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Great idea to start this SOTK...by the way...what does "SOTK" mean?
I am struggling with drugs....as much as people tell me that they are gonna leave me in bad shape....I still think that I can do better than they did and not fall so deep into addiction like they did....I claim to know myself well...but I'm not sure. The good thing is...I haven't done any drugs as of yet....(yay?)....but I've got stashes of stuff (nothing illegal...nothing prescription....just some stuff that few people know about but is very similiar to pot in its effects and such)....I've researched everything on how to make bongs and how to prepare the drugs....At least I'm doing it right...right? Ugh....I'm so messed up.
It just feel like I went through all the pain of talking to them for nothing. O well, I really had to push myself to do it, never mind. Thats how things usually work for me. My mum ended up getting me in tears again last night. Im an embarresment to her, she hates me, wishes I wasnt here. The usual. Im staying strong though. Not drinking, its turning out to be a lot easier than I expected.
Have you not done drugs? Don't do them and spare yourself. Find another Hobby/Interest RIGHT AWAY, this one WILL devour you. Yes, you too.
Need your prayers guys. Im seriously ill. So nearly died wednesday. Its really shaken me up.
I've fallen on rocks lately and was arrested for DUI. I'm seriously letting my disease ruin my life. I'm in and out of this world.I just don't care much about things. AA has not worked for me.
How it Works
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way. They are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty. Their chances are less than average. There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest.
AA Big Book
I've fallen on rocks lately and was arrested for DUI. I'm seriously letting my disease ruin my life. I'm in and out of this world.I just don't care much about things. AA has not worked for me.
I've fallen on rocks lately and was arrested for DUI. I'm seriously letting my disease ruin my life. I'm in and out of this world.I just don't care much about things. AA has not worked for me.
Hello, I would like to respond to Armoured Saint.
I agree with you...AA has a lot of pricipals that can and should be applied for recovery.
But for some of us...
AA IS NOT THE ANSWER.
I can LITERALLY say that for years, I went to AA mostly out of obligation to others...I never left a meeting w/o wanting a drink. Something about (no offense to anyone, this is just how it was for me) the sitting around in a room full of whining losers almost relishing their disease and defeat to it. Almost as if the victory of sobriety came in embracing the defeat they had suffered for so long and meetings FOREVER meaning they had to agonize over it for the rest of their lives as the only way to maintain the Sobriety...UUUGGGCKKK!
NOT FOR ME...and all the ritualistic little cultish type of activity and people, I would pray to God for forgiveness and cleansing everytime we said "The Lord's Prayer in that Forum".
I knew and ended up being right...this would never help me. I needed to be with my Church Family...seekingk God faithfully Daily and Serving...enjoying the company of people who were living in VICTORY. And yet...I admit...some of the tools not just there, but in REAL counseling that I had gotten have stuck with me and enable me to counsel others. I pride myself in never getting too absorbed in any of their principals.
THAT IS WHY IT IS SUCH A BLESSING THAT CELEBRATING RECOVERY MEETINGS are starting up everywhere. Look one up, near you. They are Christian based...VICTORY TEACHING...groups that utilize the 12 Steps of AA/NA Recovery. Nothing could be more perfect as far as I'm concerned.
I praise the Lord for my recovery and I pray I am not hypocritical when I say...I cannot imagine today...being in the Hell I was once in and it is sobering (pun intended) to look here and see that people are still lost in the same nightmare, enslaved by the enemy.
Deliverance in is the LORD ALONE. Seek him and all other things will be added. If you fall...get right back up and persevere...DO THIS UNTIL YOU GET IT RIGHT. In alot of cases it will get nightmarishly worse before it gets better. PERSEVERE STILL, You have not lost until you stop doing that! And there is a harvest to be reaped by the planting of the seed of perseverence in HIM. GLORY HALLELUJIA.
Yes, you are correct. AA does not work. It is God who "works".
I am teaching/leading a group at my Church based on curriculum from this website:
http://www.freedomfromaddiction.org/truths.htm
Check out some of the links (documents) on the page which comes up. Freedom from habitual sin only comes from one place!
Blessings,
SOTK
Thank you for this link SOTK. I am going to check out this site.I was intriqued by the idea of "celebrate recovery" and had just looked up a local meeting to go ck out.I will be doing that asap.Nevertheless I would like to chat further about your philosophy on the aforementioned "Freedom from Addiction" concept.Do you subscribe to this alone or do you mix and match??
Let me know
Thanx and God Bless,
Larry
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