372 - Are my tight restrictions making things worse?
Porn Free Radio
Matt Dobschuetz
4.8 • 677 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In the episode, Matt answers a listener question about whether tightly restricted boundaries and rules make cravings worse. The answer surprised even Matt.
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| 0:00.0 | Porn Free Radio, episode 372. |
| 0:13.6 | Hey, this is Matt, and I'm recording this at the end of May in 2026, and summer is a great time to jump into a rev group join a group of like-minded men |
| 0:22.9 | guys who listen to the podcast like you and are taking action to live porn free discover the |
| 0:28.6 | benefits of working with others we meet each week via zoom but guys connect and message daily you don't |
| 0:34.9 | have to do this alone go to recovered man.com slash rev and fill up my short |
| 0:39.9 | application. We have several different group times to choose from. To check out available openings or to |
| 0:45.9 | get on the waiting list, once again, go to recoveredman.com slash revev and apply today. |
| 1:04.3 | Thank you. R-E-V and apply today. Have you ever woken up on a Monday and go, my diet's out of control, So I need to do something radical. |
| 1:13.1 | And so you adopt some restrictive food plan. |
| 1:17.9 | Either you go Whole 30 or you go vegan or paleo or maybe you do a Daniel fast. |
| 1:25.5 | And the idea is you're just going to really go hard mode and get |
| 1:30.8 | some control over your diet. But within a day or two, you're slipping back and you're cheating. |
| 1:40.1 | And that donut never tasted better after you've been vegan for 48 hours. |
| 1:46.1 | Or maybe you want to up your exercise and you join a boot camp at the YMCA or you join a |
| 1:54.0 | a crossfit class. |
| 1:56.6 | And the level of intensity, it's exciting and it's competitive, but it hurts. |
| 2:04.5 | It's painful. |
| 2:05.7 | You're not ready for it. |
| 2:07.4 | And a couple days going to the boot camp, you know, that alarm rings on that third day and you hit the snooze button. |
| 2:22.9 | Or maybe you've joined an online course related to quitting porn you know I've seen these on Facebook and stuff you know and they |
| 2:29.6 | have lots of modules and things you have to do and homework and you've spent you know whatever the |
| 2:36.3 | thousand bucks or however much it costs and by module two module three you're finding yourself |
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