Christian Science can spring the trap of sensual indulgence. It shows the way of escape from all forms of addiction, whether to heroin, tobacco, alcohol, caffeine, masturbation, or just plain overeating.
This Science doesn't say, "Stop the nonsense and shape up!"—and then leave it there. With gentleness and compassion it shows us a much better way, a far deeper satisfaction, that fills the seeming void as false pleasure recedes.
Experience soon teaches us that, unaided, the human mind can't silence the insistent urging of sensual desire. So then after repeatedly failing to gain the mastery we may be more willing to look beyond ourselves to the gentle omnipotence of divine Love for the moral stamina that we desperately need. Mrs. Eddy tells us: "The sinner has no refuge from sin, except in God, who is his salvation. We must, however, realize God's presence, power, and love, in order to be saved from sin. This realization takes away man's fondness for sin and his pleasure in it; and, lastly, it removes the pain which accrues to him from it."Unity of Good, p. 2;
