Hi,
I’m feeling pretty down about my current situation. Most of my friends have moved away and I’ve lost contact with them and a lot of them have passed. So really I’m practically alone in this world. It would help if I could get some advice or at least a prayer for direction.
I think I’ll go back to when I was seventeen; I dropped out of school and started playing lead guitar in a Rock and Roll band. It was great for the first five years then alcohol, drugs and stress began to get to me. In all I played bars for about twelve years until I just could not take it any more. My drinking and drug use became a big problem.
Many days I would wake up and couldn’t remember how I got home. One day when I awoke I noticed that the ends of my fingers had turned blue. I don’t know what caused that but I know it couldn’t be good.
Things got so bad that I had to quit the band. I really loved music but I am not the kind of person that can work in bars without it affecting me negatively.
One of the first things I did after quitting the band was to read the Bible from front to back. I was unemployed for several years after that. All of the alcohol and drugs had affected my mind. I became very anxious and avoided interacting with people. Kind of like some of the stories you might hear about shell-shocked veterans.
I did receive a blessing from God. I found a job that allowed me to work from home. I was and still am too anxious to hold a regular job. I worked for a Christian business that collected donations for women and children. My job was to call people in my area and ask for donations.
I did not make a lot of money but it provided my basic needs. I worked for that company for close to twenty years. Several months ago we were laid-off. Now I don’t know how I am going to survive.
I have been praying that God will show me the path to take, but he hasn’t answered me. Maybe it isn’t the right time yet? He has delivered me many times in the past of that I am sure.
I would like to mention that I have been free from drugs, alcohol, and tobacco for many years. Thank you Jesus!
I would appreciate any advice, or prayers.
I’m feeling pretty down about my current situation. Most of my friends have moved away and I’ve lost contact with them and a lot of them have passed. So really I’m practically alone in this world. It would help if I could get some advice or at least a prayer for direction.
I think I’ll go back to when I was seventeen; I dropped out of school and started playing lead guitar in a Rock and Roll band. It was great for the first five years then alcohol, drugs and stress began to get to me. In all I played bars for about twelve years until I just could not take it any more. My drinking and drug use became a big problem.
Many days I would wake up and couldn’t remember how I got home. One day when I awoke I noticed that the ends of my fingers had turned blue. I don’t know what caused that but I know it couldn’t be good.
Things got so bad that I had to quit the band. I really loved music but I am not the kind of person that can work in bars without it affecting me negatively.
One of the first things I did after quitting the band was to read the Bible from front to back. I was unemployed for several years after that. All of the alcohol and drugs had affected my mind. I became very anxious and avoided interacting with people. Kind of like some of the stories you might hear about shell-shocked veterans.
I did receive a blessing from God. I found a job that allowed me to work from home. I was and still am too anxious to hold a regular job. I worked for a Christian business that collected donations for women and children. My job was to call people in my area and ask for donations.
I did not make a lot of money but it provided my basic needs. I worked for that company for close to twenty years. Several months ago we were laid-off. Now I don’t know how I am going to survive.
I have been praying that God will show me the path to take, but he hasn’t answered me. Maybe it isn’t the right time yet? He has delivered me many times in the past of that I am sure.
I would like to mention that I have been free from drugs, alcohol, and tobacco for many years. Thank you Jesus!
I would appreciate any advice, or prayers.
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