I watched a ministry message and a help show yesterday and it was about overcomming addictions. The minister stressed the benifit of A.A. and other 12 step programs to help with addictions. I'm not saying that these things don't work because they have for many people. As a person plagued with all sorts of addictions I must say that A.A. did not work for me. I've struggled for many years with these embarrasing maladies. Tobacco, alcohol, porn, drugs, all kinds of wrong behavior. What I have discovered is that the power of prayer has proved to be most affective for me. Thanks be to God I've been delivered from the worst of these things by the power of prayer. One on one with God, the Word and the Holy Spirit. I woke up one morning totally set free from tobacco. I smoked for over 40 years!! praise God! And it has not stopped as I write this post. I've been set free from other things as well!
I was in treatment for alcohol for quite some time with no results. In fact it was even more embarrasing to me and my family that I was an 'alcoholic', immoral, character deficient, in fact, I think A. A. made me want to drink more to deal with the embarrasment. To make a long story short I fell away from A. A. and started to get into spiritual things like the bible and prayer and watching Christian Television. Well not too long after that, I fell into a deep depression and went to the doctor, with tears I told the doctor my life was not worth living, I lost my wife of 15 years to divorce, my kids were ashamed of me, and I did'nt really want to live but I did'nt want to die. The doctor prescribed me Zoloft. I went home that day and fell asleep. When I woke up I had no desire to drink and stayed sober for over 7 years.
Same way with Tobacco, after praying and meditating, (talking to God) for some time, I woke up one morning and had no desire for cigarettes. The same with other things I was once a slave to. Gone! Praise God! I was set free by the power of the Holy Spirit! God is able to clean us up if we come to Him and sincerely ask Him for help.
My advise to anyone who needs help with addiction is to give the Lord a chance to do His thing in your life. I am still a work in progress but I have overcome several addictions by the power of God. You can too. 'Practice' prayer and meditation and let God, who created you do His thing in you.
I was in treatment for alcohol for quite some time with no results. In fact it was even more embarrasing to me and my family that I was an 'alcoholic', immoral, character deficient, in fact, I think A. A. made me want to drink more to deal with the embarrasment. To make a long story short I fell away from A. A. and started to get into spiritual things like the bible and prayer and watching Christian Television. Well not too long after that, I fell into a deep depression and went to the doctor, with tears I told the doctor my life was not worth living, I lost my wife of 15 years to divorce, my kids were ashamed of me, and I did'nt really want to live but I did'nt want to die. The doctor prescribed me Zoloft. I went home that day and fell asleep. When I woke up I had no desire to drink and stayed sober for over 7 years.
Same way with Tobacco, after praying and meditating, (talking to God) for some time, I woke up one morning and had no desire for cigarettes. The same with other things I was once a slave to. Gone! Praise God! I was set free by the power of the Holy Spirit! God is able to clean us up if we come to Him and sincerely ask Him for help.
My advise to anyone who needs help with addiction is to give the Lord a chance to do His thing in your life. I am still a work in progress but I have overcome several addictions by the power of God. You can too. 'Practice' prayer and meditation and let God, who created you do His thing in you.
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