Newbie, Roman Catholic, "Ex-Gay"

Hello friends,

This is my first post here. I discovered this page a few weeks ago and I am happy to have found it. I introduce myself briefly: I am 53 years old, I am an Orthodox Catholic and an "ex-gay", that is, I am attracted to people of the same sex, but I accept with full and conscious consent the teachings of the Church in this regard. That is, I try to live chaste. For a while I lived in the "gay lifestyle", but I always felt very uncomfortable with it. Many years ago I broke up with that, which has been like taking a huge weight off of me. I also managed to break up pornography, which is not my problem at this time. But I did get hooked on masturbation, which became a recurring and compulsive habit. I started on my own a NoFap challenge 18 days ago and, so far, everything is going very well. I have decided to do the challenge in the 90-days Hard Mode. I was reading about neuroscience some time ago and it seems to me that to achieve rebooting is a very rationa and real option. My motivation is religious and moral: I want to live according to my values and strengthen the virtue of chastity. Whatever your motivations are, I wish you the best of success.

(Note: my mother tongue is Spanish. I don't speak English well, but I read a lot in that language, so I understand it perfectly. I apologize for the mistakes I can make. It is not my desire to damage such a beautiful language. I write with the help of Dr. Google ...)

 

Thank you for your beautiful words! May the Lord fill you with his grace!