Teens - Confessions

I was introduced to porn when I was 13 years old by a "good" friend. At first I didn't think anything of it but I became a slave to it. I was highly addicted to porn online and on TV. Masturbation had became a daily routine. I was addicted to porn for about a two year and a half and to masturbation for about three years.I knew that I was doing was wrong but I could not stop. I thought the only way out was going to be death. In high school I had friends in a Christian club and I started to study the Bible, yet I was still a slave to this terrible curse. After discovering God's love for me and His gift through His Son Jesus I had felt so guilty for the things I had done but now I knew that there was hope. I remember reading Romans and crying, pleading God and asking God to take this away and to forgive me. It was hard but God helped every step. I soon became active in a local church and was baptized. I was right. The only way I could get away was death...I had to start a new life in Jesus. Jesus freed me from this curse. Romans 8:37 says, "No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us." Jesus freed me in the fall of 2009. It wasn't easy to give it up but God was always there. After I even helped one of my best friends find victory through Jesus. Thank God there is Victory from this curse.