To truly be free of the insidious desires, we need to make a true and final decision that we don't want these things anymore. When we are standing in Shul on Rosh Hashana or Yom-Kippur, or when we are meeting with a Rabbi we truly respect, is there anything we want more in life than to be considered by G-d as an " Erlicher Yid" (a G-d fearing Jew)? We do believe in G-d, we know the truth. We want to be good. It's just that in the real world we keep forgetting what we truly want. In our day to day lives, the desires of this world fill our mind and make us forget who we are and what we truly want to be.
We need to take a break once in a while and focus. We need to always remember; "I really want to be an Erlicher Yid". We need to tell ourselves once and for all, "I truly don't want these things anymore, not now and not never!"