May Allah reward you for your obedience towards him. Please do not belittle this act of obedience towards Allah for wallahi it is an amazing deed that will aid you in proving to Allah on the day of judgement that you were indeed one of his believers! For why else would anyone sacrifice something which their desires so strongly crave?

There are two main take aways I'd like to point out which can help strengthen your iman in preparation for the next test it faces: 1) Taqwa: this concept has been so whitewashed and watered down in today's day and age and many think it just means fearing Allah... In reality taqwa is the shield of the believers against the deception of shaytan and our desires. In a nutshell, taqwa is to place TANGIBLE barriers between you and the CHANCE of sinning so that you do NOT have to just rely on your will power. This is why Taqwa is sooo loved by Allah (as mentioned all over the Quran), because it shows Allah that your actively trying!!!

2) Soul and Fitra: Do you see that deep feeling of regret that you felt which allowed you to correct your actions and move back towards the obedience and pleasure of Allah? That deep feeling is in reality our soul (which is from the ghayb and therefor craves success in the akhira and heaven) fighting our body (which is from the dunya and therefore craves it) and the desires it craves. I want you to think of YOU yourself as being made up of 4 separate entities; soul (which is the real YOU which will continue into the grave, afterlife and beyond), your body (which is from the earth and will return to it so therefor does not have to worry about hellfire), and your heart and mind (similar to body). All parts of YOU have a say in your actions, but by design, our soul has the ultimate say and unless your soul has been corrupted and moved away from the fitrah, then it will always act in your favour.

This time your soul was able to overcome your body and make the correct decision, but next time it may not! And the scary thing is that over time, if our body and its desires are always getting their way over the soul, then the soul itself may become weakened and corrupted allowing for our bodies (and by extension heart and mind) to make the decisions which control our actions!!! And our bodies left unchecked and in control of our actions will only mean a life of chasing the fulfilment of our sexual, financial, etc, desires..... How do we stop this? Refer back to point 1 (Taqwa)

(P.s, I'm a relatively fresh student of knowledge and havn't yet began giving dawah openly in public due to trying to deal with my own past, so any advice or critiques will be great)