Trying (and failing) to quit smoking

If a person can control his mind, he can find the way to enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

As sex and porn addicts, we lose control of our sexual fantasies and behaviors. Most commonly, this is evidenced by failed attempts to quit smoking or reduce spending. Even the consequences cannot motivate us. After getting in trouble at work for abusing our laptops, we vowed never to look at porn again. But we came back the next day. After our spouse borrows our phone and discovers the hookup apps we’ve been using and the sexting we’ve been sending and receiving, we scrub our phones and swear it will never happen again. A few days later we reinstalled the app and we were back in action. Things like this are indisputable proof that there is nothing we can do about addiction.

today’s task
Try counting the number of times you have tried (and failed) to control your addiction.