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Just know that God is waiting for you, with open arms like the father waiting for his son to return in the parable of the prodigal son. You should find yourself a pastor at a local church so he could better counsel you. But, as has been pointed out you are reaching out for help and that is a big step to your recovery. Healing is a process, it takes time. For now, you should seek God with all your heart, in prayer and in reading the scriptures, in the Bible. And again, I strongly recommend that you do get in touch with a pastor or someone who is willing to counsel at a local church.
Lord bless you.
Lord bless you.
J
I totally agree with Shwagga. Please seek help from a local church and call a local alcohol/drug helpline.Some of the larger churches have counselors who specialize in these areas. And stay away from others who are living that lifestyle so you don't get sucked back in. PLEASE!
I grew up watching family members destroy themselves with these things and it torn my heart out. I'm so thrilled that you have identified at an early age that it is destroying your life. Please, please don't let it. Fight for your life! If you don't have loved ones who will love and support you, please talk with us.
Prayerfully....
I grew up watching family members destroy themselves with these things and it torn my heart out. I'm so thrilled that you have identified at an early age that it is destroying your life. Please, please don't let it. Fight for your life! If you don't have loved ones who will love and support you, please talk with us.
Prayerfully....
Its good you are looking for the way, the bible says ask and it shall seek and you will find. All you have stretch out your hand, reach out for Him and ask Him in your heart. The bible says draw closer to God and He will draw closer to you(James 4:8). You may have been separated and battled Drugs and stuff but He knows how to deliver the righteous from temptation (2 Peter 2:9) and He will keep His children from all sin and protect them from attacks. Cry out to Jesus, give your life to Him and surrender all to Him, He loves you and won't let you go. God bless
W
Agreeing with what has been said
but keep in mind: you are requeired to make an attempt yourself too Once you take that first small step, God will be there right beside you to help you carry on. But ha cannot do anything until you decide to do it.
May He show you that He wants only what is good for you.
but keep in mind: you are requeired to make an attempt yourself too
Once you take that first small step, God will be there right beside you to help you carry on. But ha cannot do anything until you decide to do it.May He show you that He wants only what is good for you.
If you want biblical truth on what to do, I would encourage you to get on your knees and seek God with all your heart and soul, I am afraid all the churches will do it send to to a counselor, tell you you were born with this disease, and you must do it less, etc.
I know what I say will not be popular, and may seem hateful to you, but the advice you are getting here is like putting a small bandage on a huge cancer!
Has anyone ever told you to repent? or you can loose your soul IF you continue in your addictions? Or have you bought into the false gospel that tell you just confess your sins, and trust in Jesus, instead of repent and obey?
1Co 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor abusers, nor homosexuals,
1Co 6:10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
“God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” John3:16
Does this Single Passage Capsulate the Gospel Message? Will you then merely ‘Believe’, and Trust that you have eternal life? Did you know that the Bible also says that the ‘Devils Believe’ and tremble? (James2:19) Are you then willing to stake your eternal destiny on the testimony of what men have said about John3:16? Is it Really ‘Faith Alone’ that Saves the Soul? Many think so, but the Real question is: ‘DID JESUS THINK SO?’
Jesus said that NOT Everyone who says to Me Lord, Lord will Enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who DOES the Will of My Father in heaven! Matt7:21. Is Doing the Will of God merely ‘Believing’ in Jesus? Again, many will tell you so. But yet Christ Himself answered the question of who would be Saved in Luke13:24, He said: “STRIVE to enter the Narrow Gate, for Many, I say to you, will Seek to Enter and NOT be Able!”
Your Churches tell you ‘Seek and you shall find’ but that’s only a PART of this Message. If you fail to STRIVE
(that is put forth a strenuous effort in the face of all adversity) you Will NOT Enter. WHY? Because not only is the Gate Narrow it is also DIFFICULT and only a FEW will be able to find it. Matt7:14. No wonder the Apostle Peter proclaimed to the Saints that the ‘Righteous’ are Scarcely Saved!’ 1Pet4:18, or More Clearly: ‘Saved with GREAT Difficulty.’ It certainly appears that he understood the Gospel Message of His Lord in plain language.
Further is the aspect of ‘Repentance’, Preached as the Basic fundamental Message from the Start. When Jesus described those coming to Him at the Judgment, claiming good works done in His Name, He called them ‘Workers’ of Iniquity! (Matt7:22-23) They were Not among the FEW who had ‘Departed from Iniquity’ (2Tim2:19)
Under the God so loved the World Gospel, NO ONE is Departing from their Iniquity. In fact they are being taught the Very Opposite! That you come to Christ ‘in your sins’ He Receives you and Cleans you up later.
Is this REALLY what the Bible teaches? Are you Certain it’s Correct? Your Soul is hanging in the balance.
EVERYWHERE the Message of Repentance includes a Clearing of Wrong Doing BEFORE Pardon can be granted. (2Cor7:10-11) Surly this is an extremely Difficult concept for you to accept, having sit under the ‘Love’ Gospel for so long. But it’s TRUE none the less. John the Baptist and Christ Himself followed the Prophets and called for this kind of Repentance as the Single Condition to be Reconciled to God and enter the Kingdom. (Matt3:-10, Lk3:8)
Isaiah said: “Let the Wicked forsake his ways and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him RETURN to the Lord and He will have Mercy on him. For He will abundantly pardon.” Isa55:7
Hundreds of Passages could be sited proclaiming the exact Same Message of Repentance. So when the Lord compared His Message to that of the Prophets, He used Jonah as His example. (Luke11:29-32, Mt12:38-42)
Upon hearing the Repentance message of Jonah the people Nineveh STOPPED sinning, shut down their city and Cried out to the Lord, assuming Nothing. Real Repentance includes a Season of godly sorrow in which the Pennant person STOPS or gets Clear of their Wrong Doings! (It Does Not happen after Salvation)
That’s why 2Cor7:11 Concludes by saying, “In ALL these things you PROVED yourselves to be CLEAR in this matter!” (Meaning PURE as in Acts15:9) THEREFORE a Genuine Repentance unto Saving Faith is PROVEN by DEEDS, Just as the Bible Says! Acts26:18. It’s NOT Repeating words, Receiving anything or Trusting in a concept.
You have been LIED to! Your Eyes are Closed to the Truth! OPEN them and TURN while Mercy is still available.
“To Open their Eyes and to TURN them from Darkness to Light and from the Power of Satan to God, that they May receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are Sanctified by Faith in Me!”
You MUST Break your Conditioning!!! Come Out from among them. Depart from Iniquity and Seek His Mercy.
The Path will be Difficult and Narrow, every diversion under the sun will try to hinder your progress, including your own passions and desires. The Old man has to Die in Repentance…..DEAD TO SIN….(Rom6:4-6) The Body of Sin Done away with so that you are NO LONGER a Slave to Sin! You Come out of Repentance a NEW Creation in Christ. (2Cor5:17) Not Still addicted to it in need of ‘Christian Counseling’. You were NOT Born a Sinner!
(You became addicted to sin by long practiced habit. Eph2:1-3)
The Love Gospel has the Process Backward. You supposedly get Saved in your sins and God cleans you up later.
But admit it. DOES ANYONE Ever get Cleaned up? Many get worse, but None are released from their bondage.
They fall under the Deception that sin humbles them and learn to Love the Message that they are poor sinners saved by Grace. Soon the Conscience is Seared and the heart waxed cold. The Light in them is Darkness and how Great is that Darkness! DON’T let it happen to you! Repent Now, like the People of Nineveh and find His Mercy.
I know what I say will not be popular, and may seem hateful to you, but the advice you are getting here is like putting a small bandage on a huge cancer!
Has anyone ever told you to repent? or you can loose your soul IF you continue in your addictions? Or have you bought into the false gospel that tell you just confess your sins, and trust in Jesus, instead of repent and obey?
1Co 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor abusers, nor homosexuals,
1Co 6:10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Will You Repent?
“God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” John3:16
Does this Single Passage Capsulate the Gospel Message? Will you then merely ‘Believe’, and Trust that you have eternal life? Did you know that the Bible also says that the ‘Devils Believe’ and tremble? (James2:19) Are you then willing to stake your eternal destiny on the testimony of what men have said about John3:16? Is it Really ‘Faith Alone’ that Saves the Soul? Many think so, but the Real question is: ‘DID JESUS THINK SO?’
Jesus said that NOT Everyone who says to Me Lord, Lord will Enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who DOES the Will of My Father in heaven! Matt7:21. Is Doing the Will of God merely ‘Believing’ in Jesus? Again, many will tell you so. But yet Christ Himself answered the question of who would be Saved in Luke13:24, He said: “STRIVE to enter the Narrow Gate, for Many, I say to you, will Seek to Enter and NOT be Able!”
Your Churches tell you ‘Seek and you shall find’ but that’s only a PART of this Message. If you fail to STRIVE
(that is put forth a strenuous effort in the face of all adversity) you Will NOT Enter. WHY? Because not only is the Gate Narrow it is also DIFFICULT and only a FEW will be able to find it. Matt7:14. No wonder the Apostle Peter proclaimed to the Saints that the ‘Righteous’ are Scarcely Saved!’ 1Pet4:18, or More Clearly: ‘Saved with GREAT Difficulty.’ It certainly appears that he understood the Gospel Message of His Lord in plain language.
Further is the aspect of ‘Repentance’, Preached as the Basic fundamental Message from the Start. When Jesus described those coming to Him at the Judgment, claiming good works done in His Name, He called them ‘Workers’ of Iniquity! (Matt7:22-23) They were Not among the FEW who had ‘Departed from Iniquity’ (2Tim2:19)
Under the God so loved the World Gospel, NO ONE is Departing from their Iniquity. In fact they are being taught the Very Opposite! That you come to Christ ‘in your sins’ He Receives you and Cleans you up later.
Is this REALLY what the Bible teaches? Are you Certain it’s Correct? Your Soul is hanging in the balance.
EVERYWHERE the Message of Repentance includes a Clearing of Wrong Doing BEFORE Pardon can be granted. (2Cor7:10-11) Surly this is an extremely Difficult concept for you to accept, having sit under the ‘Love’ Gospel for so long. But it’s TRUE none the less. John the Baptist and Christ Himself followed the Prophets and called for this kind of Repentance as the Single Condition to be Reconciled to God and enter the Kingdom. (Matt3:-10, Lk3:8)
Isaiah said: “Let the Wicked forsake his ways and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him RETURN to the Lord and He will have Mercy on him. For He will abundantly pardon.” Isa55:7
Hundreds of Passages could be sited proclaiming the exact Same Message of Repentance. So when the Lord compared His Message to that of the Prophets, He used Jonah as His example. (Luke11:29-32, Mt12:38-42)
Upon hearing the Repentance message of Jonah the people Nineveh STOPPED sinning, shut down their city and Cried out to the Lord, assuming Nothing. Real Repentance includes a Season of godly sorrow in which the Pennant person STOPS or gets Clear of their Wrong Doings! (It Does Not happen after Salvation)
That’s why 2Cor7:11 Concludes by saying, “In ALL these things you PROVED yourselves to be CLEAR in this matter!” (Meaning PURE as in Acts15:9) THEREFORE a Genuine Repentance unto Saving Faith is PROVEN by DEEDS, Just as the Bible Says! Acts26:18. It’s NOT Repeating words, Receiving anything or Trusting in a concept.
You have been LIED to! Your Eyes are Closed to the Truth! OPEN them and TURN while Mercy is still available.
“To Open their Eyes and to TURN them from Darkness to Light and from the Power of Satan to God, that they May receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are Sanctified by Faith in Me!”
You MUST Break your Conditioning!!! Come Out from among them. Depart from Iniquity and Seek His Mercy.
The Path will be Difficult and Narrow, every diversion under the sun will try to hinder your progress, including your own passions and desires. The Old man has to Die in Repentance…..DEAD TO SIN….(Rom6:4-6) The Body of Sin Done away with so that you are NO LONGER a Slave to Sin! You Come out of Repentance a NEW Creation in Christ. (2Cor5:17) Not Still addicted to it in need of ‘Christian Counseling’. You were NOT Born a Sinner!
(You became addicted to sin by long practiced habit. Eph2:1-3)
The Love Gospel has the Process Backward. You supposedly get Saved in your sins and God cleans you up later.
But admit it. DOES ANYONE Ever get Cleaned up? Many get worse, but None are released from their bondage.
They fall under the Deception that sin humbles them and learn to Love the Message that they are poor sinners saved by Grace. Soon the Conscience is Seared and the heart waxed cold. The Light in them is Darkness and how Great is that Darkness! DON’T let it happen to you! Repent Now, like the People of Nineveh and find His Mercy.
B
InNeedOfHisGrace
so you dont know what to do huh ???
ok 1st stop drinking
2ed stop doing drugs
3rd get a life and make something of your life !!!
4th stop being a whimp !! get out and do something with your life
5th Grow up !!! ,,,,,, now you know what to do ,,, so get and do it !!!
now you will winge and belly ach all over me so get to it
if not ,,,,,, Get into a church ,,,,Seek God and follow him just as many in here do
its your life do as you wish
BADDOG
so you dont know what to do huh ???
ok 1st stop drinking
2ed stop doing drugs
3rd get a life and make something of your life !!!
4th stop being a whimp !! get out and do something with your life
5th Grow up !!! ,,,,,, now you know what to do ,,, so get and do it !!!
now you will winge and belly ach all over me so get to it
if not ,,,,,, Get into a church ,,,,Seek God and follow him just as many in here do
its your life do as you wish
BADDOG
D
This has to be, perhaps, the most un-Christian post I have ever read on this web site. This person knows what is wrong with their lives. They even know what to "do". They need help in doing it. The Apostle, Paul tells us "We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: 'The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.'” (Romans 15:1-3) He goes on to say, "Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love." (Ephesians 4:2)
God is a loving, forgiving God. He always stands ready to welcome sinners back. But more than that; He recognizes our human failings and knows we need help to overcome our weaknesses. While we may not be qualified to provide that help, He certainly is. It is never wrong to advise someone to seek His help and guidance.
Finally, if we examine the life of our Savior, we see the most patient and gentle man who ever walked the earth. When His disciples were asked why He ate with sinners, He replied "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” (Mark 2:17)
I suggest that we pray for this person and extend a hand of friendship and understanding. I, for one, would be most happy to converse with him one-on-one since I have some experience with alcoholism myself. Let's exemplify the One whose name we bear. "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others,...it keeps no record of wrongs.It always protects,..." (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
God bless.
God is a loving, forgiving God. He always stands ready to welcome sinners back. But more than that; He recognizes our human failings and knows we need help to overcome our weaknesses. While we may not be qualified to provide that help, He certainly is. It is never wrong to advise someone to seek His help and guidance.
Finally, if we examine the life of our Savior, we see the most patient and gentle man who ever walked the earth. When His disciples were asked why He ate with sinners, He replied "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” (Mark 2:17)
I suggest that we pray for this person and extend a hand of friendship and understanding. I, for one, would be most happy to converse with him one-on-one since I have some experience with alcoholism myself. Let's exemplify the One whose name we bear. "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others,...it keeps no record of wrongs.It always protects,..." (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
God bless.
A
Well, I think all the suggestions are a great start. Some may be harsher than others, but Gods words are not always soothing. I am someone that believes there is something to gain in every step or act we take. Harsh words or kind words from anyone could still be positive and helping in the matter. It is all about perspective. So, my addtion to everyone's helpful kind and blunt words, is change your view, know your triggers and adjust your perspective. Seek God through your journey and everyday, even on the strong days. Remember that the devil loves to feed on weakness, and he will try time after time to tear you down. If you change your perspective he does not stand a chance. God gives us all the best perspective!
Great luck in your new life!
Great luck in your new life!
