Thanks for sharing this story... Hashem indeed loves you like crazy and is sending you messages...
We had a guy on this forum once who posted how he prepared for a big trip to another country just for lust purposes, and as they took off an engine caught fire and they made an emergency landing. He was so shaken by the message that stopped all his acting out behavior for a year and became a big masmid, etc... Unfortunately, even with such a strong message, the addiction came back full force about a year later... He tried going to a prostitute and the car wouldn't start... another strong message, but he ended up getting it to start and went anyway.
This addiction is so strong that often messages alone are not enough for the long term, as some people above have posted. It's an inside job. We need some real change.
Are you working the steps with our phone conferences?
P.S. I took out some unnecessary descriptions from your story, like the names of which mags you wanted to buy, and which one you ended up buying, etc... No need for that on this forum, I'm sure you understand.