Yesterday morning a posted a little article trying to bring some motivation for those who are struggling (most of us, actually). To my amazement, it started snowballing like crazy with likes and comments. A powerful wave of bro energy, of men decided to beat their PMO problem. I spent most of my day reading comments and answering to some. You guessed it: I didn't relapse 🤗 I felt strong and happy and also felt why this group is important.

A couple of voices suggested what I was myself also starting to see: this post was a double edged (yuuup 😅) sword. A tidal wave going up... and going down? What if I relapse tomorrow or in 5 days? 10? 20? Will this ruin my month? August is useless? Another failure? Well clearly not. We all know that. This is a journey. It's not about beating records, it's about learning about oneself and changing into something we like more. It's mostly about struggling and frustration and above all about courage, about trying again, about relentlessly and stubbornly growing. And this is made day by day, even hour by hour sometimes, not month by month. A month is too big to even picture in our minds. It's un unrealistic task to set all at once, without middle points. At least for most of us.

But I think there is something else and I think that's why that post worked so well. Feeling the brotherhood, the friendship, the support, raw, stupid, no brain and pure heart, it's like fresh clean water in our nofap challenge. It's like breathing deeply and knowing everything is all right. We are not alone in this. We are together and we are equal despite being very different. We are united and our difference is what makes us so good. We all have something to bring to someone else and some help to get.

I was afraid that this amazing energy was gonna be lost since day two or three. I wanted to do something, to take control of it so that it would be maintained throughout the month for all to accomplish what we dreamt yesterday. Luckily I couldn't. Then I understood that the energy is always there. It's in everyone of us as a group, in every post and comment, in every advice and question. Yesterday was great and will surely accompany us (and me 😏😎🤗 thank you so much!) for the rest of the month but I can let it go. Let's go back to our duty. Some will be dick in hand when reading this while others will go through August and beyond. Let everyone has its own path. Thank you all for being here and thank you all for yesterday. It was fantastic 🤗

Be hard and strong, my brothers and sisters 🙏💪🙌