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This is very embarrassing. I have been struggling with habitual sins against purity for while now, and I can’t seem to stop. I have been to Confession several times. Last time, I was so sure that I had gotten through it, but it crept back up on my tonight. After realizing what I had done, I broke down and apologized to Jesus and said an act of Contrition. I also said the Divine Mercy Chaplet twice and read some stuff on conquering sins. That was an hour ago. I just bargained and said that since I had already sinned tonight, I might as well just get it out of my system. :eek: What is wrong with me? I know that it is mortally sinful to watch this stuff, but I fear that it has gotten a hold of me!

I have tried so many things. I have tried to install a program on my computer to prevent me from watching it, I have gone to Confession too many times to count (not that that will prevent me from ever going again), I have promised myself that I wouldn’t watch it, etc. What should I do other than go to Confession again (which I will do later today; it’s 3 am)?? Anybody know any surefire ways to stop?? I want so badly to conquer this sin, once and for all!

I haven’t told my mom or anyone, except a priest. I just can’t do it. I am too prideful and fearful of what she might say. HELP!
 
Disappointment is from the devil. He is trying to make you depressed, unto suicide. Put your trust in God and pray as much as you can. Even if you fall, you get up; give God thanks for giving you the grace to get up, and know that “recognizition of one’s own sinfulness and total dependancy on God” is the first step on the road to Heaven.
 
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Disappointment is from the devil. He is trying to make you depressed, unto suicide. Put your trust in God and pray as much as you can. Even if you fall, you get up; give God thanks for giving you the grace to get up, and know that “recognizition of one’s own sinfulness and total dependancy on God” is the first step on the road to Heaven.
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Thankfully, I would NEVER consider suicide as a release from my problems. That is a very dangerous consideration, and I would never give it a moment’s thought. How do I turn my thoughts against suicide into thoughts against pornography?? I intellectually think of it as wrong but how do I consider it morally dangerous, especially when I’m about to do it?

Also, something I didn’t mention on the original post:

How do you know when the sin is considered part of an addiction. Of heard of moral culpability, and while I don’t consider my addiction to be a “cop-out” excuse, I know that there are addictions where we can’t be held morally reprehensible. Is this one of them? Maybe someone who has studied Catholic theology could answer this? Thank you!
 
Hi, there many suggestions of what you can do. If you search this site, I think there is even a list of links to some helpful links where you can make sense of things. This is a problem almost everybody have.

Beside all this. One practice I found interesting is to read story of people who converted from this business and became christians. You can even read testimonies of people who quit the buisess. This is important because it expose the lies of the One who is a Liar form the Beginning. What you see is not true, it high engineered lies.

And other think you can consider is that there is curses involved and associated to what you watch. One protestant preacher once used this term STD: (Spiritually Transmitted Desease) to describe what happen to us when we watch those things, or commune with other spiritually impure things. There are curse and spells involved. So you may consider getting holy water and blessing yourself, eyes, ears, heart, head, and whole body and pray for God’s protection.

Those people are spiritually dead and the devil use them as drones to do whatever he wants. They are not NORMAL. It is important that we realise this, because it frees us from many confusions and misconceptions. You can pray fro them too, specially when the images reflash in your mind.

Last, here are a list of helpful prayers:

God bless
 
If it’s watching pornography,the behavior tends to be “addictive,” loosely speaking, in that it feeds on itself, & usually seeks physical release. However, it is rarely merely a compulsion, which is a special subset of behavior, psychologically. A compulsion or true addiction which is less “conscious” may release the person from some culpability, but it is difficult for the person to make that judgment call objectively, as the Devil (with all temptations, not just sexual ones), likes to manipulate our minds to rationalize behavior so that we become comfortable repeating the behavior & become immune to guilt, with time.

Thus, it is better to put your problem before a priest, stating your concerns & your attempts at self-correction. Let him advise you as to culpability & the path to successful, prayerful reform.

If you cannot remove certain material from your computer, you don’t have to visit it! When, for example, on one of my computers, I get porn images popping up via spam or viruses, I call up Preferences or Settings & impose a ridiculously strong filter, by which I must enter a password to access every different webpage. (Until I can rid of the pests with technical help.)

But ultimately temptation is all around us, daily. I choose not to go to certain webpages, websites, & even certain threads on CAF for various reasons – one of which can be that they could be near occasions of sin for me. The same applies to certain TV channels & shows. For example, I know that too much graphic violence sickens my stomach: it is not uplifting, is not particularly compatible with graces, etc. So I don’t visit those channels & shows.

I’m certain that no one is forcing you to visit pornography. Yes, again, it can be addictive by habit – which is different than a chemical addiction, but operates in a similar way. The poster TLM08 had this problem. He has posted on CAF about it. You might want to search his threads.

Peace & prayers,
E.
 
Anonymous83 said:
This is very embarrassing. I have been struggling with habitual sins against purity for while now, and I can’t seem to stop. I have been to Confession several times. Last time, I was so sure that I had gotten through it, but it crept back up on my tonight. After realizing what I had done, I broke down and apologized to Jesus and said an act of Contrition. I also said the Divine Mercy Chaplet twice and read some stuff on conquering sins. That was an hour ago. I just bargained and said that since I had already sinned tonight, I might as well just get it out of my system. :eek: What is wrong with me? I know that it is mortally sinful to watch this stuff, but I fear that it has gotten a hold of me!

I have tried so many things. I have tried to install a program on my computer to prevent me from watching it, I have gone to Confession too many times to count (not that that will prevent me from ever going again), I have promised myself that I wouldn’t watch it, etc. What should I do other than go to Confession again (which I will do later today; it’s 3 am)?? Anybody know any surefire ways to stop?? I want so badly to conquer this sin, once and for all!

I haven’t told my mom or anyone, except a priest. I just can’t do it. I am too prideful and fearful of what she might say. HELP!
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Fighting the Porn/Masturbation cycle is like fighting the heavyweight champion of the world. You are going to lose in the first round to a devastating knock out blow… every time. However, if you break his right arm with a baseball bat before he steps into the ring, you have a great chance of winning the fight.So here’s what you need to do:

Destroy all porn in your possession immediately and resolve to never look at any images while masturbating again. Porn is rocket fuel for a masturbation habit. Do not even use the underwear ads from the newspaper because it ALWAYS leads right back to porn. If you feel like you are getting ready to endulge youself and prayer isn’t providing the stopping power, go ahead and give yourself permission to skip the porn.

Say your act of contrition afterward. Express your sorrow for the masturbating and tell God that you are committed toward making progress. Rejoice that you didn’t look at porn! These are two different sins and must be treated as such. The porn must be stopped first! Without masturbation, porn is a useless source of sexual frustration. Take the physical “reward” of orgasm away, and porn loses it’s power over you.

Many well meaning people have it backwards and think that masturbation causes porn habits. That is wrong thinking! Masturbation is the “oxygen” that a porn habit needs to survive, If you cut off that oxygen, the porn in your life dies a rapid death.

Holy living will be the boot heel that eventually crushes the throat of the remaining sin in your life!

This is only the very first step toward sexual integrity and purity but it is huge because you are breaking this terrible enslaving chain. Prayer, frequent confession, God’s grace and G-Rated living are going to get you the rest of the way there!

Please read my other posts on this topic, I’ve had much to say about it. God Bless you and do not despair… I’ve been there my friend. There are millions who suffer with this.

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You must realize that confession is your friend here, no matter how many times you go. Don’t abandon it, and if you can, go even when you are not required to. You will receive the graces necessary. Also realize that the devil is trying to make you think it is impossible to quit, and he wants you to despair as did Judas. But don’t! You know that God is master over all, and that what He says goes. Also I would recommend lots of prayers (I’m sure you have been praying) as well as good reading. If you read the Dolorous Passion by Sister Emmerich, you may find how deeply our Lord suffered because of our sins, and you may find the courage to resist temptation for His sake if not for your own. Finally, sometimes we try to get rid of our problems by pruning at them, but we must go for the roots. If it is the computer that is your source of sin, it would be better to take a hammer to it than allow it to be an instrument of sin. I will say a prayer that you may find the courage to stop, and in the meantime have confidence in God.
 
Internet filters might be good to keep children away from online porn, but most men who are addicted will continue to endulge with pornographic DVDs and magazines. We need to stop kidding ourselves and be careful not to trust external sources to control our sinful desires and human weaknesses. Victory only will come through good tactics and the power and grace of God

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