The Rambam holds (Hilkhot Teshuba, Perek 2:1) that to accomplish complete Teshuba, you must be in the situation where you are able to commit the sin, and remember that you are trying to do Teshuba, and then avoid doing the sin. The Rambam continues (Hilkhot Teshuba 2:2) "what constitutes Teshuvah? That a sinner should abandon his sins and remove them from his thoughts, resolving in his heart, never to commit them again as [Isaiah 55:7] states "May the wicked abandon his ways...." Similarly, he must regret the past as [Jeremiah 31:18] states: "After I returned, I regretted."[He must reach the level where] He who knows the hidden will testify concerning him that he will never return to this sin again as [Hoshea 14:4] states: "We will no longer say to the work of our hands: `You are our gods.'"
He must verbally confess and state these matters which he resolved in his heart."
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