Addicts in Recovery
The drug of sexual degeneracy is given to the youth with zero warnings. In fact, it’s labeled as good and normal. One is considered strange for not partaking.
By young adulthood, most realize they have an “addiction”, but many do not consider it an actual addiction. They consider it a natural necessity, like eating or going to the bathroom.
This false mindset becomes painful to some, who do not want to continue in their ways necessarily, but feel trapped by their biology.
All the while there is a surplus of people who proudly promote and normalize degeneracy.
There is freedom from this, but most will always be “in recovery”.
I was a pothead for 8 years of my life. I stopped smoking around the time I started retaining. Despite being a stoner for all those years, I do not struggle with sobriety. Granted, I no longer am close with other stoners or regularly listen to stoner music. Still, I simply have no desire to get high. I look back at who I was as a stoner, and it’s natural to keep that in the past.
There’s a decent chance that if I got high again, I’d enjoy it in the moment. But I’m aware of the negative effects, particularly the spiritual ones. I know that mind-altering drugs are an invitation for evil spirits to converse with the mind, among other things. It’s easy to be sober with wisdom and understanding.
There are parallels between my former weed addiction and PMO addiction. One is that the main defense to relapsing is having wisdom and understanding. When one is presently aware of the very negative side effects of doing the thing, one is able to stay away. When one has the maturity to weigh the pros and cons of an action in the present moment, one is able to make the right decision.
Lust is in a different league than most other drugs though. I can observe and smell the aroma of a group of people passing a blunt, and have zero urge to join them. On the other hand, taking one look at a woman in revealing attire can cause a dangerous chain of events. Biology is going to biology if self-control is not present.
Kids are at least taught that smoking is bad, although studies have shown that awareness of this has little to no effect on preventing smoking. Imagine if kids were taught to control their eyes and shift their minds away from lustful thoughts. Imagine if kids were taught about spiritual wickedness.
In this wicked and backward society, one would be viewed as insane, or even criminal, for teaching kids that porn, masturbation and fornication are cancers. The truth is that there is little scientific evidence to support semen retention. One needs spiritual eyes to understand and apply retention, and true spirituality is viewed as foolish to the world.
The biology factor makes sense. Boy likes girl. Why did God make sexual desire for us to have to control it?
Well why not? What is the other option? The other option is being a slave.
God gave us wisdom to have self-control and thrive and prosper.
I’m not going to pretend I have a perfect understanding of God’s plan, not even close. But in the end it’s pretty simple. Protect and nurture your spirit. Truly seek righteousness before all things daily. Truly desire to amend and improve your ways daily, becoming a more humble, kind and chaste servant and warrior of the Most High God.
When we strive to do these things daily, no weapon formed against us prospers, our lives tend to get better and better, and the coveted “benefits” start to manifest.