Well, the 1-month no-porn challenge is over. I said I was not going to watch any porn for a month, and I didn’t. I would describe the effect as a flattening of the emotional curve: I stopped getting the kind of highs only porn can provide, but, on the other hand, I stopped having depressing thoughts, too (not altogether, but mostly). I started feeling somewhat more relaxed and composed. Abstaining from porn may not have been the only factor, but I think it was a big one. So, if you are planning to get off your ass and finally start doing something to turn your life around, I definitely recommend going cold turkey on porn. It won’t work miracles and turn you into some fucking superhero, but it will give you an edge, for that I can vouch with a reasonable degree of certainty.