For me, I believe porn is an addiction of convenience. When I have easy & unlimited access to it, I will peruse a couple of my favorite compilation sites & see if any interesting pics or vids are available. But I don't miss it when I've gone any length of time without it.

As for self-pleasure...I will touch myself when the mood strikes my mind, not just my pecker. I won't rub one out just because my flag is at full staff when I wake up, but if my mind is also feeling sexy then I'll take a few minutes out of my very important morning routine to enjoy some attention. I usually find that I'm more rabid in the late afternoon and if the sensual feelings last through the evening then I'll succumb to them when I'm ready for bed.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.