[AnxiouslyEngaged]

The fact is that images will come. The frequency and nature of those thoughts are different for everyone, but when an addictive pattern leads someone to fill his or her mind with pornographic images, those images will come unbidden to the mind as we struggle to stop the addictive behavior--it is natural, inevitable, and very difficult to overcome.

There have, I think, been a lot of good ideas shared already as to how to deal with those images when they come. Along the same lines, I just wanted to note that it is impossible to just kick an image out without anything to replace the thought. The trick, for me at least, and I'm pretty sure this is generally true for most people, is to replace those thoughts with something else--something more wholesome and inherently different and totally non-cohesive with P or anything that associates with the addictive behavior. That's why physical activity is so effective--it tends to focus our thoughts on that activity and leaves less room for lingering images. Also, talking to other people focuses attention away from ourselves and closes the door on unwanted temptation.

It's all about redirection, and filling the gap with something good and pure--something that will uplift and edify us instead of drag us down and degrade us.

AE