LostSheep, I don't know what you're trying to overcome exactly. I personally spent eleven years trying--and failing--to overcome a pornography issue.
Aside from doing everything I could to stay close to the Spirit, here were three keys that have really been helpful to me as I've sought to control it over the last year and a half:
1) If possible, cut off your access to the sin. Install filters. Avoid locations. Surround yourself with good people and influences.
2) Make sure that at least a couple of people know what you're up against and what you're trying to do to control it, and report to them regularly. I had the support of my bishop, my wife, a good friend in the ward, and a support group I attended weekly.
3) Start thinking of the sin the same way you used to think about approaching the bishop to resolve the sin:
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Well, maybe I'll do it next month, or next week. Heck, maybe I'll even do it tomorrow. But NOT TODAY.
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Take it one day at a time. It will probably never go completely away, but it will get easier.