Success. Not feeling very well at the moment for unrelated reasons, but glad I followed through. Thanks again to everyone who posted.

Thank you to everyone who responded. It really does make a difference, particularly after keeping this completely to myself for so long. I'm not anticipating much difficulty in the immediate future, though things might get more interesting towards the end of the week. Even then, I'm confident that ...

Hi,

I would like to give up masturbation for a few days. Not out of a chastity fetish, so much as a desire to recover from a cycle of self-abuse.

Self-abuse is a rather old-fashioned term in this context, and might conjure up a puritanical figure who fears sexuality in all forms. That's not where ...