And great strides have been made in the area of cognitive behavior therapy. And, yes, prayer helps, and God helps us. He may even lead you to get medical treatment. I think it will be nice to communicate with someone who shares what I do. Either way, it is still hard to stop.
Habits are very difficult to control.
There is some research on habit change and some behavior therapy techniques that can help. The most important is habit reversal. There are some other things involved too and maybe sometime we can get further into describing habit reversal. Used under License.