Should we prioritise pleasure? How do we quit bad habits, like pornography or doom-scrolling social media? What can we learn from the experience of addiction? And how can we regain our attention in an overstimulated world?

In this episode, Fr John and Fr Toby explore the virtue of temperance, which is all about how grow in self-control.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:00 Prioritise pleasure?
2:40 Understanding our passions
3:43 Is pleasure good?
6:06 Addiction and freedom
8:20 How can we grow in self-control?
11:05 Bad habits & environmental factors
14:35 Pornography addiction
17:23 Online scrolling
18:47 Fragmented attention
20:12 Does temperance remove joy?
21:55 What is gluttony?
23:44 Self-control & the spiritual life

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