Purity Battle Related

[Binto]

I’ve been fighting a masturbation addiction for a long time. I really didn’t start the purity battle until I really understood exactly what the Church meant. Since the fight began, I’ve eventually lost the pleasure of orgasm. It still happens but rarely is there any feeling.

My question is this:

Has my conscience ruined my orgasm? Am I so in tune with church teaching that my addiction is no longer enjoyable? I’m also an alcoholic, and, in my later days of drinking, it was not fun at all. Is the same principal being experienced?

Now that I know the gravity of the sin, hate the addiction, want to stop, hate porn, hate promiscuity, am sexually scarred, and just flat out jaded on it; is it now just a joyless, over-abused sin? Yes, it is mostly to porn…

Makes sense to me.

The battle is being won, too

Share any experiences and thoughts, guys!! You always give me such great wisdom

 

[Estevao]

On a metaphysical level, you’re not achieving what your soul desires and is ordered toward: pure goodness, pure truth, pure beauty, i.e. God.

The lack of physical pleasure which you were sensing from indulging in drink and sex are just a manifestation of that.

 

[john1513]

You probably won’t know the full effects until you experience 90-120 days of sobriety from porn and masturbation. I suspect that the sensation of orgasm (with your wife) will definitely be different than from when you were addicted, but it will likely be fuller, more meaningful, and in accordance with God’s design, so therefore better in ways you cannot imagine.