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NEW - Addiction Support Automated Taglist
by tommy
Last post
 July 11th
...See more Welcome to the NEW Addiction Support Taglist This thread is an auto-updating list. The list is regularly updated by forum leaders and can be found below. Having issues? Reply below and someone will help you! Why should I join the taglist? ✔ Never miss out on sub-community check-ins, discussions or events ✔ Get tagged and notified by community leaders whenever a new relevant thread has been posted ✔ Become a more active member of the community. What do I need to do? ✅ To add yourself to this taglist, press the Post to Thread button below and write the exact words Please add me. ❌ To remove yourself from this taglist, press the Post to Thread button below and write the exact words Please remove me. ------------------------- Current taglist as of Dec 2024 (updated by @tommy) @akshi2611 @BeautifulCurse @exuberantTalker9747 @freeman @Helentreat12 @Hobzz @HopefulMamaof4 @ivoryLime3964 @JasonneedsinTx @Jenna @joyfulUs2825 @kindShade3891 @matchamochi07 @Mhmdi @Oceansky93 @peachLime4859 @PFord79 @Property1094 @Rainboho @Ren1478 @Sahilwj @sensiblePine5487 @SerenelyClean @Snowy00 @tommy @tornwillow @xmoonsie16x0
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@fossilfellow Addiction Recovery. *T.W*
by fossilfellow
Last post
 1 hour ago
...See more I'm making this new thread, and I decided to make some changes. I realize that the previous method I was doing is a trap, which keeps me stuck in an exhausting pattern. To be completely honest with myself and my healing, I'm switching to a Traffic Light System. 🟢 Green - I stayed completely clean all day. No intentional engagement with triggers. 🟡 Yellow - I have a brief slip or a boundary cross that I successfully stopped within 5 minutes. ( This resets my green streak, but let's me save my overall streak before hitting red. ) 🔴 Red - A full relapse, or engaging in triggering loops for more than 5 minutes. Resets the overall streak back to Day 1. This will be incredibly difficult for me, but I want to heal, and be a normal healthy person. I will do my best 🤍
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Porn addiction
by Ocelot1628
Last post
 6 hours ago
...See more Im struggling to find ways to set boundaries and overcome this addiction. To those who have gone through it and have tips - and ways of thinking of life and their actions that helped them grow as a person please let me know. I would love any help, and anything helps.
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About my twin sister (TW)
by raspberryGrapefruit9210
Last post
 18 hours ago
...See more Just kind of need someone that can listen but basically I don't know what to do about my living situation where I (17) and my twin sister, who smokes weed all day, doomscrolls, SH, and yells and argues with my mom. Mind you its only us three. I go to school, she doesnt. They kicked her out for her bad grades and she dropped online school and does nothing all day except mindlessly watch tv. Not too long ago she got home from the mental hospital for a week she stayed and yet she still hasn't changed one bit. i'm worried about her and I have tried multiple times to reach out to her but she always rejects. It hurts bc I wish we were closer and that she wasn't doing all of this. I know it deeply hurts my mom too. My twin also has ADHD and I know she struggles with other mental health disorders but what can I do to help her. I feel like I can't even be close to her. She is super toxic and lost all of her friends no surprise and constantly complains and denies everything. And the police has come to our house multiple times but they dont do ***. I'm scared she wont even do anything good in her life and she says she just wants to sell her body as if she can make a living like that. Which she has done before. And she's a MINOR ffs. What can I do about this pls help? I know someone can't change if they don't want too but I have tried on multiple ocassions being nice to her or saying hi. She never lets me in her room tho or wants to talk. So its kind of like we're strangers that live in the same house. Last night I was woke up by the sound of her using again. And my older sister isn't much in the picture because she moved out and is not in contact with my twin anymore after they had a big fight. :( any suggestions or help with this please.
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Addicted to mastubating
by CamilleYEEE
Last post
 19 hours ago
...See more Hi everyone, I’m addicted to mastication and I’ve been trying to quite for months now. I always have relapse every week and will find myself mastubating cause I can’t handle the urge. I feel very disgusted especially since I feel like I’m not worthy or good enough to be with my friends cause of my disgusting habits. It’s very hard and I’ve taking measures for it such as downloading porn blocking apps, putting child lock in my own phone but I still find ways to get off such as looking for d pics and even finding some audio online of ppl moaning. I’m a Christian well trying to be and this is ruining my head. I failed more times than I count and I’m so sick of it. I need some ppl to help me stay accountable of my actions. I want to be clean of this mastubation. I cannot live like this anymore of shame and guilt. I made it a goal to change myself for the better and this is one of my goals. Please help me in this journey
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Bellybutton fetish
by amusingScarf4764
Last post
 1 day ago
...See more Hello! I need to talk openly about my fetish, preferably with a woman who can help me with it!
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I need help!
by ElectricSoul3646
Last post
 2 days ago
...See more Hi, I am Ali. I am a 2nd year bachelor's student studying chemistry as major. I am creating this post as I think I have reached a point in my life where I don't have any potency to save my life from this lust full curse. This post is going to be lengthy as I am not hiding anything from the members of 7 cups and I will add details so that I could find the best solutions.  My Problem I am addicted to Porn and Masturbation. I think porn has ruined my life, my peace. Almost everything, there is not any aspect of life that has not been affected by pornography.  How it started Back then, when I was just 6 I found my first pornography on computer where I used to play video games. There were several clips, I can hardly remember them, but it's where it all started. I knew it was wrong but I like it at that time. My Sexual Abuse I remember there were a friend of mine and there were no good ppl. His elder brother often calls me as I was child I did not know anything at all, he was the first person who exposed me to genitals, he did wrong things with me, he abused me. At that time, as when someone is exposed to such things, they often exhibit some sort of unusual behaviours. For me I do remember, playing with me genitals in the school bathroom. I did not know what I was doing, but I was doing not knowing what was right and wrong.  Development of Addiction  As I begin to thrive, in the 5th grade I got my first ***, randomly touching my genitals. I knew at that time, like I had a wave of thought that I should stop it as soon as possible. But I did not, I keep doing it. I then coupled it with porn. I remember watching late night porn and ***.  Escalation  At that point, I realized that my porn patterns were becoming more and more aggressive. Like first I was watching normal porn, then it quickly escalated to Hardcore stuff. Now the hardcore is not making me feel happy anymore. Dopamine Destruction (lack of Happiness) I know what is Dopamine, porn ruined my happiness system. I have realized at this point , that after quitting porn my life would be different, it will be all happy. I have to struggle with mood swings all of my life, and I think the major reason is the Porn and Masturbation. As long as I keep doing these things my brain gives me packets of dopamine otherwise it did not do anything at all. Cortisol Alteration (Stress Addition) It's a normal thing for me that as I begin to quit these things, my adrenals above my kidneys rapidly producing cortisol. The stress hormone, and there is not dopamine to detox it. As my brain only gets dopamine from Porn and Masturbation or nudity.  The Big Depression  In the 11th Grade, the situation becomes extremely scary. It was the time I finally decided to ............ , I was about to eat 20 tablets of Escitalopram. But I did not. Nobody can understand my situation like the way I do. Because I was exposed to nudity at such a young age and my Brain was not processing that things at all. I begin to repress my feelings. I was confuses whether I'm addicted to sex or it is happening naturally to me. I remember all the days I was just motivating me to not to do sex, not to think about it, I was convincing my friends that sex is not good blah blah blah. I remember crying in the washroom after ***. I was like behaving like a mental patient. Just watch porn, *** and this cycle keeps going on. I shared it to my family I begin crying in front of my sister and told everything about it, she is like my mom. It did not really helped me.  My Physical Appearance (The main issue) I was not ugly at all, porn made me ugly. Masturbation did, not gonna lie. I know sharing these things is not appropriate and it's shame. But I will share,  * I'm skinny, masturbation did it. All of energy being wasted there.  * I am having hairfall issues, it's just masturbation.  * My mental health is not so good, just because of it.  * Emotionally, it made me feel that I don't care about me. If I really cared about me I have stopped doing these things a long long time ago. But I did not.  * Spiritually, it is breaking my connection with God Mechanism (My *** Pattern) Not hiding anything, right after ***, I feel deep shame, guilt, remorse, a wave of depression. After it, I begin planning that I will never *** again. But after a few days, like after a stimulus I begin doing that again. I have repeated this cycle thousands of times. If I ever go more days without doing it I feel really sad and like if my brain is recovering it from me. Synaptic Pruning yk. I want freedom from It. More ever, the most horrifying thing about my addiction Is not. After a few days of quiting porn, I begin spending more times in washrooms. IDK but it happens automatically, I begin touching my genitals, like looking at it, idk why I do this but this part this happens own it own. Like looking in the mirror that my *** is good, and then eventually it leads to relapse.  My Research on Porn All across the internet, I have watched a few documentaries regarding the harmful effect of porn on individuals, their love life and the world where we all are living. I have studies books about it. I have Fight the New Drug community, at first it was an eye opening discovery to me but my addiction is so strong that it is not leaving after all that things.  Longest Streak  16 days  My Hope  I think I can quit porn and I will one day. 
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How do i escape the claws of phone/social media
by sagewashere
Last post
 2 days ago
...See more Hey does anyone in here struggle with phone addiction? In the real world its taken unseriously and just as "gen z thing". But i genuinely feel that thing consume me little by little. I try my best to break the patterns but letting go feels too heavy. I waste hours of my precious time just stuck in zombified state. At this point im starting to feel hopeless and that its impossibe to do this on my own (i dont have access to help rn) and sometimes i just think "*** it ill just let go and let it take over me completely" but for some reason i still hold on. Im aware that phone usage makes me dumber and thats one of the most devastating parts. I would appreciate if youd share your experiences or ways to cope.
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Journal/Log for Vyvanse Abuse/Addiction
by JamessA24
Last post
 Saturday
...See more 24, addicted to vyvanse pills, I've been taking more than my daily dose and it has affected my life since I started in January 2024. I want to start a journal on here and talk to others who are also struggling with this. The last time I abused was on Wednesday, 2 days ago, so you can say I'm 2 days clean not including today. I want to post on here daily to keep myself accountable and feel supported by like minded people.  Day 1: Complete Day 2: Complete It's been hard but I know I'm strong minded.
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what to do to help a friend
by DubstepDadT
Last post
 Friday
...See more hi all,  my gf is addicted to cocaine. she won't go to rehab. she is spending so much money, nose is bleeding, and stays up all night. im afraid she's going to far.  how do I help her...
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porn addiction recovery (log in)
by northernlights101
Last post
 Friday
...See more to ones who haven't seen my previous post: hello, this is a log in post to track your porn abstinence. this isn't an official event or anything, I'm just another addict trying to bring like-minded people together to help hold each other accountable. if you wish to start new, you could just follow the instructions given below! and do introduce yourself at the other post used for discussions - porn addiction recovery (discussion) - Discussion | 7 Cups [https://www.7cups.com/forum/addiction/SexandPornAddictionSupport_723/pornaddictionrecoverydiscussion_353938/?post=3850627] for more clarity you could check out my original post - porn addiction recovery - Discussion | 7 Cups [https://www.7cups.com/forum/addiction/SexandPornAddictionSupport_723/pornaddictionrecovery_353678/] how does it work?  1. on your day one, you can reply to the post by simply mentioning 'day 1 - xx/xx/xx (the date)' and as the day's progress please continue responding to yourself to create a chain with your logs only. this doesn't have to be everyday, just whenever you have the time.  2. if you miss a day, as in, end up giving in to your urges simply say 'counter reset - xx/xx/xx' or something similar but short and sweet. and continue replying the next day to your own comments, do not start a new chain, please. (this is so there aren't too many reply pages and we don't lose count easily) 3. please do not reply to another person's comments. only reply to your own comments. (just so we don't disrubt another person's logs and make it messy)  thank you for joining us in this journey!! 
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I’m trying to stop once and for all.
by amiableRaspberries7039
Last post
 Thursday
...See more First post here. I’ll try to make this relatively cohesive but no promises. I’m a 24 yr old male and I’m only now realising that I have a much deeper issue than I once thought. I’ve been addicted to porn since I was 11, didn’t even realise there was anything wrong with in until I was 15. Since then I’ve been trying to quit. 9 years… I thought it was simply a willpower problem but I’ve realised today it’s not that simple. I feel like every year my addiction becomes worse and around the time I turned 19 it became a sex addiction which I have found to be a lot more detrimental to my life. My self image, work, my general health (nothing serious), Relationships, etc all massively negatively affected. I’m religious and I believe it’s wrong to have sex before marriage, so every time I engage in this it wrecks my soul and self image. I hate myself more every single time, and I used to always have a very positive self image, so this is honestly something quite shocking for me. I’ve never been addicted to anything else but I imagine this is what drug addiction feels like, you don’t want to do it because you know it’ll ruin your life but you can’t shake your desires. I hate it. It feels like whenever I get the urge, all logical thinking goes out the window. It controls my life, makes me do decisions I would never do otherwise, and I hate it. I want to stop. I realised recently I had a real problem when I had sex a couple days ago, felt disgusting, vowed to never do it again, truly believed myself, then did it again 4 days later. Wtf is wrong with me honestly. I’ve always been a good kid, this is so uncharacteristic for me. This isn’t who i am. I remember when i was growing up porn was so normalised, kids would talk about it all the time and we didn’t even realise there was anything wrong with it. By the time I realised it was bad I was completely addicted.  I’ve tried to quit countless times, for the longest time I couldn’t even go a month without watching porn. I even purposely stayed home for uni rather than living at uni since I was worried about not being able to control my desires. Unfortunately this didn’t help.  I’m not sure if this is worth mentioning but before my sex addiction began my dad died after battling cancer, I’m not sure if some sort of trauma has led me to rely on an addiction such as this because honestly this is quite out of character for me, maybe I need to delve into that in order to work out my addiction problems I really don’t know, if anyone has any thoughts on that please let me know. I’m really ashamed of myself and have nobody I can talk to about this, so I’m sorry for the huge essay but I really hope someone will respond.  Beginning of Last year I shaved my head as a show of resolve to myself, planning to never watch porn again. I lasted 6 weeks before relapsing. That was one of the worst feelings ever. Since then I haven’t even gone 2 weeks without it. Anyways, today I’ve started a pivotal recovery course which cost £100 and I’m writing here to hopefully gain some support and have people hold me accountable. This is the first time I’ve considered that I might have a serious problem outside of just being weak or having not enough willpower, so I’m hoping seeking professional help will help me stop once and for all. I know I can be better than this. I don’t want to ruin my life following my sexual desires. I want to quit porn and casual sex once and for all, so please help and encourage me, I will try to be active on this daily. I can’t live like this anymore. I really hope this is the beginning of the end of my 13 year addiction.
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Log for Phone Addiction
by findinghappinessrn
Last post
 Thursday
...See more You can add your progress here too

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Welcome to Addiction Support! We are so pleased that you have stumbled across our little corner of the internet. Our community is here to support you through any recovery and/or pathway from substances to gambling, internet, self-harm, porn addiction, sex addiction, and more. All are welcome to participate whether you are a family member watching a loved one struggling or if you are struggling yourself. Feel free to discuss anything and everything related to addictions.


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