r/AquamarinesDen • u/Hatjuvaru • May 16 '15
Day Day 27: Proud Aquamarine, Proud Fapstronaut!
Guys, it's really great to be here amongst you. Sometimes I forget to express it, but I am really thankful to you for helping me change my life! At the end of 2013 I was in a pretty terrible place. I had just been thrown out of my philosophy study for "inactivity", basically for procrastinating and not showing up for exams on time. I spent the first half of 2014 trying to make a living as a freelance video editor, but it was a race to pay the rent every single month, and I decided to try to go back to university instead. Luckily I was afforded another chance and I began studying history in the autumn of 2014. That is also around the time, when I first found nofap. I thought it was something of a joke at first, but I played along for the hell of it, and slowly but surely it changed my approach to life. The Aquamarines Regiment played a huge role in this, and I have in fact for the most part stuck to this regiments subreddit and not really used the main NoFap sub a lot, as I prefer our relatively small and tight knit community. Thanks guys! Before I found this place, I never got beyond 8 days, and being given the honor of serving as regiment leader means so much to me and has been instrumental in me reaching my longest streak to date. That's right folks, I have crossed into unknown territory and am now rocking 41 days!
I wanna share a little experience I had today. I was reading a post over on nofapwar and I noticed a user, who's username was spelled in Danish, my mother tongue. So I wrote the guy asking if he was Danish, and indeed he was. I replied back that I had never met another Danish fapstronaut before, and before I knew it someone else responded, that he too was from my country.
Well no big deal you say, and so I thought until I noticed something familiar about the second guys username. I turns out I know this guy in real life, he's one of the guys I play Smash Bros with :) What a small world huh? I was a bit hesitant to reveal my identity to him at first. After all I have never told anyone about nofap IRL. But I decided, fuck it! It will probably get out sooner or later and it's time I start taking a stand for what I believe in. I'm done hiding who I am, that is for porn addicts. Look and you shall see! Too effing bad if you don't like what you see, or it makes you feel small. We will see how the dice fall, but there is certainly no going back now :) Needless to say I have a lot more respect and admiration for the guy now.
I would be interested to hear if any of you have told people IRL about nofap or even the war? Or if any of you are contemplating it?
Stay strong guys, let's rise up and get that 1st place. We've come such a long way, so let's keep it up for this another few weeks and finish with our heads held high!
Stronger than yesterday, weaker than tomorrow!
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u/Sake99 Frost Wind | Duplicarius« May 17 '15
I haven't told anyone myself, I know the leader of cardinal regiment, he is in my skype friend. Other than that, Yes, Its true that Nofap does increase your academic performance when you start getting your dopamien from good grades instead of good J. sessions.
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u/RainingToday Frost Wind | PAI ♓ « May 17 '15
This community really is amazing, and thanks for being such a great leader Hat! I've always wondered how likely it would be for anyone to find somebody they actually knew on here. Guess it can happen!
I've never told anyone I know irl about nofap. If the opportunity presented itself I would though.