Before the story runs

Five minutes for your body first.

For adult women (18+) when compulsive or hard-to-steer porn use starts as heat, restlessness, or a hand reaching for the phone—before the mind finishes a story. This is a short educational reset, not a cure and not therapy.

If you are unsafe right now: stop this page. Contact local emergency services. Suicide-prevention resources: iasp.info/suicidalthoughts.
Already mid-spike and need a fuller bridge? Open the urge bridge or listen-along. Night alone with the phone? Try the night protocol. After the spike? Aftercare hour or post-slip debrief.

Optional 5:00 timer (stays on this device)

5:00

No accounts. No tracking. Just a clock while you move through the steps.

1) Interrupt the reach

Put the phone face-down, one arm’s length away—or in another room for these five minutes. You are buying a gap, not proving virtue.

2) Name one body cue

Silently: jaw? chest? stomach? legs? Hands? One word is enough. You are collecting data, not writing a novel.

3) Change one physical input

Pick one. Boring on purpose.

4) One honest line (optional)

If you can, jot one map line later—not a confession. Example: “Sunday 2pm · restless legs · phone in bed.” The free Mini Urge Map is enough structure.

5) Choose the next small door

After five minutes, pick one: keep going with the urge bridge, open listen-along, start aftercare if the spike already passed, or simply continue your day without a courtroom.

If you used anyway: aftercare still applies—or use the post-slip debrief. Continuity beats restart theatre.

Free Mini Urge Map Urge bridge Listen-along

Optional notes: subscribe · Midday pocket · Boundaries without purity · Debrief · Continuity · Essays