Are you addicted to masturbation? Or suspect you may be? Is masturbation becoming the most important thing in your life? Are you spending more and more time masturbating, but it’s still not enough? Are you concerned about the habit interferring with your work and relationships, even while you freely indulge it? Does the thought that you may be losing control excite you to masturbate even more?

Masturbation addiction is a sensitive, private subject for most of us. It is hard to find others who understand our needs, and won’t judge or criticize our choices. But you are not alone. Join with other chronic masturbators who share your feelings and experiences, and speak openly about your masturbation addiction.

Call the confidential masturbator-to-masturbator Masturbation Addiction Support Hotline

Date:Sunday, November 30, 2008
Start Time:12:00 PM Central Std Time
End Time:02:55 PM Central Std Time
Dial-in Number:1-712-580-8020 (Midwest)
Access Code:35522

Check http://onania.org/asm/archives/category/hotline for updates.

(Conferences are usually on Sunday around noon.)

Please understand this is not a “phonesex” party line. The purpose is to discuss masturbation addiction and the impact it has on our lives. But participants often do become aroused talking about masturbation and need to masturbate during the conference. If this happens to you, we encourage you to vocally share your arousal with the group, and openly orgasm while we listen. You will find a sympathetic and supportive response to your personal masturbatory expressions.

My Yahoo IM: onaniaorg
I am often on webcam at www.cam4.com/richardlovel

• Remember to look for announcements and updates on regular conferences at
  http://onania.org/asm/archives/category/hotline
• If you don’t know about the Hotline, read Masturbation Support Hotline
• I will email the most timely info to MasturbationHotline subscribers 

This is a completely non-commercial conference by and for people living with masturbation addiction. It is free (except for your normal long distance charges) and open to all masturbators over the age of 21. All sexual orientations and genders — males, females, straight/bi/gay/other — are welcome.  No minors, please!!! You should be prepared to hear adult masturbators talking freely about their experiences and masturbating openly as they do so. You are free to call in and “lurk” if you are shy, or speak up and join in.

See About theMasturbation Addiction Support Hotline
and http://onania.org/asm/archives/category/hotline for more information.

The Masturbation Addiction Support Hotline  will resume in the future. There was a problem earlier that I thought would shut it down. There won’t be one this Sunday (31st) because I will be out of town, but I will try to hold one the following Sunday (Sep 7).  Read more below. And be sure to sign up for MasturbationHotline announcements; I will inform those subscribers in advance of posting the information elsewhere.

In an earlier post I wrote that I would have to shut down the Masturbation Addiction Hotline. I had been using Skype to access the teleconference system www.freeconference.com. They changed policy and shut out Skype users. The indications were that they were also shutting out cell phone users. I can’t call on a land line, so without Skype or cell phone I was out of luck. Turns out by testing I found cell phones still work. So I plan to continue the Hotlines on a more or less weekly basis as before. 

If they ever do shut out cell phones, then we will have to look for a free alternative. I strongly recommend people sign up for Skype, a free computer-based VOIP service. It is sort of like Yahoo Voice, but MUCH better. It supports conferences of up to 25 callers, so if we all use Skype we could do away with dependency on FreeConference.com

If you have Skype and want to add me to your contact list, it’s <richardlovel>. I’m not on very often, so we need to schedule a time to talk in advance through email. But if you see me on, feel free to connect. I would also prefer to use Skype for one-on-one Masturbator Support calls if we get the chance.

• Remember to look for announcements and updates on regular conferences at
  http://onania.org/asm/archives/category/hotline
• If you don’t know about the Hotline, read Masturbation Support Hotline
• I will email the most timely info to MasturbationHotline subscribers
• I also have irregular one-on-one and small group sessions online and email notices of them to MyZipperIsDown subscribers

Just to let you know I am evaluating alternatives for continuing the Masturbation Addiction Hotline. I won’t have a conference for a couple of weeks due to personal conflicts, but they will return eventually.

Sorry to say that a policy change at FreeConference.com no longer allows Skype callers access to the service. Since the only way I can afford to host the conferences is through Skype, I won’t be holding open call-in hotlines in the future.

For those who would like to keep in touch with me, I can still call land lines or cell phones in the US, and land lines overseas. So we can chat one on one. I’ll probably take out a Skype-In number so you can call me if you prefer. (I used to have one but didn’t need it with FreeConference.)

I can also host multi-person phone conferences in Skype itself. I recommend you download and try Skype if you haven’t done so. It’s free and works extremely well. It is free for calling Skype to Skype user, as well as free conferences for up to 25 at a time.

If we can get enough people using Skype and occasionally calling in, maybe we can get the Masturbation Addiction Hotline restarted in Skype.

My Skype ID is richardlovel. Download Skype and give me a call. First though, email me or Yahoo IM me, because I don’t have Skype running all the time.

Conference Date:Sunday, August 17, 2008
Reservation Start Time:12:00 PM Central Daylight Time
Reservation End Time:04:10 PM Central Daylight Time

Total Calls:47
Peak number of active lines:9

See http://onania.org/asm/hotline for more information.

Conference Date: Sunday, August 10, 2008
Reservation Start Time: 12:00 PM Central Daylight Time
Reservation End Time: 03:25 PM Central Daylight Time

Total Calls: 36
Peak number of active lines: 14

Started off with a discussion of the addiction situation, then pretty quickly degenerated to moaning / groaning / orgasming masturbation.

How Much Masturbation is Too Much? - Psych Central

by Michael Ashworth, Ph.D.
June 13, 2007

Oh, the classic masturbation question — how much is too much? Do people who are in a relationship masturbate? Oops, Delilah’s getting carried away here and asking the questions instead of answering them…

More to the point: Individuals vary tremendously in how much they masturbate. Some folks wouldn’t dream of it, while others masturbate two or three times in their lives, and others two or three times a day. (And those aren’t the only options!) There are no deleterious effects of masturbation itself, and it shouldn’t matter whether you’re single or in a relationship.

On the other hand, since you’re worried about how your masturbation may be affecting your relationship with your partner, here are a few things to think about to help you decide if it’s a problem or not:

• How is your health? Has it changed in any way since you increased your masturbation?
• Are you satisfied with your life — career, relationship, friendships — or are you using masturbation as an escape from things that are bothering you?
• Is your penis or clitoris sore or bruised?
• Do you have any problem orgasming or ejaculating alone or with your partner?
• Do you still have sex with your partner? Are you having an amount of sex that you’re both content with?

You see, it’s not about how often you masturbate but about how you’re living the rest of your life. As long as masturbation is a part of your life and not instead of your life, you’re fine. When masturbation becomes an escape from problems in your relationship, or it begins to affect your health, or turn into a substitute for real life experiences, then you should consider slowing down on your stroking and dealing with who and what’s around you.

from 10 Masturbation Myths at Recovery Is Sexy.com 

Masturbation still gets a bad rap in society, probably because it is a private behavior rarely shared or discussed in public with even the closest of friends. But masturbation is a normal part of sexuality in people, even if they are involved in a relationship with another person. In this article we answer the top ten myths regarding masturbation.

1. Does masturbation cause blindness?
2. Do spouses continue to masturbate after marriage?
3. Why are people so embarrassed about masturbation?
4. Why do women often have trouble reaching orgasm during intercourse?
5. How much masturbation is too much?
6. What do I tell my “touchy” toddler?
7. Will eating Kellogg’scornflakes make me stop doing it?
8. Is shower massager masturbation okay?
9. Can masturbation help me learn to have an orgasm?
10. Should I tell my partner that I masturbate?

by Michael Ashworth, Ph.D.
June 13, 2007

In the early part of this century, John Harvey Kellogg gained a reputation both as a nutritionist and a sexual advisor. The foods that JHK created (including the now-famous corn flakes) were designed to promote health and decrease interest in sex.

Mr. Kellogg thought sex was the ultimate abomination and remained celibate even in marriage. Masturbation was the worst sin imaginable to him. He believed it led to leprosy, tuberculosis, heart disease, epilepsy, dimness of vision, insanity, idiocy, and death. He also preached that masturbation led to bashfulness in some people, unnatural boldness in others, a fondness for spicy foods, round shoulders, and acne. That’s quite a list!

As we all know now, there are most definitely foods that promote health, but none in particular that decrease interest in sex or masturbation. So, you can eat all the corn flakes you want, and have good, safe sex!

Do Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Help Control Masturbation? - Psych Central

A masturbator wrote of his discovery of the OnaniaSupport group

well, even I can hardly describe my feelings. I started reading some of the most recent posts and could not believe my eyes! I went back to the beginning of the archives and kept reading and reading, all the while with the most erect cock I’ve had in ages but also with this incredibly warm feeling while seeing all of this utter openness and honesty about masturbation and pornography — things I had been longing to ask others in one way or another since I was five years old and never could.

Sure, there were many Yahoo Groups out there claiming to be about masturbation discussion, but nothing like this! Most of those other groups were nothing but places to arrange face-to-face meetings for stroke off sessions. OnaniaSupport…now THIS was a place where people were REALLY talking about masturbation! History, memories, techniques, likes, dislikes, gay, straight, bi, even females…all writing with nothing being held back. I was astonished, amazed, and highly aroused. I knew immediately that I had found a virtual home and that there was no way I could keep from jumping right into this group with both feet…well, maybe after cumming a few times because all of this sensory overload gave me some of the most intense orgasms that I had brought forth in years.

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