positive things lately

[hotsauce5000]

hi yall,
I just wanted to share some posistve things in my life lately.
one, Its a long story, but basically i have enough sobriety to have a clear thinking mind that I feel able and willing to help others and talk with then through their problems. an old friend is going through a very tough time in his life and his counseling pastor suggested he find someone he trusted to be his spiritual advisor. he asked me and i accepted. it is an honor and a privilege to be able to share the holy spirit through me.

two, I have been trying to talk to my old neighbor for about two years about his drinking. even before i got a 3rd dwi and got myself sober!! at that time he was diagnosed with diabetes and liver disease. he was consuming jim beam at the rate of two gallons a week at that time. I have had my drivers license back about 9 months and go by there every few weeks. he is never there so i annonymously leave AA literature on his door. he knew it was from me.
anyhow , i caught him at home yesterday and talked a few, ended up cutting his grass (im in a bad financial way and need gas money).
i think he is beyond insane with alcohol at this point as he was saying and acting in a bizzare way. he refuse to hear anything about alcohol even when i was talking about myself. so, i asked him what he thought about going to church with me--said no way. i asked him what he thought about god---said he didnt like god. i asked him why---he didtn know, just sat there looking really insane.

next i asked him if he was ready for big change in his life---yes. i invited him to go to celebrate recovery, a christian recovery group- and he wouldnt have to talk, just listen. to my surprise he said yes. told him i would call at 5 today and remind him to leave by 6. he asked me to come get him and i agreed.

i hope he dont back out, he is way out there. he got fired two days ago he says- because he broke his finger at work?

i know he has no family relations and i dont think he has any friends.

so now god has given me the honor of being a spiritual advisor to an old friend and the courage to keep after someone who needs to stop drinikng alcohol.


i am very grateful for these things!

 

[madison1101]

That is awesome news. It is so neat to hear how God uses us, and helps us see just how awesome HE is, when we get sober and obey the Holy Spirit's leading.

I will pray that your old neighbor gets saved, before the alcohol takes his life.

Trish

 

[hotsauce5000]

thank you,
please pray for this man, the alcoholic,
he is in dire need of help to survive through his alocholism, health, depression , and loss of job due to alcohol. i am worried for him, not sure what to do besides pray for him, talk to him, and ask for others to pray for him.
made it to his second aa meeting in two days. he wants to be free of alcohol, but also talked about doing something very bad.

 

[BobW188]

The hard part is that there is only so much you can do; and you're doing it. god can do the rest if your friend will let him.

One way or another, you've made your first twelfth-step call. That's the idea. We make the effort, we don't control the outcome.

 

[hotsauce5000]

wow.
after the talk we had after second meeting i was sure we would be ok and keep coming back.
friday at 2:30 i got an unusual text from him leading me to beleive that he was going to end his problems. i didnt know what to do so i called the police and drive over to his house. it was very difficult to be there and wait for them to go in. very tense. his truck was not out front and the door was uinlocked . the police went in with guns drawn and it was too quiet.
after about 5 minutes they came out and said he was in there.
after a long pause the man says, yeh he was sleeping.
wow! i was worried that it was too late.

so they talked to him about why they were there and why i called. they took him in for evalutaion, in hancuffs.
he may be mad at me for that but at least i know he will be getting treatment. he did give me his house keys and ask to feed his dog. i also got his moms number and filled her in.
the police told me that i probably saved his life. i am so grateful that i was able to think clearly and quickly yesterday.

please help me pray for this man.

 

[hotsauce5000]

oh ya i forgot, thrusady night after the meeting, he introduced me to someone as his sponsor. something we had not talked about.

 

[Steffenfield]

Honestly, all of us who suffer from alcohol dependency should have the police storm our home with guns drawn.

Nothing else seems to recover our lost spirit without some type of monumental intervention.

I too had to call 911 over a client I had while at work.

It's such a tough call to make but it was my only choice I had at the time.

God bless Hotsauce, you'll be remembered for this.

 

[hotsauce5000]

i got a call from him today, he was just now allowed to use a phone. he asked me to bring him some clothes and he may be allowed to leave by friday if his blood pressure goes down. he looked a lot better and said he was ready to give up the booze and hit aa hard with me. i mentioned that he should pour out the bottles at his house. i talked to his mom too.

things are looking for him so far. thank yall for praying for him.


hotsauce