NoFap: the anti-porn crusade now 163 days in

NoFap diary: the anti-porn crusade now 163 days in

Can you quit porn and toca cold turkey, with no relapses, after twenty years of habit? That is the goal of the author of the post that opens this diary: "It can't be that I started this in fourth or fifth grade and, now a family man, I still haven't kicked this damn vice." The stated aim is not moderation but "total victory and absolute conquest." He describes day 1 as "the easiest of all" and promises to show up and report every single day.

The proposal quickly draws a chorus of responses mixing support, skepticism and mockery. One user replies, "I'm with you, starting today." Another warns that the problem is not just toca but prono consumption, arguing that Western porn "is pretty disgusting, no credit in watching it" compared to Asian porn. The conversation soon drifts into more uncomfortable territory: the suspicion that the challenge is a cover, that whoever proclaims it publicly has already fallen off the wagon and is just looking for an audience.

The method: public accountability

The diary's author explains why he writes in the open: "The worst thing about this vice is the comfortable anonymity it offers. If you're an alcoholic, people will see you drunk around town. Same if you smoke." Against that, public exposure works as a form of social pressure. It is not a new method: it is the same principle used by twelve-step programs and support communities for decades.

The story advances with concrete milestones. On day 5, a terse message: "Have a good weekend, everyone." On day 7, the tone shifts: "Today I went to confession and heard Mass, which I hadn't done since Easter." The author frames the fight against porn as a "spiritual militia" and quotes the Latin hymn "Crux Sacra Sit Mihi Lux, Non Draco Sit Mihi Dux." The religious dimension is not decoration: it is the backbone of the method.

The effects attributed to sensual abstinence

One of the most prolific participants claims to have had "ZERO emissions for almost 3 months" and describes an "impressive increase in physical power," comparable to "when you enter keto mode." He links abstinence to ketosis and self-control, and argues that "chronic emission is comparable to female menstruation, a kind of periodic self-dissolution." It is a claim with no clinical backing, but it circulates freely in the conversation.

Another participant, who says he went "from May 2025 to May 2026 without sens and without jerking off," offers a more nuanced version: "one every 10-12 days, and beating a record of 5 weeks without touching myself in January." His testimony hangs in the air because nobody trinc up on it.

Skepticism and mockery

Not everyone buys the story. One participant declares: "I don't believe in nofap or in technical analysis." Another quips: "In the old days people went on crusades. Today they invoke God to keep from touching their willy." And a third issues a warning that borders on the absurd: "This gepetto of yours will stay with you. And months later you'll start fantasizing about raping babies, performing oral sens on altar boys and the like." The remark, deliberately provocative, is backed by no data at all.

There are also those who question the merit of the endeavor: "The merit is not watching asian porn. Western porn is pretty disgusting, no credit in watching it." And those who reduce the problem to a matter of hygiene: "I've gone 3 days without touching myself and I'm already cultivating smegma like a good uncircumcised European."

The economic and technical dimension

One participant points to an external factor that helps: "the ing League blocking half the internet every weekend helps a lot." The reference to websites being blocked over sports broadcasting rights introduces an unexpected element: piracy and porn share infrastructure and off-seasons.

Another, more analytical message argues that "jerking off is humiliating and sad no matter your age" and adds that "when you reach a certain age and you've done more than 10,000 wanks it no longer works or gives you the same pleasure, you keep escalating by trying new categories but it's not enough." It is the classic description of escalating consumption.

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The tally at 163 days

The diary remains open. The author has not reported another relapse since day 3, when he acknowledged one: "the time I slipped, I posted it, and nothing since." The other participants have drifted apart between those celebrating "that we've already made it one day," those asking for serious answers, and those who simply laugh the whole thing off. The crusade for purity, as the author calls it, has no expiration date. Nor, for now, an ending.