I am addicted to porn and obsessed with sex, is it possible for me to become a Catholic or go to heaven?

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About an hour or two. But sometimes I have gone about a week without porn and I have spent about 8 hours or more looking at porn etc. After which I felt very guilty.
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I am a recovering addict as well. To be honest the answer is yes you can become Catholic and the only way you will overcome this addiction is repent and place yourself completely in the grace of God. That is the only way.

It hasn’t been easy for me. It has been extremely difficult and I am not sure if the nightmare is over. I know that God will release you of this demon, but you have to stay away from it. If you give in it gets harder.

One of the things I do if I start feeling the need is that I imagine myself with a hammer and nail in my hand above Jesus, or I have a whip in my hand about to strike him, or I have a crown of thorns in my hand, or I am spitting in his face and cursing him. This visualization has been an incredible technique to help keep me from turning my back on my Lord.
 
limabeanerson said:
I was going to post something similar. I used to look at porn on the internet all the time but about three weeks ago I decided to stop and began saying a daily Rosary. Have not viewed it or masturbated since! There has been some temptations of course but no “relapses”!

You can do it to!

I’ll pray for you!
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this is what i was going to suggest. But i think it’s more of if you get the urge, pick up the Rosary and go to town! Maybe that wasn’t the best wording, but I’d imagine meditating on the sacred mysteries will take your mind off it.
 
Fezov said:
I am addicted to porn and obsessed with sex, is it possible for me to become a Catholic or go to heaven?

I am struggling to overcome the lust, but I am trying.😦
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God is pleased with your efforts to overcome lust! Relentlessly and stubbornly continue trying. Rebel against the Satan!

It is possible to be Catholic and go to heaven when struggling with lust and porn. It’s extremely common for people, especially guys, to struggle in this area.

Get rid of every near occasion of sin. Get rid of all porn or access to porn. Install an internet filter on your computer (such as k9 which is free www1.k9webprotection.com/) and give the password to someone else.

In case you don’t know, I think it would be useful to give you a summary of the Catholic Church’s teaching regarding mortal sins. A sin is a mortal sin when three conditions are present: grave matter, full knowledge (of the grave matter) or some sort of willful ignorance, and complete consent. Mortal sins are sins that would bring one to Hell if one died without having been forgiven of it. One may not licitly receive Holy Communion after having committed a mortal sin if that mortal sin has NOT been forgiven in the sacrament of Penance. The sacrament of Penance, when received properly (which entails confessing all mortal sins you can remember) forgives mortal sins!

Sins regarding sex (lust, porn, masturbation, etc.) are all sins of grave matter. Thus if they are done with full knowledge and complete consent, they are mortal sins. For things that are addicting, such as porn, the addiction might mitigate culpability of a particular sin (making it venial instead of mortal) IF one is taking the proper steps to get rid of the addiction (such as putting an internet filter on one’s computer).

BTW, don’t be discouraged if you keep having to go to confession over and over. I heard an older priest in a homily say that there is absolutely no sin which he hasn’t heard (which is scary considering he must have heard sins of murder and rape before).
 
Try fasting Wednesdays and Fridays on bread and water. It can be some bread you like, maybe croissants or something. Eat and drink as much of it as you want, but only bread and water. Fasting has a way of weakening the flesh, and giving rise to the spirit.

That, and the rosary of course.
 
beehumble said:
Try fasting Wednesdays and Fridays on bread and water. It can be some bread you like, maybe croissants or something. Eat and drink as much of it as you want, but only bread and water. Fasting has a way of weakening the flesh, and giving rise to the spirit.

That, and the rosary of course.
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Yup fasting is the number one way to beat the sins of the flesh, after getting yourself in God’s grace first, hence why you should become a Catholic as soon as you are able.
 
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