OFF: Waaaaay Off, masturbation!

[Daniel Wikdahl]

Hi!
This is taken from a mormonsite on the net.
It's about how to avoid masturbation...
As free-minded Swede I find the guide _very_ funny.

                mvh -Daniel Wikdahl

A Guide to Self-Control:

1. Never touch the intimate parts of your body except during normal toilet
processes.

2. Avoid being alone as much as possible. Find good company and stay in this
good company.

3. If you are associated with other persons having this same problem, YOU
MUST BREAK OFF THEIR FRIENDSHIP.
Never associate with other people having the same weakness. Don't suppose
that two of you will quit together, you never will.
You must get away from people of that kind. Just to be in their presence
will keep your problem foremost in your mind. The
problem must be taken OUT OF YOUR MIND for that is where it really exists.
Your mind must be on other and more
wholesome things.

4. When you bathe, do not admire yourself in a mirror. Never stay in the
bath more than five or six minutes -- just long enough
to bathe and dry and dress AND THEN GET OUT OF THE BATHROOM into a room
where you will have some member
of your family present.

5. When in bed, if that is where you have your problem for the most part,
dress yourself for the night so securely that you
cannot easily touch your vital parts, and so that it would be difficult and
time consuming for you to remove those clothes. By
the time you started to remove protective clothing you would have
sufficiently controlled your thinking that the temptation
would leave you.

6. If the temptation seems overpowering while you are in bed, GET OUT OF BED
AND GO INTO THE KITCHEN AND
FIX YOURSELF A SNACK, even if it is in the middle of the night, and even if
you are not hungry, and despite your fears of
gaining weight. The purpose behind this suggestion is that you GET YOUR MIND
ON SOMETHING ELSE. You are the
subject of your thoughts, so to speak.

[snip!]

3. When the temptation to masturbate is strong, yell STOP to those thoughts
as loudly as you can in your mind and then recite
a prechosen Scripture or sing an inspirational hymn. It is important to turn
your thoughts away from the selfish need to indulge.

4. Set goals of abstinence, begin with a day, then a week, month, year and
finally commit to never doing it again. Until you
commit yourself to never again you will always be open to temptation.


[snip!]


9. Make a pocket calendar for a month on a small card. Carry it with you,
but show it to no one. If you have a lapse of self
control, color the day black. Your goal will be to have no black days. The
calendar becomes a strong visual reminder of self
control 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.

[snip!]

11. In the field of psychotherapy there is a very effective technique called
aversion therapy. When we associate or think of
something very distasteful with something which has been pleasurable, but
undesirable, the distasteful thought and feeling will
begin to cancel out that which was pleasurable. If you associate something
very distasteful with your loss of self-control it will
help you to stop the act. For example, if you are tempted to masturbate,
think of having to bathe in a tub of worms, and eat
several of them as you do the act.

12. During your toileting and shower activities leave the bathroom door or
shower curtain partly open, to discourage being
alone in total privacy. Take cool brief showers.

13. Arise immediately in the mornings. Do not lie in bed awake, no matter
what time of day it is. Get up and do something.
Start each day with an enthusiastic activity.

14. Keep your bladder empty. Refrain from drinking large amounts of fluids
before retiring.

15. Reduce the amount of spices and condiments in your food. Eat as lightly
as possible at night.

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

17. Avoid people, situations, pictures or reading materials that might
create sexual excitement.

18. It is sometimes helpful to have a physical object to use in overcoming
this problem. A Book of Mormon, firmly held in
hand, even in bed at night has proven helpful in extreme cases.

19. In very severe cases it may be necessary to tie a hand to the bed frame
with a tie in order that the habit of masturbating in a
semi-sleep condition can be broken. This can also be accomplished by wearing
several layers of clothing which would be
difficult to remove while half asleep.


"Byalagen är rådgivare åt de politiska nämnderna, så är det."
                                        -Joachim Håkansson

Daniel Wikdahl
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SWEDEN
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