Crippled Feet: Drugs and Alcohol

Day 5

When it comes to alcohol and drugs, you automatically think of the time you went to that drinking party. Or that time when your friend offered you some drugs to smoke. There are two thoughts that come to you when you remember this, either you thought it was terrible stuff and you never did it again, or you liked it so much you want to take it again and again.

The biggest problem with both drugs and alcohol, is that it becomes addicting. We think that to forget the pain we've been through, is to drink or smoke until we forget the pain. Instead of turning to God, we try to find comfort in these worldly things. The only problem with these worldly things, is that you often do not feel satisfied afterwards. God tries to show us this, tries to remind us of that constant thirst that is never ending. He tries to guard us against it many times. Read Proverbs 23:29-35.

"Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine. Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly! In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper. Your eyes will see strange sights and your mind imagine confusing things. You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging. 'They hit me' you will say, 'but I'm not hurt! They bet me, but I don't feel it! When I wake up so I can have another drink?'" 

God knows that alcohol not only harms you. Bit it also effects those around you who have to watch you go through the pain your putting your body and your soul through. Read 1 Corinthians 6: 19-20.

"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body."

Addiction is a hard thing to overcome, but with the help of God's word we will become strong again. When we feel weak, God will help us stay strong. Read Hebrews 11:34.

"Quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who become powerful in battle and routed foreign armies."

Another way we can hold true to God and depend less on alcohol and drugs, is to remember how important it is to have God in our lives. How by giving our life over to God, it is no longer our life, but God's. Read Jeremiah 10: 23.

"I know, O Lord, that a man's life is not his own; it is not for man to direct his steps."

Drinking can often lead to sin which leads us down from God's path. The sin not only harms us, but those we love. A lot of unborn babies die, or are born with severe FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) Because of the alcohol that the mother drinks. Although this causes much stress, the best way to help your journey to no alcohol, is to know you are forgiven. By God, Read Isaiah 44:22.

"I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like a morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you."

By Friends, and also by Family. Read Luke 17: 3-4.

"So watch yourselves. ' If your brothers sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times, comes back to you and says 'I repent' forgive him."

Forgiveness is key to recovery. Not only do you need your friends and family to forgive you. Not even God, who has already forgiven you. But you must also forgive yourself. For you cannot continue in faith with God, with the guilt and shame of a sinner.