The addiction thread

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FireHeart

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Do you struggle with an addiction? Do you need comfort in knowing you are not the only one? I have a severe addiction to caffeine, its a horrible addiction because caffeine is like crack once you are hooked its very hard to quit you go through withdrawals and in my case since i am a major caffeine addict the symptoms are very severe. I have prayed and prayed and prayed then prayed some more for God to help me to cure me or at least help me fight it, however its always a losing battle.

And I know satan is laughing his butt off, I know he thinks he has me and that he's won. But he's wrong. For all you addicts out there I say this in the name of our God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, I dont care how many times I fall, or how strong the addiction is. So long as I have My king by my side I will never quit fighting, im going to fight and im going to win. I may lose the battle pretty much every step of the way but together God and I will win the war.
 
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I've always hated the taste of coffee and stopped drinking sodas. So for me caffeine hasn't been an issue. But it doesn't matter if it's caffeine or it's porn/lust/sex/masturbation or alcohol/drugs or even hoarding. Any type of addiction is dangerous. I struggle with lust and masturbation. It felt a void and after I got bored with porn I started talking to different women online. I finally cried out to God Thursday morning and asked Him to clense me and I've been two days clean since. Just bring your problem to God. He never fails.
 
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I am a chocoholic and an iced coffee addict!! There is no hope for me, so please:


 Gimme Coffee.jpg GIMME GIMME GIMME!!! :)
 
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FireHeart

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blue_ladybug said:

I am a chocoholic and an iced coffee addict!! There is no hope for me, so please:


 View attachment 87822 GIMME GIMME GIMME!!! :)
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KITTY CAT :D Ms Blue you have no idea how much I adore kitty cats, now I have to go online and see every picture and video of cats. you have no idea what you just started, just today I went to the vet and saw cats and I flipped out. I have a serious Cat issue
 
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FireHeart said:
KITTY CAT :D Ms Blue you have no idea how much I adore kitty cats, now I have to go online and see every picture and video of cats. you have no idea what you just started, just today I went to the vet and saw cats and I flipped out. I have a serious Cat issue
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so you're saying you're a catoholic?! :)


Better Things.jpg LOL!! :)
 
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FireHeart

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so you're saying you're a catoholic?! :)


View attachment 87823 LOL!! :)
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I just realized I have more than one addiction, major life changing moment here. But please dont make me choose between cats and God because although I will choose God but I will be so sad:(
 
Lynx

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Back to a serious note, things don't have to be really bad to be addictions. I was addicted to video games for the longest time. It was literally ALL I DID with my spare time. And I could put it down and walk away for a week, and think "Well it's not such a problem after all." Then I'd pick it up again and be right back where I started, spending every free minute playing video games.
 
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FireHeart

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Back to a serious note, things don't have to be really bad to be addictions. I was addicted to video games for the longest time. It was literally ALL I DID with my spare time. And I could put it down and walk away for a week, and think "Well it's not such a problem after all." Then I'd pick it up again and be right back where I started, spending every free minute playing video games.
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True I used to have a video game addiction but God cured me of it when he saved me.
 
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Lynx said:
Back to a serious note, things don't have to be really bad to be addictions. I was addicted to video games for the longest time. It was literally ALL I DID with my spare time. And I could put it down and walk away for a week, and think "Well it's not such a problem after all." Then I'd pick it up again and be right back where I started, spending every free minute playing video games.
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People use the word addiction usely. For something to be an addiction it needs to take over your life. There are people who go days and nights playing video games. Never leaving their rooms. So for some people, yes something like video games can be an addiction.
 
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Unshaven, again. Sitting in a bed that serves as my life raft as I am adrift, again. The chores encroach, attempting to loom. They earn less than a sneer from me. The hounds of addiction scratch at my door, unweakened despite the years they have spent in the cold out of doors. The cynic voice asks if it is my old habits that are free, and I am imprisoned by locking myself inside away from them, rather than them locked outside in the wilderness, away from me. No matter. Let them howl at the door. I have my struggles. My weaknesses. My fears. But inside the heart of my cold iron fortress is the radiant warmth of a secret courtyard garden. There blooms love for the two children, whom I am so very blessed to be raising. They deserve better than what I can give them, but they would get far worse without me.
Raising children is knee bucklingly heavy, but a burden that is a joy to hold.
So one more day the hellhounds bray. One more day I fight back the night. One more day I bar the door tightly against the worst of all I know. One more day I seek to trod a better path than I have trod before. One more day.
 
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Ho11y

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I've had several addictions in my life. However, with God's help and the help of counselors i've been able to walk in freedom from them.

I need to say this too. What i have never understood is when people know they have addictions, hate the addiction and complain about it, but never try and get any help. Baffles me...
 
Liamson

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Ho11y said:
I've had several addictions in my life. However, with God's help and the help of counselors i've been able to walk in freedom from them.

I need to say this too. What i have never understood is when people know they have addictions, hate the addiction and complain about it, but never try and get any help. Baffles me...
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Denial I suppose. "I can quit when I want to."

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Its the illusion of control.


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Its the sympathy train, rolling in the "struggle hugs"
 
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Ho11y said:
I've had several addictions in my life. However, with God's help and the help of counselors i've been able to walk in freedom from them.

I need to say this too. What i have never understood is when people know they have addictions, hate the addiction and complain about it, but never try and get any help. Baffles me...
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That stubborness of control. Thinking WE can do whatever to change it. Thinking it will just go away on its own. When really we can't do anything on our own. It takes the works of God. It takes counseling. Some hate people telling them they have a problem and this is what they have to do.
 
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FireHeart

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Ho11y said:
I've had several addictions in my life. However, with God's help and the help of counselors i've been able to walk in freedom from them.

I need to say this too. What i have never understood is when people know they have addictions, hate the addiction and complain about it, but never try and get any help. Baffles me...
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you need understand that some of us just arent strong enough, I have tried over and over but I am nowhere near strong enough. This is why I need Gods help, and when the time is right he will.
 
cinder

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Ho11y said:
I've had several addictions in my life. However, with God's help and the help of counselors i've been able to walk in freedom from them.

I need to say this too. What i have never understood is when people know they have addictions, hate the addiction and complain about it, but never try and get any help. Baffles me...
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Sometimes it is simply people have more desire to protect their image, or at least their own view of themselves, than they do to get rid of the addiction. They hate the thought of being humbled even more than being addicted.
 
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FireHeart said:
you need understand that some of us just arent strong enough, I have tried over and over but I am nowhere near strong enough. This is why I need Gods help, and when the time is right he will.
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You got it half right... You do need God to break addictions. Where we disagree is the waiting on His time. You realize you have the addiction which is the Holy Spirit saying "hey it's time to work on it." God expects you to recognize that it is sin, repent from it and turn from it. You can't sit back on your laurels and expect some kind of "act of God" to get you out from under the addiction. God can do that but most of us have to learn the hard way. Of course you will stumble...we all do. But when you stumble, you are to repent and turn from it while leaning on God for strength to fight. You can't give up...you must decide to follow Christ. He never said that following Him would be easy. So pick up your cross and overcome. There are numerous people on this forum that have overcome addictions(myself included). Was it easy? No....Was it worth it? YES!
 
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Ho11y

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FireHeart said:
you need understand that some of us just arent strong enough, I have tried over and over but I am nowhere near strong enough. This is why I need Gods help, and when the time is right he will.
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You've tried over and over again to get help?? Or you've tried over and over on your own to break free of your addiction? If you're waiting on God to magically set you free when you're not doing nothing, but continuing to submit to the addiction and ''wait on his timing''...... you might be waiting awhile.
 
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FireHeart

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amymine712 said:
You got it half right... You do need God to break addictions. Where we disagree is the waiting on His time. You realize you have the addiction which is the Holy Spirit saying "hey it's time to work on it." God expects you to recognize that it is sin, repent from it and turn from it. You can't sit back on your laurels and expect some kind of "act of God" to get you out from under the addiction. God can do that but most of us have to learn the hard way. Of course you will stumble...we all do. But when you stumble, you are to repent and turn from it while leaning on God for strength to fight. You can't give up...you must decide to follow Christ. He never said that following Him would be easy. So pick up your cross and overcome. There are numerous people on this forum that have overcome addictions(myself included). Was it easy? No....Was it worth it? YES!
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no see here is my situation, I do fight I give it all I've got. The issue is im not strong enough i need Gods help but i fight anyways. I do this as an act of faith to him, I continue to fight a battle I cant win while he allows me to struggle like this because he is testing my heart.
With him I can do anything, there isnt anything i cant do I could easily walk on water I could heal the blind i believe with him all things are possible, however he has yet to act, and even though it seems like he will never help me I choose to trust in him. I have faith that when the time is right, when I have gone through the fire enough he will act and there will be literally nothing we cannot do.

I met satan once, he said I wasnt strong enough. God and I will prove him wrong
 
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One thing to remember is that everyone experiences addictions differently.
 
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