Starting over??

[Jerriberry]

I don't even know where to begin. I am in trouble. I accepted Jesus about 10 years ago but you probably would not know it if you looked at my life the past two years.

It started out small...a bad word here or there...deciding to sleep in and not go to church...just a few drinks...well, one little joint won't hurt....... SO, here I write before you today a total shameful mess. Drunk every weekend and smoking weed every day!! What the heck happened to me? I did not care and I did not even feel it was harmful. I said,"Hey, it's a natural plant--who am I hurting?" It is like living in a fog...

THEN, just a few days ago, I got hurt at work. I fell down a flight of stairs. Whoa! I laid there stunned and hurting and could not move for a minute. I believe I cried out to God . I felt like I got a whoopin' . I was bruised all over but otherwise unhurt. It's weird. It's like waking up. I cannot explain it but since that time I really began to examine my life. I do not like what I see.

I was surfing around and got this link somewhere...so here I am. Don't quite know what to do with myself. Been doing alot of praying and crying . I have been drug free for just 2 days. I have been reading alot of inspirational stuff on this site and I got my Bible out of the closet. It was covered with dust you could write on!

Thanks for listening. I just need someplace to talk without judgement

 

[chilehed]

Welcome to the forums.

Sounds real familiar, and you're taking a good first step. My experience is that getting clean was difficult, but staying clean gets easier with time provided I don't get complacent.

May I suggest finding the Narcotics Anonymous fellowship in your area? It was (and is still) an important part of my recovery.

http://www.na.org/links-toc.htm

 

[FallingWaters]

I don't even know where to begin. I am in trouble. I accepted Jesus about 10 years ago but you probably would not know it if you looked at my life the past two years.

It started out small...a bad word here or there...deciding to sleep in and not go to church...just a few drinks...well, one little joint won't hurt....... SO, here I write before you today a total shameful mess. Drunk every weekend and smoking weed every day!! What the heck happened to me? I did not care and I did not even feel it was harmful. I said,"Hey, it's a natural plant--who am I hurting?" It is like living in a fog...

THEN, just a few days ago, I got hurt at work. I fell down a flight of stairs. Whoa! I laid there stunned and hurting and could not move for a minute. I believe I cried out to God . I felt like I got a whoopin' . I was bruised all over but otherwise unhurt. It's weird. It's like waking up. I cannot explain it but since that time I really began to examine my life. I do not like what I see.

I was surfing around and got this link somewhere...so here I am. Don't quite know what to do with myself. Been doing alot of praying and crying . I have been drug free for just 2 days. I have been reading alot of inspirational stuff on this site and I got my Bible out of the closet. It was covered with dust you could write on!

Thanks for listening. I just need someplace to talk without judgement

Hey you... God is having mercy on You. He's drawing you back to Himself. That is wonderful.

I was kinda backslidden like that for about a year. Then some horrible circumstances came into our lives, and God brought me back around.

Shall I recommend something? What really helped me was that we started going to a church where they have Sunday school between services. I started attending that. They have Sunday night Discipleship classes. I started attending those. They had a Wednesday morning Bible study with a godly teacher, and I started attending that. Slowly but surely, God restored my faith.

Welcome back to the fold. Thank God.

 

[Un2ChristTheKing]

I'm so glad you are taking this seriously! I am 13 and have already smoked weed, tooken pills, huffed, smoked, drank, and lord knows what else.... Its not that its hard to quit... ITS THE DESICION To quit. After that it is so easy....I have been clean for 5 months and I have really taken god into my life again... I will pray for you! Always remember. God loves you! We are all friends here!

 

[AngelDove1]

Hey jerriberry,
Congrats on the 2days.

Rude awakenings are no fun,but a blessing in disguise.

Your on the right path.....stay on it.
Trun it over to God...and
Little by little it will be reviled to you.

"One day at a Time"

sometimes one baby step at a time.
progress not perfection.
You have made progress...
"Just for today"

remember to
"Keep it (and stay) in the now"

God does for us what we could
not do for oueselves.

 

[UnitynLove]

This is a sign from you lord to Go back to him. Look at his mercy on you, you could have been parazlyed from this accident but you are not. He could have let his wrath pour out on you but he decided to have mercy on you to draw you back to him. Go back...

 

[jerry ralph]

I don't even know where to begin. I am in trouble. I accepted Jesus about 10 years ago but you probably would not know it if you looked at my life the past two years.

It started out small...a bad word here or there...deciding to sleep in and not go to church...just a few drinks...well, one little joint won't hurt....... SO, here I write before you today a total shameful mess. Drunk every weekend and smoking weed every day!! What the heck happened to me? I did not care and I did not even feel it was harmful. I said,"Hey, it's a natural plant--who am I hurting?" It is like living in a fog...

THEN, just a few days ago, I got hurt at work. I fell down a flight of stairs. Whoa! I laid there stunned and hurting and could not move for a minute. I believe I cried out to God . I felt like I got a whoopin' . I was bruised all over but otherwise unhurt. It's weird. It's like waking up. I cannot explain it but since that time I really began to examine my life. I do not like what I see.

I was surfing around and got this link somewhere...so here I am. Don't quite know what to do with myself. Been doing alot of praying and crying . I have been drug free for just 2 days. I have been reading alot of inspirational stuff on this site and I got my Bible out of the closet. It was covered with dust you could write on!

Thanks for listening. I just need someplace to talk without judgement

It's not what you stop that counts, but what you start. Get to a meeting of AA or NA and find a Christian that you can confide in. Honesty is the foundation of changing our lives. Find someone in your church that you can confide in also....... http://www.jerryengland.blogspot.com .......jerry

 

[customrig]

Don't be wuss, just keep on partying. What all these people don't understand is that religion and god is just an easy answer to all of lifes problems, even easier than drugs. It doesnt require any common sense or knowledge just blind faith. Wake up man, dont let them fool you with thier ******** - theres no longer a need for god, we now have science.

 

[gmadison]

i just joined the forum about a week ago. i have know Jesus for 25 years. there was a time when i turned from christ to a life of fornication and crack smoking. do you still want to change your life? i don't notice any resent threads.