My personal prayer for strength

Lord,


I come to you this evening in a weakened state.


For every step I have taken towards you, you have taken two towards me. Time after time you have demonstrated your power and your unending forgiveness. Father, I need that forgiveness tonight. I need it tonight and I ask for your help. You've helped me with so many things, and so many of them were things I needed help with but never asked for, so I hope that my request to you will be heard and acted upon.


I'm a drunk. A blackout drunk. I wiped out a whole 750mL bottle of Vodka last night and then dipped into my Dad's Canadian Whiskey. I do something like that entirely too often, and Lord, I don't want to do that anymore.


Lord, I know I take after my Mother in too many ways, and I don't want my exit from this world to be like hers – a slow suicide in a drunken haze leading to multiple organ failure.


I know I need to do the legwork for this, but Lord, I ask that you show me the strength hidden within myself to overcome this struggle as you've helped me in the past.


Thank you for hearing me this evening.


Amen.

In agreement in Jesus's name, praying for you.

God bless
pickles

alcohol is definitely an addiction, and I know it. you need love and support to realize you are valued. You are valued by God, and alot on here. I value you alot, because I know and understand. I pray to God right now that you see the light and that you seek help or counselling, and that you know others will help you through this. God knows your fears and anxieties, beleive me. I pray that the right people enter you life and be a good support to you in Jesus name. Amen

Lord we pray for GrumpyCrumpet, please hear this and bless, in Jesus name, Amen!

Last night was difficult for me to manage without my alcoholic crutch. I could almost feel the draw of the devil's candy. I continue to pray for strength and if you would send up prayers for my struggle, I would appreciate it.

Thank you.

Depression and alcoholism do tend to have a positive correlation. I was diagnosed with PTSD after getting out of the military, and depression is one of the things I deal with. Odd that a depressant like alcohol is used to numb the pain o feeling forlorn and depressed, but that's how it's been used in my life. It's a nasty cycle though - I get depressed so I drink and then blackout and then feel horrible the next day both physically and emotionally.

I was sober again last night. I am spending some time today at work locating my local AA chapter.

Lord,

Thank you for the strength to get through today without losing my calm demeanor. I am struggling with my workload of a job and school, while trying to maintain some sort of a healthy lifestyle and a decent diet, and I thank you for all your help in those areas. I am tired my Lord, but I make time to speak to you.

Thank you for your presence with me this afternoon when I once again had to go into the office of the woman who I am convinced is under the influence of something dark, and thank you for keeping my senses sharp so that I could spend as little time there as possible. Thank you for being on my side like I am on yours.

Thank you for these past few evenings so far where I have been able to stay away from the drink. I know I need help, and I will get it, so I hope you don't mind attending AA meetings with me. You still aren't going to get me to step foot in a church, but I vow to continue to praise your name and to strive to be a faithful servant to thy will.

Please hear the prayers of the other folks here who need your guidance or tender touch.

I ask all this in the name of your son, Jesus the Christ. Amen.

Lifting you in prayer
Praying for you strength and peace in Jesus name.
It is not an easy struggle,...
I will keep you in prayers always
God bless you

Col 1:13, 14
13. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14. in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

John 8:31, 32
31. If you continue in my word, then you are my disciples indeed; 32. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

My precious brother GC, God is faithful. He hears and answers. ♥ I pray your weekend be joy-filled and blessed in the perfect peace of Jesus which is beyond all human understanding. \/

Thank you. I need all the help I can get.

I was sent home early today from work for insubordination. I was insubordinate because I was hung over. I'm drinking like a fish tonight. I'm on administrative leave. I think that's the HR way of telling me they want to fire me and need to come up with a reason I can't sue them for.

I don't care. I don't like being an engineer anyhow. I get paid to do math. It's not dignified. Time for another round. Let them bunch of dummies figure out my idea for fractal data storage...LOL...good luck stupid butts.

I'm really sorry to hear what you're going through. (As someone who works HR I can tell you that putting you on administrative leave is the company's way of protecting itself while they do an "investigation". If you were to still work after the incident, then you could argue that they are trying to fire you for an unspoken reason. I know this doesn't help at all, just trying to throw some information out there...)

More importantly, drinking is not the answer. It might alleviate your pain or emptiness temporarily, but it will also leave you more "empty" than when you started. Don't listen to the lie of darkness that tells you it "won't hurt". It will. Brother, please don't do that to yourself. Call out to Christ. Just start talking to Him even if you don't have much to say. Start talking to Him about your job, about the situation, about how you want to drink and why...

And allow your heart to listen....



My prayers are with you. Please keep us updated on how you are doing.

It breaks my heart when I see a decent person turn to drink. In my younger years I was so neve to the world around me. I de valued myself and really abused myself to be like everyone else. I know now it was all a lie. I drank to be confident and drowned my sorrows from a bottle, hiding in toilets being in the wrong marriage everything. Just learn to be the wonderful person you are and don't let the worldly people abuse you or make you angry. Its a fight yes, but I trust you will realize your potential in yourself. You can do anything and achieve quite alot just by beleive in yourself. God is speaking to me to tell you this from my heart. Beleive in yourself and suddenly you will know your genuine efforts will be rewarded. Stop the drink now and don't let people get you down. I fought this for years with my illness and now I know I just have to be myself. Take care x