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A Guide to Self-Control: Overcoming Masturbation

a.. Pray fervently and out loud when the temptations are the strongest.

b.. When the temptation to masturbate is strong, yell "Stop!" to those

thoughts as loudly as you can in your mind.

c.. Follow a program of vigorous daily exercise, which reduce emotional

tension and depression.

d.. Set a goal of abstinence. Begin with a day, then a week, month, year.

e.. Finally, commit yourself to never doing it again.

f.. Make a pocket calendar for a month on a small card. Carry it with you

but show it to no one. If you masturbate, color that day black. Your goal

will be to have no black days. The calendar becomes a strong visual reminder,

and should be looked at when you are tempted to add another black day. Keep

your calendar up until you have at least three clear months.

g.. When on the toilet or showering, leave the door partly open.

h.. Arise immediately in the mornings. Don't lie awake in bed -- start each

day with enthusiastic activity.

i.. Avoid people, situations, pictures and reading material that might

create sexual excitement.

j.. Wear pajamas that are difficult to open, yet loose and not binding.

k.. Put on several layers of clothing that would be difficult to remove

while half asleep.

l.. Employ aversion therapy. To cancel out the pleasurableness of

masturbating, associate something very distasteful with the act. For example,

imagine bathing in a tub of worms and eating some of them.

m.. Nocturnal emissions or "wet dreams" empty the seminal vesicles at night

during sleep. The impulses that cause the emptying come from the central

nervous system.