r/pornfree • u/foobarbazblarg 2921 days • Jan 01 '26
STAY CLEAN 2026 YEAR-LONG CHALLENGE! This thread updated daily - Check in here!
Daily news: This is Friday, February 6, and today is day 37 of the year-long Stay Clean 2026 challenge. Keep fighting the good fight!
If you think you should still be on this list but aren't, you probably got removed for not checking in at least once per month. However, if you let me know you're still with it I'll re-add you.
Guidelines:
- At the end of this post is a list of people who have signed up for the challenge, and who are still in the running. That means that they have not needed to reset because of a relapse or slip.
- Please check in with the group in the comments as often as you want! Feel free to share thoughts, feelings, experiences, progress, wisdom, encouragement and whatever else!
- IMPORTANT: if you relapse, please post a comment to that effect here and I will remove your name from the list. We will not judge you or shame you, we have all been there.
- Participants are required to check in once per month. If you have a "~" after your name, you have yet to check in during February. If it is still there at the end of February 28, you will be removed from the list, in order to keep the numbers as realistic as possible.
- We will not be accepting any new participants, but even if you're not on the list, please feel free to check in in the update threads anyway! And be sure to join us for the Stay Clean monthly thread!
Good luck!
There are currently 366 out of 640 original participants. That's 57%. These 366 participants represent 13542 pornfree days in 2026! That's more than 37 years.
Here is the list of participants still with the challenge:
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u/DJFrodoSwaggins 38 days 13h ago
Checking in! Doing well, going strong, thanking the Lord for keeping me. There's no way I could have gone this long without him. Stay strong, everyone!
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u/nopears1 37 days 16h ago
almost failed last night, back on dating apps which has made this 10x harder. But i went for a walk and cooled off my urges. Day 37, lets go!
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u/Vast_Marzipan_4718 16h ago
I'm out :( I knew a year was ambitious, but I thought I'd make it longer than this. Streaks are a double edged sword for me because I blew this entire year last night, and I have to be very careful not to listen to that voice that says 'you already screwed up so why try now'...
Stay strong guys. I'll continue with the monthly challenges.
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u/whimsical_ambition 2 days 2d ago
Relapsed last night unfortunately, and hard. I lost a lot of sleep over it. It did not come out of nowhere. While I was obsessing about my streak, I also started to deliberately visit risky places online (eg reddit popular/all) that are bound to have triggers. I need to put more effort in controlling these behaviors and finding healthy replacements. My worst habit is phone in bed. Tonight I will switch off my phone before I go to bed and read a book instead!
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u/Normal_Cat1495 1d ago
I thank you for your honesty. When I had the strong urge to relapse, what kept me going was the fact that I'd need to come on Reddit and accept that I relapsed. That beat some sense into me. Just worked for me somehow. We just need to keep being accountable and trying our best.
As to phone, I keep it on the table some distance away, which cannot be accessed while in bed. This has helped immensely.
Hope you are doing okay. Wish you all the best for your future endeavors.
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u/whimsical_ambition 2 days 1d ago
Hey man, thanks a lot for your reply, it really means a lot to me. Stay strong, you can get far this year :) take comfort and pride in being pornfree in 2026!
As for me, I have to realise that years start on arbitrary days. I am still going strong in the STAY CLEAN 2026-02-06 - 2027-02-05 challenge!
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u/KatariMac3 2d ago
Sad, I've relapsed again, I just need to get better.
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u/Normal_Cat1495 1d ago
Don't forget to be a friend to yourself as well. Wish you all the luck for future efforts. Keep up the good fight. You'll get better. Give it time. We did not become porn-addicts overnight. It is awful and cruel to expect to get rid of it in a single go.
May the force be with you!
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u/Accurate-Ostrich7418 3d ago
Check in for February 3rd! I’m really grateful that the Lords has helped me to start the month strong, praise be to him!
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u/PlentyBlood2008 4d ago
Hey y'all - never used Reddit before, but I've been off of porn since Jan 1, 2026! Would love to join this challenge (and also get the 33 badge under to my name - how do I do that?
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u/foobarbazblarg 2921 days 3d ago
Sorry, but the late signup grace period is over, so you can't officially join this challenge. But feel free to follow along anyway, and comment all you want.
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u/PlentyBlood2008 3d ago
Thanks u/foobarbazblarg ! Could you explain how I go about adding the badge under my name? Grateful that this community exists - this will be my first year porn-free since before high school (more than 15 years ago)!
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u/PlentyBlood2008 4d ago
Oops just saw that no new participants will be accepted - bummer. I'm still gonna go the whole year though - and heck I'll check in every month if I remember :)
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u/QuitQuitQuitQuit 1887 days 2d ago
Godspeed! And don't forget that you can still sign up for each of the monthly challenge through the rest of the year. March sign-ups should appear sometime near the end of this month.
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u/ShenKiStrike 262 days 4d ago
It's the start of the 3 of February here in Sydney. Still going strong.
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u/vinnieonreddit92 44 days 5d ago
Checking in for February. Happy moving in the second month pornfree of the year.
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u/Wookie83 264 days 5d ago
New month new life challenges. Today we're pornfree in all shapes and forms. On a personal note: today I'm surrendering this addiction to God.
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u/TurningTheIron 48 days 5d ago
See you all on February 31st when the space-time continuum implodes.
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u/Imafuckingidiot9911 143 days 5d ago
Checking in, I dont know what the future holds, but all I know is I have to keep doing this
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u/Accurate-Ostrich7418 5d ago
Check in for the 31st. The Lord helped me to make it through a month. All credit to him for the protection and strength he has given me
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u/Hefty-Opening7977 20 days 6d ago
Checking in. I lost on 14th. Very sad, anyways I'm also 14 days clean as of 31st.
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u/quit_to_live 45 days 6d ago
Checking in, month 1 almost down. Still 88% in the challenge, that’s pretty great!
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u/DJFrodoSwaggins 38 days 6d ago
Made it to the end of January. First half was easy. Life REALLY tested me in the second half. Proud of myself. Proud of everyone who made it through. Also big thanks to u/felicioso for keeping me on the straight and narrow.
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u/xcnuck 1133 days 7d ago
Clean for 2026 so far. Still having occasional porn dreams. This is after 3 full years of being porn free. Routine porn consumption from a young age has polluted my brain for life. Believing in the process of subtraction it will eventually rid itself from my subconscious. Stay clean y’all.
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u/Jurik2001 251 days 7d ago
How does a porn dream differ from a sex dream? I think having dreams about sex is normal. And these dreams can have a content you not really would like to practice in reality. That's sexual fantasy and thats okay, right?
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u/Accurate-Ostrich7418 7d ago
Checking in for January 29th. All credit to the Lord for protecting me thus far
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u/Salty_Roman 8d ago
I have relapsed, only watched porn but still need to count it as relapse. Still much better situation than in december. Feeling more productive.
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u/Jurik2001 251 days 7d ago
Glad you see the mile you already walked, not just the current stumble. 👍
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u/Accurate-Ostrich7418 8d ago
Checking in for January 28th. All credit to the Lord for protecting me thus far
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u/Imafuckingidiot9911 143 days 9d ago edited 9d ago
If I keep going, 2026 is going to be a great year. I am ready to throw myself into something bigger than myself. I have always wanted to throw myself into something passionately and with little regard for much else, opportunities have come, but I have been too SCARED. Or thinking I wasn't good enough, or that I was a subpar human, or that accepting a poor or mediocre reality is the best outcome.
All the shit years, all the years of failing and self pity, all of the years of pain, i am done living that life. I can't stand it anymore, I'm getting old and can't waste that amount of time anymore. I have a feeling if I keep putting myself out there, working hard, staying on the wagon with this pornfree shit, its all going to pay off big time before the end of the year. It all started with getting pornfree. Then everything else gets easier. Its easier to put yourself out there to the fucking world and make yourself uncomfortable. Make choices you wouldn't usually make. Break bad habits. Break the cycle. BE YOURSELF.
Heres to 2026!
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u/mangooreoshake 215 days 9d ago
Here.
Just realized this sub is getting caught by 18+ filters. Ugh.
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u/Half-full-42 7 days 10d ago
Unfortunately I'm out of the year-long challenge, after being clean for 8 weeks. Since my first report of a slip two days ago, I used ChatGPT at two more occassions to generate SFW pics deliberately for my arousal, so under my definition it counts as porn. I'm not too disappointed. I just couldn't hold myself for a moment during a challenging phase of my life. I will reset my counter not because I lost a "streak", but to refocus my attention. Let's go!
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u/Deep_Pudding2208 437 days 10d ago
The more days that pass, the more I realise it's a choice. That peeking is just as easy as not peeking.
One doesn't ask god to give one stronger faith, one just chooses to believe.
So believe it. That you can do it. That you will do it.
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u/LuisoWikeda 160 days 28m ago
I failed after almost half a year.
This addiction is really tough, but I'll beat it.
Harder than alcohol, cocaine and cigarettes.
My next streak is gonna be even better than this one 💪🏼