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At twenty, porn had taken my erections and my interest in girls

I started at thirteen and ended up on two or three hours of ever harder porn a day. At twenty I can't get hard, and I was never even drawn to girls.

An empty park bench under autumn trees on an overcast afternoon

I’m 20 now. My porn marathons started when I was 13, so you can see how long this has been going on. It got to the point where I was watching porn for two or three hours a day. Of course it didn’t end with watching; my hand was busy too. Over those years I’ve ended up, at my age, with low self-esteem, trouble concentrating and problems with potency! Yes, at my age I can’t get hard… I think I’ve been through every kind of porn that’s supposedly meant for straight guys. Softcore, gangbangs, MILFs, submission, so pretty serious hardcore by now. I don’t have a girlfriend, and what’s more, over all those years of watching porn and jerking off I wasn’t even drawn to girls!

I’m now in my third week of quitting, and I’m done with it for good. I’ve had various attempts before, a month, two weeks, but I always went back to it. Now is the final time to end it. And I know I’ll manage, because I have no other choice! If we want to improve our lives, we have to start by changing.

The hardest part is filling all the free time, which someone who’s quitting has plenty of. I’ve finished school, and I’m torn between university and a job. I was never an outstanding student, and although I finished my last year with an award, I have to admit I could have achieved a lot more at school if porn hadn’t taken over my head. Even with physical exercise and Kegel exercises (for my health), I’ll be honest, I don’t know what to do with my time, because I live in the absolute middle of nowhere. There isn’t really anywhere to go.

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