How much do you allow your Aneros practice impact your day to day life?

You are absolutely right. Aneros journey is all about relaxation. It is extremely beneficial to apply to others areas of our life. This is basically called living in the moment with body relaxed . This is the main practice that many spiritual masters teach to live in the moment. Just my 2 cents. 

I practice controlled breathing while I swim laps - one breath every six strokes - it helps me get into the ‘zone’ maybe that’s why my post swim Aneros sessions are really good.

It doesn’t,nor would I let it. We keep the bedroom in the bedroom. My training however,nothing is allowed to impact that,not even god! 

When I read the title of the thread, I automatically thought of the fact that I'm currently battling with my own self-discipline to stave off the negative impacts that this 'Aneros discovery' has had on my life. Clearly, the opening of a new and exciting realm of pleasure is beyond amazing, and I feel like a teenager who has just discovered masturbation, but the downside of that is my levels of self discipline are being tested to the limit as I'm hungry to take the pleasure to the next level.

So far, it's been hit and miss. I've gone for several days and been able to ignore the yearning for a session, and other times I'll plug-in at bedtime with the intention of stopping after 60-90 mins, fall asleep with it in, and then wake up at say 2am and instead of taking out and sleeping, I'll re-apply lube and have another go, fall asleep, repeat. I'm a zombie the next day, but a zombie with a smile! Invariably it's the next night or the night after that that when the need feels too great and I'll have another session. 

In summary, I'm trying to find the balance right now so that the negative impact is negligible, and not being too successful.  

@d-h-amsterdam I can totally relate. Today was a day off and I spent the better part (play on words intentional) of 5 hours riding my Eupho Trident and Progasm Ice. To say I lost count of super O's is an understatement. Ultimately I blew a HFWO. My balls were a bit sensitive after but they've calmed down now. I just feel like I was "rode hard and put away wet", but my prostate is still buzzing nicely.

While I immensely enjoy my sessions, it is hard for me to contemplate a day off where 2-4 hours wouldn't be spent riding. There are other things to do but.......................

@d-h-amsterdam: I can relate to what you've experienced.  I became addicted to my Aneros sessions.  I'd go to bed early specifically to ride.  I'd ride until I was worn out or fell asleep with my MGX or butt plug inserted. I'd wake up at 2 or 3 in the AM feeling horny. I'd re-lube and ride again to the point of exhaustion.  If I went to bed without a session, I'd wake up to pee in the early AM and get the itch to have something in my ass - butt plug or Aneros. I was obsessed. I was worthless the next day. The sessions and getting off were starting to be the focal point of my life.

I decided that it had to stop. I started wearing my chastity cage 24/7 so that I wouldn't stroke myself to get off and put all of my anal and prostate toys in a box and put them in the attic where they would not be readily available. I haven't had an orgasm of any type since Labor Day weekend. I still get the urge but have resisted so far.  Between wearing my cage 24/7 and not having access to the toys I can focus on other things. I've tamed my addiction so far, but I'm afraid that if I start up again, I'll become addicted again. 

I remember reading in the Aneros Wiki that it could become an addiction. How true it was and is for me. 

Great thread, OP.  I'm in the same boat as you all and falling into the same trap.  I've been wondering whether it will be the same as discovering masturbation?  You do it all the time at first and then it just becomes one of the things that is part of your life and you do on occasion over the years?  It's the best excuse I have ever had for relaxing at the minute, which I have never done enough in my life.  

@gnawdol, fantastic reply! You hit on the original essence of my post; the positive aspects of our practice and employing aspects of the discipline to other areas in life. I feel so at peace with the world after a good session and that is contrary to my "normal" state of mind. As others have expressed though, balancing the extreme pleasure with regular life can be a challenge.

I think there's the thread topic which asks one question and the main body of the post which asks a completely different question, looks like guys are answering one or the other, I will try to answer both. 

I wish that I was having sessions that were so great that I was having a hard time with time management.  I've been making strides in the last few months but it's been slow going.  I remember times last year where I was having a hard time sleeping all the way through the night so if I woke up a few hours early I'd just have a session no matter what and honestly I feel like a full Anerosession is going to be pretty involved, I've been trying to bring more Aless into the equation this year.  There have been other instances where I've pulled back every once in a while to keep it from ruling my life; maybe if I was more obsessive about making time for sessions things would happen faster for me, but right now my obsessive tendencies just have me thinking about sessions.  With all due respect to @d-h-amsterdam I think if my sessions were getting in the way of my life it would be a good problem to have. @gnawdol as always your posts are insightful and well-written.  I hope it's sooner rather than later that we can actually read more of what you've written! 

I have a musical background and my professors were always getting people in to demonstrate things to us to help us become better musicians, whether it was mindfulness meditation, yoga, Alexander Technique, things like that.  I think it's more about using what I've already learned to help my sessions than the other way around.  I can't say that I'm a good example but I think a lot of men who don't have the background would benefit from taking voice lessons, or a yoga class or something similar, just learning how to breathe and relax.  What I will say is that there are things that are good for me to do and I just haven't wanted to, things like dieting and exercise for instance.  I've never really cared enough to change my habits for healthy living as its own reward, but pursuing the Super-O on the other hand...now that's a goal worth striving for, and if it means I'm taking fish oil and dark chocolate and getting more fiber in my diet and less of the bad stuff like sugar and that makes me healthier as a side-effect, then who am I to complain?  I want it so bad that I'd be willing to change just about anything if that ended up being the thing to tip the scales. 

Posted by: @faith-manages

I've never really cared enough to change my habits for healthy living as its own reward, but pursuing the Super-O on the other hand...now that's a goal worth striving for, and if it means I'm taking fish oil and dark chocolate and getting more fiber in my diet and less of the bad stuff like sugar and that makes me healthier as a side-effect, then who am I to complain?  I want it so bad that I'd be willing to change just about anything if that ended up being the thing to tip the scales. 

Super-O as a lifestyle is actually one of the ways things could mesh together outside of the pure pleasure aspect. Eat well for Os, get fit (mentally and physically) for Os, quit bad habits to make time for sessions... But of course, don't let it take over your life if you have other responsibilities. We can't all head to the Super-O monastery to grow tomatoes in the morning and have Os the rest of the day. 

Posted by: @faith-manages

With all due respect to @d-h-amsterdam I think if my sessions were getting in the way of my life it would be a good problem to have.

Hehe, respectfully, I say : nah ! The self-feeding nature and feedback loops involved in this particular problem will put you in a situation where it feels perfectly fine and normal that it's taking over your life. It won't feel like a problem, it will feel GREAT. At least for a while, and that could be much longer than you would think, further reinforcing the idea that it is not, after all, a problem.