It’s a new year don’t go back.

Yo lads we are United in this battle. Am 19 been struggling wit lust as a crutch for emotional dependency, rejection etc. When urges arise I kept goin back but now I realised I can pray n redirect my energy n it goes. I want to grow closer to God this year n porn n masturbation be holding me back n I feel it’s a reason why God has been keeping me single. Loneliness be a reason the cycle continues a lot. I wanna conquer this lust issue before I have my own gf bcuz I wanna love her not lustfully but wanna know what love is how God loves. Rn it be hard since I still get lonely even tho I have friends but I’m sure God sees my efforts just as he sees urs (whoever’s reading this) n he will surely bless us if we continue on this path to become better men. To anyone that relates stay strong ik is hard but we’re in this together (this is more a message to myself aswell) God bless - Joey