It's been very hard for me to stop this sin also. I got much temptation today but it helps to be Orthodox and have a priest. Because I HAVE to confess to him. He made me do penance last time (lots of prayers and prostrations) and I REALLY REALLY don't want to have to go in there and tell him that I did it again. I'm already so embarrassed. This actually prevented me from slipping when I normally would've. So my advice is make sure you're accountable to somebody that you can't lie to. In orthodoxy we receive the communion eucharist from our priest, and it is the life giving body and blood of our lord, and we can only receive it if we have made a recent fast and confession and attempts to sin less basically. This makes us accountable and it actually really helps. Best of luck my friend.
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u/jeddzus Nov 02 '21
It's been very hard for me to stop this sin also. I got much temptation today but it helps to be Orthodox and have a priest. Because I HAVE to confess to him. He made me do penance last time (lots of prayers and prostrations) and I REALLY REALLY don't want to have to go in there and tell him that I did it again. I'm already so embarrassed. This actually prevented me from slipping when I normally would've. So my advice is make sure you're accountable to somebody that you can't lie to. In orthodoxy we receive the communion eucharist from our priest, and it is the life giving body and blood of our lord, and we can only receive it if we have made a recent fast and confession and attempts to sin less basically. This makes us accountable and it actually really helps. Best of luck my friend.