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Hey, I just need some prayers for the Holy Spirit's strength in my walk. Resisting my Vice has become a lot harder lately. You see, I've been aware of it for a while now, but it's been getting a lot scarier lately... I have a definite stress-drinking problem. I use alcohol as a crutch for worry and the pressure of life. I won't try to defend the habit because I know it's not a good one, and I won't try to excuse it's gravity, but I just really need some Godly support right now.
I've been cutting back lately in an effort to lean on the One, rather than drugging myself out on an ethanol-ansethesia. The fact is, I have no one to blame but myself for this. I knew I shouldn't have done this, but now it's become an obsession and a compulsive habit. The turning point was where, in fear, I decided to take a look on the Alcoholic's Anonymous website and take their questionnaire for determining how badly alcohol has become an issue. I was shocked to discover that, by their standards, I might as well be a rising alcoholic by now!...
This needs to stop. Please don't condemn me in my sinfulness. I need prayers and encouragement more than anything else. Fortunately, this hasn't hurt my life in any permanent way yet, but I want to stop it in it's tracks before it does.
The good news is (praise the Lord for this!), so far my shot at Temperance has been working very well. Now if I could only stop thinking about Beer...
Anybody who's suffered what I'm going through got any thoughts/helpful advice? Anybody got anything that can help me here?
I've been cutting back lately in an effort to lean on the One, rather than drugging myself out on an ethanol-ansethesia. The fact is, I have no one to blame but myself for this. I knew I shouldn't have done this, but now it's become an obsession and a compulsive habit. The turning point was where, in fear, I decided to take a look on the Alcoholic's Anonymous website and take their questionnaire for determining how badly alcohol has become an issue. I was shocked to discover that, by their standards, I might as well be a rising alcoholic by now!...
This needs to stop. Please don't condemn me in my sinfulness. I need prayers and encouragement more than anything else. Fortunately, this hasn't hurt my life in any permanent way yet, but I want to stop it in it's tracks before it does.
The good news is (praise the Lord for this!), so far my shot at Temperance has been working very well. Now if I could only stop thinking about Beer...
Anybody who's suffered what I'm going through got any thoughts/helpful advice? Anybody got anything that can help me here?
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