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[gmadison]

hi everyone,
glad i found you. coming up on 6 months of freedom from crack and fornication, 5 months off of cigarettes.
i'm looking forward to starting a support group at my church whose main emphasis will be intimacy and reverence for God. this is the foundation of my sobriety.
i'm looking forward to being used more and more by God. i hope that i can be of service in this forum.

 

[UnitynLove]

Amen, your life is a testimony to God's goodness and favor. I will continue to pray for you my brother, Amen.

 

[Sodium]

Praise God. I'm going on 3 years of sobriety so far, tho I haven't quit smoking cigarettes yet. If you ever want to talk send me a message.
Grace and peace

 

[jerry ralph]

hi everyone,
glad i found you. coming up on 6 months of freedom from crack and fornication, 5 months off of cigarettes.
i'm looking forward to starting a support group at my church whose main emphasis will be intimacy and reverence for God. this is the foundation of my sobriety.
i'm looking forward to being used more and more by God. i hope that i can be of service in this forum.

Congratulations on your six months...........do you attend any 12 step meetings?........jerry

 

[AngelDove1]

gmadison,
congrats on your 6 months.
Dosen't matter how meny yrs or months we have.
We are all still one drink (drug) away from a drunk (being a drugy).
Thanks for sharing,stay willing God will use you.
God bless you

 

[justanobserver]

hi everyone,
glad i found you. coming up on 6 months of freedom from crack and fornication, 5 months off of cigarettes.
i'm looking forward to starting a support group at my church whose main emphasis will be intimacy and reverence for God. this is the foundation of my sobriety.
i'm looking forward to being used more and more by God. i hope that i can be of service in this forum.

Hi. welcome to the recovery forums and congratualtions on your 6 months!! I really commend you for wanting to start a support groiup. It is a much needed ministry.

I been sober for almost 2 yrs (Sep 5 will be 2) and clean for about 3 yrs.

I go back and forth on the smoking but its a work in progress.

again, welcome!

 

[Harlan Norris]

I have been drug and booze free for 3 years now,by the grace of God.Once we see these things for what they are,they never look the same again.Congratulations on your freedom. Praise God!

 

[gmadison]

Congratulations on your six months...........do you attend any 12 step meetings?........jerry

hi jerry,
sry i took so long to respond. i do go to 12 step meetings. that's not where i get most of my support though. i , also, go to christ-centered support groups and groups at the Veterans Hospital. i get most of my strength by looking back to the work that the Lord had me start some year ago on the relationship between idolatry and durg abuse. revering the Lord is an area that has helped tremedously. this is yet another piece on writing that i started years ago. i've been fortunate to shelter myself in structured environments. (i won't go into detail now) another thing that helps is not to just focus on my weakness for drugs, but to recognizse how i need the Lord in every area of my life.

 

[jerry ralph]

hi jerry,
sry i took so long to respond. i do go to 12 step meetings. that's not where i get most of my support though. i , also, go to christ-centered support groups and groups at the Veterans Hospital. i get most of my strength by looking back to the work that the Lord had me start some year ago on the relationship between idolatry and durg abuse. revering the Lord is an area that has helped tremedously. this is yet another piece on writing that i started years ago. i've been fortunate to shelter myself in structured environments. (i won't go into detail now) another thing that helps is not to just focus on my weakness for drugs, but to recognizse how i need the Lord in every area of my life.

I also go to several places for strength, I read the Word daily, go to church, go to AA and NA, go to VA (disabled Vietnam Vet)...........But when it comes right down to it, and I can pin point my strength. "The Joy of the Lord is my strength" (Neh. 8:10). Joy is not happiness, all though happiness is a product of Joy. For me Joy is a deep-down in my heart spiritual force, a strength that comes only from being forgiven by grace, and a right standing with God.........I stay sober as long as I "trust God, clean house, and help others." You are helping others by sharing here........and I am grateful for your postings...........E Z does It...........jerry
http://www.jerryengland.blogspot.com

 

[traingosorry]

gmadison can I ask if the crack and the sex addiction went hand in hand or ws one there before the other?

My dad is a crack addict and there are prostitutes hanging out at the house; I 'm finding porn videos all over the place and suggestive photos of the women. I'm sort of at loss for what to think right now.

 

[gmadison]

i had an addiction to illicit sex before i was expose to crack. it is unfortunate that drugs like crack stimulate people sexually so that their sexual addiction is reinforced. that's the way that i really became enslaved to both.

 

[HawaiianTropicalDude]

Glad you're on here and sharing.I'm Seth,hi.

 

[gmadison]

Glad you're on here and sharing.I'm Seth,hi.

thanks,
God bless you