I would report that days 8 and 9 have been easy. They have. But I think I know one reason why: I’ve been sick.

It started Sunday night after we got back from traveling, and progressed overnight into a full-blown cough. I didn’t get much sleep Sunday night and ended up staying up most of the night watching movies on Netflix and playing on the laptop. The interesting thing is that, in the past when I had an insomniac night – even if it was due to sickness – masturbation and Internet porn would have definitely been a part of that night’s activities. It was just a great way to kill the time and, after I had an orgasm, I usually found it easier to get a little bit of sleep.

But this time? No desire at all. I literally felt so chaste. I just watched shows on TV and browsed Reddit for most of the night. Didn’t even have any desire to skirt into the NSFW areas.

Today was a little bit different. Sex drive started to come back, but in an entirely different way. I started to notice how … attractive … women are. Last night, for instance, I spent part of the night sitting with my wife in the bathroom while she took a bath. I can’t remember the last time I did something like that. Maybe never have. But I was just intoxicated by her presence. Or earlier today, when I went to the dry cleaners, I noticed how attractive one of the workers was – something I would probably not have noticed before unless I was in an aroused state.

And you know what? I like this feeling! If this is what life without the shadow of Internet porn feels like, I never want to look at it again!