
An ultimatum
Devin McDermott
Imagine getting an ultimatum in your marriage.
Quit porn, or she walks out on you.
What would you do?
This was the exact situation one of my earliest clients, a man named Mark (who gave me permission to share his story) was in when he first reached out to me for help. It wasn't the first, second, or third time that his wife had caught him slippin' but it was going to be the last... one way or another.
Naturally, he was devastated.
It wasn't like they hadn't spoken about this before.
He knew how much it hurt her, how to her it basically felt like cheating... in addition to being an affront to God... and he frankly felt pretty similar. Which is why he'd tried stopping no less than 10 times over the years. The fact he was struggling still wasn't for a lack of effort...
He'd been through the ringer of "Quit Porn Greatest Hits" advice.
Therapy where they talk you in circles for a couple years but don't get to a real root-cause solution. Having accountability partners who were struggling too, and couldn't help much. Installing web blockers that he could get around if he wanted. Uninstalling social media and disconnecting from the world. Identifying his triggers. Trying to be a monk who never even looks in the direction of women while walking around day-to-day. (Who wants to live like that?..) But f'in nothing was truly working, despite the very real stakes he was up against.
He'd go clean for a number of weeks or even months.
Feel how things improved in his marriage, his mental health, his energy levels, and his overall wellbeing. Talk openly with his wife about how much better things were.
But then eventually he'd relapse and fall back in hard.
Not just once.
Many times.
Back to square one.
And then cover it up, pretending like everything was okay, and he wasn't interested in intimacy with his wife because he was just "tired" or "stressed" - although his wife ain't dumb, and she surely stopped believing those excuses after the 13th time.
But I digress.
What Mark was missing was a rock-solid plan.
One that wouldn't just help him stay away from porn, but one that would help him learn how to overcome every urge he ever faces with ease... how to repattern his emotional coping mechanisms so porn wouldn't even come up as an "option" in his mind anymore when he was stressed... and how to create an identity-level change to become the kind of man who just doesn't do that shyt anymore. Period.
And as of this writing, he's been clean for over 4 years!
He literally quit right from day 1.
And while he had a couple shaky moments early on... he never even relapsed & has completely rewired his brain.
Which has resulted in him...
Amplifying intimacy with his wife to levels it hadn't been at in decades (after 30+ years of marriage, having that kind of fire is pretty impressive!)
Having multiple record years in his trading career since quitting (which isn't a huge surprise, given how trading relies on mental clarity + emotional maturity + impulse control, all of which faculties become much stronger when you heal your brain from the damage porn does...)
And while I don't know everything they've done since then...
I do know they've renovated their home, added a hot tub, gone on several awesome vacations, and more thanks to his successes.
Needless to say...
He hasn't ever looked back.
Except to feel grateful that he made that change, and wonder why he waited so long to really do something decisive about it.
But you know what's crazy?
After he booked his consultation...
Months later, after we had a strong relationship, he told me that he almost didn't even show up.
Isn't that wild?!
It completely changed the trajectory of his life.
And he almost let it pass him by.
What a sad story that would have probably been instead.
You know... not quitting, losing an incredibly loving and dedicated wife, going through the soul-shattering heartbreak that would entail... and you know I'm not exaggerating, because that is exactly the ultimatum he was up against.
To be clear, I'm not saying that you're gonna get to go on all sorts of awesome vacations when you quit porn.
And I'm hoping that you aren't anywhere near such a strong ultimatum, either.
I don't know what your specifics look like (yet.)
But I am saying that quitting porn has become the modern man's rite-of-passage that literally opens him up to an entirely different trajectory and better version of himself... and that doing whatever it takes to quit will be one of the smartest choices you ever make.
But the clock's ticking.
Because after leaving my calendar open for calls whenever for a long time, that's changing, as I'll be focusing more on an enormous project going forward and need to guard my time more closely... So I can make sure I'm giving each of my guys the level of attention they deserve while balancing my other responsibilities.
Which is why tonight at 10pm EST, my calendar closes, and I have just 2 client spots left.
This is the time to get the help you've been needing.
Book your consultation & let's talk:
1on1.devinmcdermott.com
(And I'll send you 3 powerful bonuses worth 1000's on their own when you do.)
Devin M.
P.S. Remember that, as a gift just for showing up for yourself and having this conversation, I'll be sending you 3 massive bonuses even if working together isn't the right fit for some reason.
- Every deep-dive training I created for my private men's community which includes...
The technique a Fortune 500 CEO uses to overcome urges in under 30 seconds during his wall-to-wall busy days… without ever "fighting" himself. A sneaky technique to prevent "just one peek" and "just once" and other similar thoughts from ever messing up your progress again. How a 7-Figure Day Trader stays clean even while he works from home in his private office day after day The Internal Management Strategies that a senior software engineer uses to stay clean from porn even while working from his home computer 10 hours every day… Without web blockers! The story of how an Executive with a 7-figure payroll went from sexless for almost a year, to having his wife initiate with him multiple times… in just 3 weeks! ... and that's just scratching the surface. 2) Two private, unreleased workshops I created for my clients filled with practical tools you can use right away, including...
The Magnetic Man framework for finding and building your purpose-driven lifestyle (which is part of how you stay clean long-term). How to create a fulfilling routine that naturally makes porn easy to avoid. How to Detox Your Brain from overstimulating technology and unlock deep focus that'll 2x your productivity. 3) My Naturally High T Protocol that I've used to raise my Testosterone levels from 253 to 867 over the past several years... completely naturally. I'll pull back the curtain completely.
... If your T is low, you just aren't going to feel good. And what has your brain learned to do when it doesn't feel good? Yep, porn. Fix this, and suddenly staying clean becomes a whole lot easier. But I won't be selling these individually... possibly ever. So the only way I can be sure you'll get them is when I give them to you during your consultation.
Book it here:
1on1.devinmcdermott.com
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