I am so ashamed and I've been having this problem for such a long time and haven't been able to overcome it. I can't stop masturbating! I am 18 years old, male, inscribed in the school and soon becoming a publisher but I cannot stop this habit! It makes me feel discouraged, and I pray and pray to Jehovah but I can't go more than 2 days without doing it, and more than 2 weeks without viewing pornography. What do I do? This question is directed to baptized JW's, if you're going to be disrespectful please don't consider writing an "answer." This is obviously an issue I need to take to the elders but I'm so embarrassed and it doesn't help that I'm generally a shy person. I don't know what to do! 
sometimes I feel like God won't even listen to my prayers. I go to every meeting, I grew up in a JW family and it wasn't until last year that I started taking it seriously but I feel like this is something I'll never be able to get rid of. I've never had sexual intercourse with anyone it's just pure temptation!
sometimes I feel like God won't even listen to my prayers. I go to every meeting, I grew up in a JW family and it wasn't until last year that I started taking it seriously but I feel like this is something I'll never be able to get rid of. I've never had sexual intercourse with anyone it's just pure temptation!