True sobriety includes progressive victory over lust (SA 202).

For me, “lust” is the key. Lust for sex, for food, for “things,” for knowledge, for admiring glances, for honors—anything that would make me feel better about myself. While each of these “lust” objects often brought temporary pleasure, none of them would or could provide long-term satisfaction. I was never satisfied because none of these things could really make me feel good about myself. As long as I feel bad about who I am, how I look, or what I have done, then self-satisfaction will always elude me.

Lust is about wanting.
Addiction is all about taking.

Love is all about caring for others.
Recovery is all about giving.

God, please free me from the bondage of lust, so I can better care for others.