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For people that use drugs or drink to cope with anxiety
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Personally, I believe you're still here for a reason. I also think God led you here. I may not have used drugs and alcohol to cope with my anxiety and panic atracks, but I did use really bad music and horror movies as my vice. I figured that there wasn't a movie on earth that can compare with how I was feeling inside. I didn't cope well with my anxiety back then. Not until I just wept out loud to God and finally decided I was sick and tired of feeling sick and tired and depressed so one night I prayed genuinely for the first time for Him to forgive me for every single sin, for Him to come into my life and change it for the better. That I believe in His atoning sacrifice for my sins that He paid on the cross for me. I just wanted to stop feeling so numb and depressed all the time. And I especially wanted to get rid of my anxiety and panic attacks. And while I wasn't instantly healed of the above, that heartfelt prayer/cry to God helped set the changes in my life into motion over the years. It was a gradual process. He's helped me cope through spending time reading His Word, through listening and singing Christian worship music, through journaling, sermons (online/in person), fasting and prayer. All those things have genuinely helped me with my anxiety and it also helped me grow closer to Him. My prayers are with you. Thank you for reaching out here. If I may, I think you'll get much more replies in the Advice forum. (Speaking from experience) I pray that the Lord will do a mighty work in your life, that He'll heal you from head to toe, that He'll give you the strength to keep going and keep persevering and to help you quit any addiction that is hindering you. I pray that you'll seek Him out like never before through the above mentioned. That He'll bring you Christian friends that will help you along in your walk with Him.
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