Keep going My brothers or christ

I have been dealing with this for years and now I have came to point where I refuse to give in my urges any time I think of going back to my old ways I just think about Luke 9:23 “Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me.” So we must continue to deny ourselves he never once said it would be easy but if we chose to walk with him we have sacrifice just as he sacrificed his life for ours