Tonight,my road to recovery continues very positively.I had a wonderful and eventful day today.
This morning,when I woke up,I bathed and I really hurried with it.I wanted to make sure that I was cleaned,dressed and ready for this morning's church service.I was looking forward to this morning's service with a lot of positive anticipation and enthusiasm.
After my bath,before I got dressed,I had my usual quick breakfast and my usual 2 cups of coffee.After breakfast,I hastily did 3/4 of my personal PC work and after that was done,I hastily got dressed up and when the time came to leave,I headed over to the church for the service.
The service was wonderful.The church is really getting ready for the arrival of Christmas and it looks like that it will be a wonderful season.These particular services are the very the first Advent and Christmas styled services that I have attended in many years and this morning,it was yet another wonderful service and the fellowship with the people before and after the service was terrific.I even met some people that I hadn't met before until this morning.I was smiling today at all of this and was once again really overwhelmed by it all.I even had a wonderful talk with the pastor and after all of the fellowship,I headed straight home.
It also felt strange going to church and helping to ring in the season of Christmas and this being the fourth Sunday of Advent,with Christmas actually being next Sunday.The last religious group that I was involved with didn't even celebrate Christmas nor observed anything having to do with the holiday season as a whole.Though it still felt strange for me,I still enjoyed this service as much as I have been enjoying every service and I will be attending next Sunday as next Sunday will be Christmas.I will be looking forward to next Sunday's service for sure.
When I got home,I got out of my suit and into my casual clothes because I had some errands that I needed to run.Before running them,I finished my personal PC work.
When I went out to run them,I had to stop at a local supermarket to pick up a few things that were needed for the home.After paying for those items,I headed over to a local restaurant to have a light lunch.After that,I headed straight home and that is where I stayed for the rest of the day as I had nothing else to do nor any place else to go.
When I got home,I put all the groceries away in their proper places and I relaxed for a while and I also watched a couple of DVD's while doing so.
After eating,I watched the evening news for a while and I also did some more personal PC work.Overall,a wonderful and eventful day.
Though my recovery from the symptoms of bipolar depression with schizophrenic tendencies continues to be positive,I am still dealing and struggling with that on a daily basis.I am still attending my therapy sessions.I am also taking my medication as directed.I am hoping to continue feeling better in the near and distant future.
Regarding my SSA struggles,I gave into temptation late last night by masturbating and it was both emotional and sexual.I really felt lousy afterwards when I gave into that meaningless temptation as I know that masturbating will never give me what I want as far as needs go.I need to be affirmed by my fellow man and I need to feel the authenticity that goes with that affirmation.I want to feel like A MAN and not the opposite.I want to be A MAN that finds the opposite sex more sexually attractive as I no longer want to find men more sexually attractive.With the knowledge that I have now,why would I want to go back to that sinful sexual lifestyle that God abhors in his word the Holy Bible?God condemns the sexual activity between two members of the same gender in both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible.The Holy Bible is God's own word and what it says about this type of thing is that it is wrong to engage in sexual activity between two or more members of the same gender.I want to do the right thing by resisting the temptation to engage in that sort of sexual activity,but my desires want me to do the opposite.Again,as I stated yesterday,I hate finding men more sexually attractive than women.I want to be a normal guy that finds women more attractive and really want to love a woman like a man is supposed to do in the same manner that a woman wants to love a man as God intended us humans and sexuality to be.God never intended sexuality to be used and abused the way that it is being used and abused by the vast majority of the world.He gave sexuality as a gift to be enjoyed in a healthy manner between a man and woman who really love each other and they use it as an expression of that love between the two of them.I asked before and I will ask again;If anyone out there who reads my blog regularly can give me any advice and/or suggestions on how I can resist the temptation to act by masturbation,pornography with masturbation,manipulating my genitals for the purpose of getting them erect or near erect for masturbatory purposes and all the emotional stuff that goes with it,I am open to anything.Thanks in advance.
Regarding today,my temptation to act out is nil at best.I have no cravings to act out at the moment.I guess going to church this morning had a lot to do with it.I am hoping that my temptation to act out remains nil for the rest of the day.I know that I still have to be on guard because temptation can rear it's ugly head at me and really get me going again.So,I need to be on guard and watchful.Again,any advice and/or suggestions are always appreciated.Thanks again in advance.
Tomorrow,I have a couple of groups that I need to attend.After them,I have no other plans.But whatever I do,I hope that it gives me positive benefits.
That was my day today and my hopes and plans for the day ahead.FJ