accepting God's help

We all have that one thing that holds us back. The one thing that keeps us completely distracted and unfocused on the true meaning of each day. It could be drugs, alcohol, TV programs, sports, a relationship, the Internet, work, school and even are family. Something that we put all of are energy and focus into; that one thing that without realizing it we put above God. Putting all of are energy into it can make it hard to realize that its a distraction. Sometimes the issue is big enough for others to notice and to help us realize that it needs to be changed. But others are tricky enough that only you can truly eventually see that its holding you back and because it seems so simple you think that you can deal with it on your own. You may decide to cut back on whatever it may be on your own, only take on drink a night or only on special occasions, or just say well if I just watch my one favorite Soap it won't bother me. You tell yourself that you can fix the person that is in the relationship that's holding you back then it won't be such a distraction, or that God wants you to love and be there for others but ignore the fact you may not be doing things that please him with that friend or loved one. This is the issue that everyone has this is how the devil gets us. This concept is how Eve failed. She thought if I only take one bite won't hurt. WE say if I only take one drink, one pill, one show, just see the person less it will be okay I can just stop it later. The problem is once we try it we need to try it one more time and one more time after awhile we realize we've failed and think there is no hope and just give up.
The hope in this miserable cycle is a hard concept to get living in a world were you have to fix yourself and be perfect and strong all on your own. But we are all complete sinners and are completely helpless on are own and are doomed to fail. We Are nothing but worthless sinners, that is without God. The things I struggle with and I won't let go of, the things I think I need to take care of and fix to be good enough I never will, I'm doomed to fail until I stop trying to be so independent and let the one person in who wants to and can help me over come these failures.
"All of us have sinned and fallen short of God's glory. But God treats us much better than we deserve, and because of Christ Jesus, he freely accepts us and sets us free from our sins."
Romans 3:23-24 (seek find bible)
There are things that I struggle with and try to deal with on my own and I fail because I am a sinner but this verse tells me that in spite of me being a sinner Christ accepts me for me and wants to set me free I don't have to fix it on my own just come to him when I'm struggling and he will set me free.