Fapping to porn will eventually lead to the need of Viagra, Ciallus, etc. The best cure for softness in real life is no fapping, especially to porn.

that depends on the definition of cult. according to the english dictionary AA is not a cult.

Nofap is flat out, a %100 cult. Complete with rituals, and totally unfounded claims that make absolutely no sense at all(miracles).

Interestingly enough, most religions have used sexual shame as a primary vehicle for their message of hope and salvation through abstinence. Those who follow the true way will be well rewarded. You must resist temptations, and this will strengthen you as a person and spiritually, where the fruit will be found in many varied ways.

Though NoFap promises this is a way to enhance your sexual success, it also claims it can make dramatic improvements in nearly every area of your life. Claims of major career improvements, and even curing of diseases are not unheard of.

The first issue is mixing up correlation with causation. "I jack off all the time and rarely get laid... OMG! That's why I don't get laid!". And then he expects(and is often told by fellow cultists) that his personal success will skyrocket if only he stops jacking off.

What strikes me as rather obvious is that frequent masturbation is a SYMPTOM of having no social life, not a cause. There are some limited issues with excessive masturbation, but stopping it is not some life changing event.

Almost every claim made by a "NoFap" success, is directly mirrored by people who convert to Christianity, Islam, Scientology, etc. I had a realization. I decided to change my life. I let go of sin. I started following the true way. Now everything in my life has changed, and every day is filled with rainbows and unicorns.

And once converted, what do they do? Evangelize! Everyone must learn about the wonders of Bob Dobbs/Christ/NoFap. NoFap has more zealots on the internet than the Mormon church. I have to say, I've read about 20x as many people preaching about the wonders of NoFap than I've had people trying to get me to read The Lamb of God.

I think there is some merit to suggesting that people who excessively masturbate, cut it out(just as I can find positives in any religion/cult). I think it can indeed be a mild demotivator, and it can also lead to sexual health problems. However, cutting it out is not some life altering change, unless you make it the catalyst. And you can pick anything as that catalyst. Be it NoFap, a New Year's Resolution, Jesus, or the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Alcoholics Anonymous has long been recognized as a cult. I think it's time we start recognizing that NoFap is also a cult.

The NoFappers can never really answer one question for me:

If fapping somehow drops your sex drive, won't having sex do the same thing? And with that, isn't actually succeeding in a pickup going to hurt your chances the next day?

So yeah, I wouldn't have said cult, but it is a group that loves to do something other than talk to women and believes they are getting better at talking to women, like the bodybuilder types.

The NoFappers can never really answer one question for me:

If fapping somehow drops your sex drive, won't having sex do the same thing? And with that, isn't actually succeeding in a pickup going to hurt your chances the next day?

So yeah, I wouldn't have said cult, but it is a group that loves to do something other than talk to women and believes they are getting better at talking to women, like the bodybuilder types.