Hello! First off, the evil one knows your weaknesses. You notice that he always sends temptations that cater to those exact weaknesses? There are certain things,such as sights, sounds, places, thoughts, etc. that trigger your behavior. Search out and locate those triggers. Then, one by one, remove them - the simplest first, followed by those more difficult.
Since your very soul is at stake, make major changes since that’s what you need. Cleanse your computer’s hard drive. Block the sites that are trouble. Make another person the administrator and have them do the blocking, so that you cannot undo it. Sexy images pop up on every site, even news pages. Train yourself not to look at them. You know who’s behind them. See beauty. Think Satan.
Trash magazines, movies, posters and all images that tempt you. Keep busier with good activities, and do not engage in fantasies or other mental gymnastics to get around focusing on moral thoughts. Nearly every action has its origin in a thought process. Lustful thoughts, once entertained, need an outlet, and sin is their only satisfaction. So, avoid lustful thoughts. Look at the faces of others, and not the rest of them. Train yourself to look only into their eyes.
Stop watching TV. It is a prime provider of near occasions of sin. We are in a sex-saturated society, and you are bombarded with it all day, every day. Any wonder there is so much sexual sin occurring? How much better to read scripture and uplifting books pertaining to the Catholic faith. Listen to Catholic radio - it changed and improved my knowledge and faith immeasurably. You feel good and clean when listening to Catholic radio.
Consider God’s purpose in making man a sexual being. The sex drive, even your body structure, is designed for a specific, and moral purpose. A Godly purpose. Consider: your car is designed for safe transportation. You may choose, through yielding to temptation, to run over someone you dislike. That is a disordered use of your car. In like manner, sexual sin is a disordered use of your body. You sin against God, against yourself, as well as against those you love, as you are living a lie in front of them.
If this sounds like your room will become rather empty, know that you cannot live in a moral garbage dump and smell like a rose.
Always remember that this conversion is a process. I remind those who are fighting temptation that, when they were one year old, they often fell when the were learning to walk. However, they did not remain there on the floor! They got back up and trid again. Since God also knows your weakness, He will work with you, day by day, as you progress.
Do not beat yourself up if you fail. The world will beat you up for a number of reasons, so don’t do it to yourself.
First: Remove the triggers.
Christ’s peace.
