I've been a christian for about 3 yrs, god has delivered me from the hard drugs I was on but the I still struggle with pills for about the last 2 yrs. I don't know what else to do. I has so many convicting feels towards God but the one thing I do know it that I can't stop on my own. I get so frustrated with God because I know that if he wanted to he could just heal me with the snaps of this fingers but why he choses not too really gets me upset. I know that as a christian I need to learn starve my flesh and feed the spirit and I admit I am not doing this. I know in my heart that this is what i need to do but doing it and stopping this pill are two different things. I CAN"T STOP! I have tried and tried and I can't. IF someone out there could just give me some advise please do so. Thank you and God Bless you.
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I really don't know what else to do.
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A snapping of the fingers response from God would devalue any lesson that we can get from our experiences. And when we don't get a lesson out of our experiences we're basically doomed to repeat them. Our experiences also can be used to help out others in situations like our own. If God just snaps his fingers and says "You're no longer addicted" how can we help others going through a similar plight? We can't. And that's what gives our problems some meaning.
Have you looked into outpatient/inpatient treatment? Maybe searching for a recovery forum that has a religion backing to it to help further and pursue you to quit?
I know the Salvation Army has an adult rehabilitation that is free to get into. It wasn't for me but maybe it could help you out.
**I can't post links yet but Google "Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation" they have locations all over.
Have you looked into outpatient/inpatient treatment? Maybe searching for a recovery forum that has a religion backing to it to help further and pursue you to quit?
I know the Salvation Army has an adult rehabilitation that is free to get into. It wasn't for me but maybe it could help you out.
**I can't post links yet but Google "Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation" they have locations all over.
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Belle77, what you speak of sounds very familiar to me.
I've been clean over 23 years in Narcotics Anonymous, which God used very powerfully in my life.
I suggest you find meetings in your area and make yourself a part of that fellowship.
It's been so long since I felt like I had to get high, that I don't remember when it was. I'm free.
www.NA.org - the website for the Fellowship of Narcotics Anonymous
I've been clean over 23 years in Narcotics Anonymous, which God used very powerfully in my life.
I suggest you find meetings in your area and make yourself a part of that fellowship.
It's been so long since I felt like I had to get high, that I don't remember when it was. I'm free.
www.NA.org - the website for the Fellowship of Narcotics Anonymous
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Just to echo on that, NA is a great resource for people that won't/can't get themselves into some kind of rehab. Although I will say, that depending on the pills you are having issues with, you must be very careful; many prescription drugs that are abused nowadays can have deadly withdrawl side effects. Call a detox in your area an ask them if the drugs you are abusing require a medically assisted detox for your safety.
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Belle,
WELCOME!
and I asked a pastor that same question about 2 years ago--WHY won't God take this from me, and just put me where I need to be?
And the pastor said, "well, it's a long trip for some, and if He just PUT you where you are suppose to go, you wouldn't know how to handle it. You'll get there."
and is wasn't long before I was delivered from cigarettes, JUST LIKE THAT. Then a couple years later, I've gotten the same help with marijuana. JUST LIKE THAT. It's GONE. The desire to be high, to escape, to run--that is completely gone. I still feel lonesome and angry at times, the feelings I used to cover with drugs--but I don't feel the need to get high.
I quit hard drugs about 8 years ago, and had been addicted to everything for about 10 years before that.
It's all completely gone. I have about 120 days clean and sober. And life is incredible. Thanks so much God!
WELCOME!
and I asked a pastor that same question about 2 years ago--WHY won't God take this from me, and just put me where I need to be?
And the pastor said, "well, it's a long trip for some, and if He just PUT you where you are suppose to go, you wouldn't know how to handle it. You'll get there."
and is wasn't long before I was delivered from cigarettes, JUST LIKE THAT. Then a couple years later, I've gotten the same help with marijuana. JUST LIKE THAT. It's GONE. The desire to be high, to escape, to run--that is completely gone. I still feel lonesome and angry at times, the feelings I used to cover with drugs--but I don't feel the need to get high.
I quit hard drugs about 8 years ago, and had been addicted to everything for about 10 years before that.
It's all completely gone. I have about 120 days clean and sober. And life is incredible. Thanks so much God!
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For the God part, I never thought he works that way. We are all different, and we make choices, and we all suffer personal problems whatever the reasons behind them. He doesn't come down, snap his fingers and make everything go away, and He doesn't intervene so staight and clear. That's what I think, don't mean to be offensive or even discuss of it, let's get to the point.
I've been addicted to benzos for many years. I've tried to quit on my own, and it never worked. I tried to quit little by little, and always failed. I tried to quit straight to zero, but the withdrawals were always beyond horrible, and dangerous, and I am lucky to be alive.
Someone suggested NA, not a bad option. AA isn't bad either, it's basically the same thing. I am an alcoholic too, and even when I wasn't drinking but still had this problem with pills, I found my local AA group to be better option for me. I stopped going there for some reason, perhaps because I was starting to abuse the drugs more and became even more isolated.
I am planning to someday go to the meetings again.
I don't know about you, but to get to that point, I would need to reduce the amount of pills that I take. I'm soon going to a psychiatric ward (yeah I'm a nutjob too), where I plan to get the benzos reduced, little by little, and under control. So it'll be kind of rehab and monitoring my mental health at the same time. That's my plan. I know everyone is not so lucky and they really have to fight to get any kind of help or treatment.
Hope you find something that can help. And don't be too hard on yourself. As you know, these things aren't kiddy problems that disappear over night. I do know it's hard to even think about life without (insert your favourite poison), if you feel it's helping you to survive, even if you know where it leads.
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