My New Journey

Hi everyone,

My name is Joey. I'm 16 years old and currently a sophomore in high school. Let me begin by saying that masturbating has been an ongoing struggle for as long as I remember. Even in elementary school, curiosity killed the cat with my parent's PVP channels on DirecTV. Look where it's got me now- addicted, empty, and impure.

I'm a devout Roman Catholic. Before I ever new masturbating was considered bad within my church, I did it freely without thought. Three times a day actually, I would find myself locked in my room with the blinds shut, looking at porn and masturbating. The thing I hate about pornography is how freely we have access to it. I know there's not one guy in my school (I go to Catholic school) who doesn't watch porn and masturbate. A lot of the boys are hormone raged, insensitive, and disrespectful. I hate to sound arrogant, but it's honestly true.

So why am I here? Back in the beginning of 2014, one of my New Year's resolutions was to stop this masturbation habit once and for all. Easier said than done. I was with a great friend of mine, his name is Sam, and we were talking about things we hate within our society, and the topic of chastity popped up. He and I had an concurrence that chastity is highly resented in our society. You can't go on the Internet, send a text message, or watch television without it feeding our temptations. Long story short, we started a blog.

The blog has been one of the greatest things that has happened to me. The name of it is "Achieving Chastity." We originally had different intentions for it, we wanted to use it as a spiritual journal, restricted and blocked off only to ourselves, therefore we could look back on this journey of achieving the virtue of chastity. We read books, looked at websites, and talked to others about their struggles, and we can begin to learn from our own.

Well, the word got out. People were extremely curious and anxious within our own school. They wanted to know what it was all about. My friend Sam unblocked the website from public viewing, and created a URL to send out. People went nuts. They loved our personal stories and found them inspirational. Sam and I then began to move forward and make it more informational and educational. We use one website as our main "mother" source, chastityproject.com. The founders have excellent topics which they talk about and I highly view them as perfect role models.

I struggle with masturbation everyday. It isn't easy whatsoever. The thoughts ride my mind constantly, but hopefully this website can encourage me to do my best daily. I am not in this alone! Please ask me questions if you have any.

Thank you, and God Bless,

Joey L.