Another resource you might want to check out is the Candeo Institute. I don’t know the details about what they offer, but they look like a great resource. http://candeohealthysexuality.com/

Good luck! I know it’s tough.

You mentioned the software is free as long as you have someone else to be accountable to, but I see on the website it says just for the first year.

Which is accurate?

I appreciate your honesty and desire to rid yourself of a destructive habit. The truth is, you need to tell your family or your friends.

You need some support in your life.

Tackling this issue on your own is like trying to swim to the surface of the ocean with a 500 pound weight tied to you. You are not going to get your head above water on your own.

Net Nanny is merely a tool. It will never be _the_ tool to help a person overcome their addiction.

So my advice to you is to seek some outside help.

I have some friends that have worked through porn addiction. If you’d like, I can ask them to see what other recommendations they have.

Again, thanks for your comment. I’m praying God gives you the strength to reach out to others.

-Alex

Just wanted to let you know that Net Nanny has an addict sponsor program: http://bit.ly/olD227. The trick is, you need someone else. Secrecy won’t help you break the habit. The good thing, though is that the program is free. You get a free copy of the software as long as you have someone else to be accountable to.

You should have no trouble with downloading software, etc. If you do, Net Nanny has completely customizable settings, so you can make adjustments for what works for you.

I hope that helps!

I’m trying to get over the bad habit of you know…going on those adult sites. I tried K9 web protection, I made a random password that I forgot so I would never be able to get around it. But one day I had a desire so I did a quick google search and had K9 disabled in 5min. and I’m not even good with computers.

I’m hoping net nanny will be much harder to bypass. Also, I have no one that I can use for accountability. There’s no way I’m using anyone in my family, lol if they knew I had a problem like this they would flip out, and I’m too embarrassed to tell my friends. So I’m wondering if I could chose a random password and not remember it for Net Nanny. Then there would be no way for me to access adult websites b/c I wouldn’t know the password. My only worry is that net nanny will wrongly block a site or not allow me to install some software that I need. If I don’t have the password then I won’t be able to access that website I need (that isn’t adult).

Can anyone offer me advice or address my concerns. Thanks so much I really hope I can get rid of this filthy habit.

Pretty much every Internet filter will block some sites which are appropriate. That’s a worthwhile inconvenience knowing a large majority of the bad stuff will be blocked.

I would check the SafeEyes documentation to see how you can whitelist the sites that are getting blocked incorrectly.

Have you tried to contact contact Safe Eyes support about the error you’re getting?

Otherwise, I would recommend Net Nanny or another that seems popular is Covenant Eyes.

Here’s a link to the Pandora’s Hope router for anyone interested in learning more.

A free alternative to a dedicated content filtering router is use OpenDNS servers on whatever router you have now. It provides basic content filtering and is a good initial line of defense.