Destroyed, but gonna HALT
Man, this week has been a tough one. Work has had me going from 9am to 2am for a few days and I'm working again tomorrow. I am a little over two weeks clean from PMO and really starting to feel withdrawals. I am craving hard, but just trying to do something productive instead. I feel foggy and tired and I don't feel like I can go on much longer.
But I realized that I should pay attention to myself. I have learned a simple tool for checking up on yourself when you're feeling bad. Its the acronym HALT: Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired. It helped me remember what I am feeling may be exasperated by my tiredness or my hunger.
I really wanted to look at porn all day because I just feel so bad. Now that I remembered HALT, I'm going to go eat something and get some sleep to see if I feel better. If I don't no loss, but if I do, I get to keep my streak!
I definitely don't want to feel like how I feel when I use porn tomorrow morning, so I'm going to try this tool first. Hope this can help someone!
Posted Mar 31, 2016, 3:45 AM UTC