In this solo monologue Samir Gardner argues that the popular NoFap and porn‑recovery communities foster a new form of dependence rather than true freedom. He claims these groups and their advice—such as semen‑retention hype and surface‑level lifestyle tips—are filled with misinformation because they never address the subconscious motivations behind porn and masturbation. Gardner proposes a five‑step process to achieve lasting freedom: (1) admit you enjoy porn/masturbation, (2) identify the specific benefits you seek (e.g., stress relief, loneliness relief), (3) systematically debunk each perceived benefit, (4) construct a compelling life vision that replaces the habit, and (5) seek spiritual or higher‑purpose support. He emphasizes that the ultimate goal of mentorship is to make the client self‑sufficient, encouraging them to leave the community and his videos once they have internalized the work. Gardner also promotes his upcoming book and one‑on‑one coaching services as further resources.
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Here's why you should never do NoFap, okay? What you need to understand is that there is a difference between doing NoFap and actually quitting porn forever. There's a huge difference. When you go into these porn recovery communities, whether it be on Reddit, whether it be through accountability groups on Discord, or whether it be a new Discord server, whether it be a Facebook group, whatever, it's all people just struggling. It's all people struggling together. It's not someone, anyone free, okay? What you need to understand is it's very simple, okay? If you think that you need help in order to become free from something, then you're not free because you're still holding on into something. You're still holding on, you're still dependent on something. Yeah, you can be, you know, free from porn and masturbation, but if you're not free from thinking that you're you're gonna relapse again, or that you're worried that you're just gonna go back to your old ways again, then you're not free, right? This is why one of the steps in my mentorship where I coach people, I tell them that they literally gotta come to a point where they don't need my help anymore, right? And to just go and live their life, right? And obviously I still talk to them, but it's like, for them to go and live their life and just pursue what is meaningful to them, whether it be to build a family, to get closer to God, to build a relationship with a woman of God, much more, right? Becoming a role model, becoming a leader in your community. So what you need to understand basically, okay, is that you cannot be watching these NoFap videos, these how to quit porn videos, because first, they are filled with misinformation, right? You've been doing, you've been probably watching videos for years now and they're just filled with misinformation. Been probably reading Easy Peasy, probably been reading the other books. It doesn't work. The reason it doesn't work is very simple, is because they don't target the root cause. They don't go into the subconscious at all. They just give you, oh, change your lifestyle. Oh, have a purpose. Oh, just have this mental reframe. But it's like, look, it's so much easier if you know how to, meaning that you understand that in order to quit, you need to want to quit, You need to see what exactly you're trying to get out of porn, what exactly you're trying to get out of masturbation. Understand that and then understand how to debunk those things, which I talk plenty, there's many videos on my channel if you scroll down that talks about this. Understand that you choose to watch porn or not based on that. And then understand that, okay, do you want to stop porn or do you want to continue? Really, it's like that simple. Obviously there's more info like in between, right? But then when you go to NoFap communities, These guys literally have sometimes, and I don't wanna be insulting anyone, but it's like they say, oh, semen retention is like, you know, obviously I think that, you know, don't watch porn, not masturbating is like very good, right? It's very beneficial, but it's like they act as if like you literally, I know this sounds cliché and cringe, but like they got superpowers in a sense that, oh, you know, today I talked to, I did a backflip because I did semen retention. Like, bro, you need to understand it's like, it's gonna give you a lot of benefits, but it's not like, You know, don't, don't overestimate it, right? If that makes sense. So what I want you to understand, okay, is that quitting is actually way easier than you think. It's just these communities obviously have an objective, right? If there's 1.1 million people in the NoFap Reddit, 1.1 million people, all, most of them all struggling, because obviously the ones that are not active, you think that they're free from porn and masturbation and they're going out there typing like, oh, today is day 500 of not watching porn. Like, if they did that, they would just go back to porn. Like, it's, bro, you see it so many times. People go 700 days and then go back to it. People go 90 days and go back to it. People go, because they're still holding on into that kind of like dependence on recovery, that dependence on, that kind of like idea that they're eventually gonna burst out, right? And the truth is you won't put a stop. So stop watching these videos and go and live your life. Go and like actually do the subconscious work. It's gonna help you quit forever, right? What I want you to do, which is gonna be very alpha for you, is I want you, and also I talk about it in my book, which is gonna launch maybe not soon, but eventually. I want you to ask yourself, okay, this is basically a 5-step process I do with people. People. First, admit that you like watching, right? Admit that like this is something that you actually enjoy, right? Or else like you probably wouldn't be doing it, okay? Like you actually enjoy it. Admit it. Because if you don't admit it, like what you resist just persists eventually. Like, you know, you can deny that you like something, but that's not the truth. So that eventually you'll deny and deprive yourself of it, and then you'll just be like, no, I'm just gonna go binge now, right? Because you like it. right? Admit that you like it, okay? Accept it. Second, ask yourself why you like it. What exactly are you trying to get out of it? This will help you get the whole list, okay, of things that you're trying to get out of it, which will be very beneficial for you to become aware of those things. And obviously there's then the other steps, which is I want you to debunk those benefits, right? So all of those benefits, whether it be loneliness relief, stress relief, whatever— watch my other videos on YouTube. I literally have videos that goes in depth about How to debug addiction, how to debug stress relief, how to debug sexual needs, how to debug not watching, I mean, watch porn when you have a girlfriend, how to never masturbate, how to, you know, do that quote unquote sexual transmutation stuff, whatever. Okay, so it's a 4-step list, all of the benefits, meaning what you're gonna gain out of not watching porn forever, out of not masturbating, okay? Because if you don't even think that it's gonna be really enjoyable for you to quit porn, it's just gonna be mundane, It's like, what's the point of quitting? So become aware of what you're actually gonna get, okay? So, sorry guys. And then I want you to just look at those things and then just reflect, what do you want, right? Build that vision for your life and go and just like live your life, okay? You need to just like realize that this is just a problem like any other problem you can get rid of. Ask God for help, for example, right? And look at my other videos. And then at one point you'll also leave my videos and just go and live your life. So I hope this was helpful. You can book a call down below to be coached by me one-on-one. Anyways, Samir Gardner, peace.
