Do you know what a man is? A true man is he who finds himself alone with sins, and has the power to commit them and his lusts urges him to quench its thirst, but he thinks about Allāh looking at him, so he feels embarrassed from angering Him and thus his desire goes away.
But it seems that you only abandon things that you do not have desire for, or things that are not desirable in the first place, or even things that you are unable to have! This is your habit!
Book: Captured Thoughts - صيد الخاطر
Author: al-Hafiz Abū’l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzī رحمه الله
Published and translated by: Dār as-Sunnah Publishers
Page: 352,353
