“If sex is very troublesome, we throw ourselves the harder into helping others. We think of their needs and work for them. This takes us out of ourselves. It quiets the imperious urge, when to yield would mean heartache.” (Chapter 5, Big Book)
The above applies to any area in which I am tempted towards preoccupation and wrong action.
I need to stay out of the domain entirely, not try to tidy it up.
Any thought, word, or deed on the topic is to be avoided.
Act like it does not exist, but redirecting thoughts, words, and deeds to something else.
Sometimes, once sanity has returned for good, the area can be reactivated but with an entirely new spirit.
Sometimes, I’m best off out of it altogether.