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Guest Matthew

I am a Baptist but I pray to Padre Pio and Out Mother Mary daily for 2-3 hours. I used to struggle with masturbation and pornography addiction until I began praying these prayers and adding a full rosary every day. The prayers have brought me closer to Christ, but I have not been fulfilling my obligations. I am a high school student and I have been rushing through my homework because of the daily prayers. I have also become unhappy and feel overwhelmed because of the prayers. I am hesitant to cut back on the prayers because I'm afraid I'll fall back into my bad habits. I've been praying to Mary for help and would also like some advice from a others.

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It's not unusual for someone to trade one addiction for another. This happens when we don't do the work to figure out what is causing our addictive behaviour in the first place. 

We are born with a hole in our souls that can only be filled with God. We often try to fill it with consumables, but those are temporary and the hole returns. I'm concerned that you are looking to formulaic prayer to fill time and distract your mind off of your challenges rather than dealing with them. 

I would recommend that you go and speak to a priest about these issues. He could help you much better than a stranger on the internet. 

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