Ask God to grant you repentance, and to have a real relationship with Jesus Christ. Your Savior became flesh, so that He would understand what it is like to be human. He felt the temptations of the flesh, yet He never sinned (Hebrews 4:15). Since Jesus Christ was on earth and felt temptation, He can encourage and comfort those who are striving to overcome. And He can give them power, through His Spirit, to really overcome! “For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted” (Hebrews 2:18). In other words, there is hope to overcome!
If you really want to overcome addiction, you will need to make some concrete changes in your life. You will have to stay away from environments that put you in compromising positions (Proverbs 7:25). If old friends cause you to fall into old habits, it is time to find new friends (Proverbs 1:10)! Your old acquaintances may not be thrilled by your new standards (1 Peter 4:4)—but eternal life is worth the sacrifice!
Having personal rules of conduct which keep a person well away from “the cliff” are wise. For the porn addict, it means Internet filters and accountability partners—someone you can trust that can check up on you from time to time. It is worth it! God does not just counsel us to resist immoral conduct—He says to flee far from it (1 Corinthians 6:18)! Learn your addiction “triggers.” When do you fall into temptation? When you are under stress? Depressed? Bored? When you have not been praying or studying, and are not close to God? By knowing yourself, and analyzing the patterns of your behavior, you can be better equipped to know when you are in danger, and take steps to avoid “falling off the cliff.”