up at 5am every morning and going to bed earlier, and I'm also looking to intern this summer. I know I'm a teenager and supposedly it's harder to resist urges at this age, but after around 2 months, it gets easier. Occasionally I will get urges, but not urges to fap - usually urges to bang a girl in one of my classes.

A lot of friends and peers joke around about porn.. but porn is nothing to joke about. But you can't blame them - they don't know any better. A thing i've noticed is that once you start changing yourself for the better, they'll always try to drag you down to the previous you. "why do you care so much about your self image?", they'll say. But keep doing you - people will always be jealous with your success.

And that's all - I'm sure I missed a lot of things and may have said too much. Thanks for reading, nofap.