Salaam, let me start by saying I hope everyone is well inshallah, i am really struggling and idk if it’s just the UK that causes this (as in triggers to what we see as normal out and about) or what. Like I don’t be like this if im on holiday, only if im at home in the UK. Please feel free to inbox me just please be nice and not mean.

Thank you

Assalamualaikum

I was a addict of corn like all of you in this subreddit and I eventually found a exit way out of this.

Ill make it short, Pray all your 5 prayers, delete instagram and youtube, use this extension on ur chrome on laptop called "haram blur", join a online or real life islamic community (you could use a discord muslim community) through which you will be engaged in talks throughout your day when you are free, watch atleast 1 video of 1 hour of islamic content (it could be a motivational speech, learning islam, stories of our prophets, names of Allah) engage yourself in islamic content while totally blocking all ways of haram content, DO NOTT SCROLL FOR ALLAH'S SAKE, recite 1-2 pages of quran everyday and focus on your tajweed,read parts of quran with translation and relect on it and act upon it (try to corelate your life with the verses you see), make SINCERE DUA, always when your mouth is free say the adhkars, "يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ" O Turner of the hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion, recite this throughout your day, and again the most important key here is to hold firm onto your firm know that allah (swt is watching you at all times, you may hide from your parents and do it but do NOT think that no one is watching you there is always a god above the 7 heavens always watching you, seek refuge in Allah from shaytan.

May Allah help all of the ummah who are struggling with this sin to overcome it and hold firm onto their faith.

(btw I am not a scholar or anything I am a laymen who used to struggle with this and maybe didnt even follow some of these but the stuff i mentioned is really helpful).

May allah forgive all of our sins

"A servant committed a sin and said: 'O Allah, forgive my sin.' Allah Blessed and Exalted said: 'My servant has committed a sin and realized that he has a Lord who forgives sins and takes to account for them.' Then he committed another sin and said: 'O Lord, forgive my sin.' Allah said: 'My servant has committed a sin and realized that he has a Lord who forgives sins and takes to account for them.' Then he committed another sin and said: 'O Lord, forgive my sin.' Allah said: 'My servant has committed a sin and realized that he has a Lord who forgives sins and takes to account for them. Do what you will, for I have forgiven you.'"

It's been a while since I posted. There are so many consequences to P besides the one related to our faith, eg. Loosing closeness to Allah(swt), forgetting your Quran, etc. I would like to touch on a physical consequence of P, which is PIED.

Most of us started watching P innocently as kids because of the attraction to the other gender. We wanted to be with other gender like what we seen in these videos. Unfortunately through the course of my journey I became an addict to this to the point I could no longer perform in bed with my wife. I actually preferred watching P instead of actual intimacy. I became depressed through multiple failed times, I knew exactly what it was related to. My wife was also going through her share of depression. As much as we might crave to be intimate our spouses do to and if they are not getting it because you can't perform then it will lead to misery. I've had a long period with that but Alhamdulillah with stopping P usage your brain can recover and so can your performance.

After 5 months of P free, I've felt great in bed. To all those who are trying to get rid of this habit realize this is an unintended consequence for what we have done to ourselves. Keep pushing yourself to get better, get closer to Allah(swt), regular with your Salah, regular with your Quran, building meaning relationships with family and friends.

Life teaches us that everyone moves at their own pace. Some people achieve their dreams early, while others take years to discover their purpose. Comparing your journey to someone else's only steals the happiness from your own progress. You don't need to have everything figured out or follow the same path as everyone around you. What matters is that you keep growing, learning, and becoming a better version of yourself, one day at a time.

Assalamualaikum.

Finally, Day 10 of not watching anything nsfw and not doing mastur...

It was hardest day in past 10 days. It became almost impossible for me because I had a very good chance, no one was nearby, dad was not at home, brother was sleeping. I was alone in the room. And the urge became extremely uncontrollable. But Alhamdulillah I did not take any worst step. I struggled 2 hours but then I decided to sleep, and I lie on my bed and slept. Alhamdulillah, despite of urges the sleep came😭. And when I woke up the urge did not disappear😨. But it was weak than before that is why I handled it.

Pray for me, so I would be able to handle extreme urges.

When Allah is with you, then no one can harm you.