Day one battled the urge and will keep count of every urge from now on

Just relapsed after 1 week, in that period I completely shut off doomscrolling and gaming which were the main triggers for me. Around the 5th day the urges kicked in whenever I was bored, initially I was able to successfully avert the urges with reasoning about the consequences I would need to face in exchange for a very miniscule period of pleasure. But later on when the urge hit again I started toying with the idea about how good it will feel if I engage in it, disregarding the consequences, basically I had no control over my thoughts. And eventually that lead me spiraling down to a relapse. Also, I was not consistent with meditation, from now on I'll make sure to meditate daily. Hoping to be PMO free for this month at least, stay strong brothers!

This is Riad from Algeria. I'm new here with you, I wish everyone the best of luck in their journey of experiencing life without corn, and living life raw. To the new starts 🥂

If you relapse, which you most likely will, yes. It does suck. You probably feel like shit, that you let yourself down AGAIN, even after you did this new thing, whatever that might be, and put all your faith and hope in it. "I am going to follow this new routine where I meditate and journal every morning, and after work when I get home I am going straight to the gym!" You put so much faith in this new path you have taken, so when you do eventually relapse in one of the 1000 ways a relapse can sneak up on you... you feel like your heart sinks. I've been there brother man. And even though it sucks bad, it does not have to be a big failure. What I mean by this is that a relapse REVEALS information that the addicted version of yourself is using against you. Yes, maybe you had a new awesome routine that keeps you on track. But the relapse came from somewhere. Was it the result of an external trigger? Was it internal? Which emotion was it based on? Anxiety? Ok, why are you anxious? Ask questions. Understand. Adjust. Improve. Do the method I teach to overcome urges in the moment, but if a relapse slips through either way, then there is a REASON for that. Find that reason and patch it. That is why I am asking you guys. What information can you bring forth from your last relapse? What can that teach you?