Looking for some advice
Day 19
by Sahaj
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I’ve been going good for a few weeks and then the last few days I’ve been hit with a lot of lustful thoughts throughout the day while I’m still busy and doing things. They hit hardest especially in the morning and evening or when I wake up in the middle of the night. I’m able to fight them off but they continue to get stronger and I still fight them but it’s gets difficult. I’m asking for some advice if there’s any on how to stop these lustful thoughts and a better way to combat them as I pray and run to God and take my mind off and away but they still later or at some point continue to come back
You are on a longer streak by about a week than I have ever gone on ever since I found porn at the age of 10. Your dopamine is probably bottoming out, but that means you’re on the edge of a huge adjustment. You have the power and have been given the grace to transform yourself and the life you can cultivate in a way that can’t even be fathomed yet and you’re doing so well. If you have hunger pangs when fasting, translate it as a call to prayer or to do something ultimately beneficial in the long run. Consider how upset you would be if you gave in to those attacks. You’re going through some major resistance training and it is making you strong. Demons walk the earth to sharpen our instincts and further incline ourselves to God through the contrast of denying the despair that they assault you with. If you’re feeling attacked, you’re doing it right and you’re phenomenally successful. Just like with any stress in cultivating relationships, or navigating your career, all of it continually gets easier despite everything seeming objectively more complicated.