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Overcoming Addictions and Compulsive Behavior
"No human power could deliver us, but God could and would if
HE were sought"
The SERENITY Prayer
http://www.aagrapevine.org/gvhist2.html
Complete Serenity Prayer
http://saltfactory.com/library/poetry/serenity.htm
Satan's Clown
by Frank Gallagher
(who is now in that Big Meeting in the sky )
Barefoot Bob's site.
There you will find Bob's collection of invaluable material from
AA --Alcoholics Anonymous. Of special interest is :
"12
Steps Table Talk -- Chapter
Five of the Big Book
http://www.barefootsworld.net/tabltalk.html
http://www.barefootsworld.net/abc_pg60.html
Be good to yourself and stop by Bob's place...
(and just don't take that first drink )
Audio Tapes of Speaker
Meetings -- AA and Al-Anon
ENCORE Audio Archives
www.12steptapes.com
http://www.12steptapes.com/cataloge.html
HOPE for
those under addiction
www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/fellowship.html
Recovery
Connection for 12 step books and gifts
www.recoveryconnectiongifts.com
The Grapevine
www.aagrapevine.org
FORUM http://www.aagrapevine.org/isay/forum.html
ATTITUDE by Chuck Swindoll
The
Greatest Thing in all the World
http://silkworth.net/henry_drummond/hd_tablecontents.htm
Be Ye Sober
Putting on the New Man
The Man in the Glass
When you get
what you want in your struggle for Self
and the world makes you king for a day
Just go to a mirror and look at yourself
And see what that man has to say.
For it isn't your parents, your children or wife
Whom judgment upon you must pass
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the one staring back from the glass
Some people may think you're a strait-shooting chum
And call you a wonderful guy
But the man in the glass says you're only a bum
If you can't look him straight in the eye.
He's the fellow to please; never mind all the rest
For he's with you clear up to the end
And you've passed your most dangerous, difficult test
If the man in the glass is your friend.
You may fool the whole world down the pathway of life
And get pats on your back as you pass
But your final reward will be heartaches and tears
If you've cheated the man in the glass.
-Dale Wimbrow
"One Day at a
Time"
http://www.mamarocks.com/one_day_at_a_time.htm
Why Me, Lord ?
http://www.alighthouse.com/melord.htm
Day by Day
http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/d/d011.html
http://rockhay.tripod.com/worship/orders/2003/03-05-18.htm
Just a Closer
Walk with Thee
http://www.mamarocks.com/closer_walk_with_thee.htm
It takes a lot of Courage
http://saltfactory.com/library/poetry/courag1.htm
Alcohol: Biggest
Problem in America
Speaking at the Alcohol Policy XI Conference in
Chicago, General [ Barry ] McCaffrey asked which
drug
was causing most violence among American people. "It's
alcohol," he said. "
And it all starts with the abuse of beer and wine coolers by
adolescent Americans......
McCaffrey stands by his word, that alcohol
is the primary drug of abuse in America,
not only for young people but for adults of all ages.
http://www.ias.org.uk/theglobe/1998issue3/czar.htm
"This kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting"
Matthew 17:21 and Mark 9:29
(totally abstaining from the object of compulsion.......
alcohol, drugs, pornography, gambling, sex, overeating,
cigarettes, etc. etc. etc.)
"Half-measures avail us nothing" ......
7 % of workers drink on the job --
Jan. 16, 2006
Of all psychoactive substances with the potential to impair
cognitive and behavioral performance, alcohol is the most widely
used and misused substance in the general population and in the
work force," said Frone, research associate professor in the
university's Psychology Department
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/thrive/2006/jan/12/011202547.html
"One is too many and 1,000 not enough"
By the way, who are the Rechabites????
www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Jer/Jer035.html
- "To many, total abstinence is
easier than perfect moderation." -- ST.
AUGUSTINE
JUST FOR TODAY
http://www.storybin.com/lists/list111.shtml
God is still on the Throne
And (sincere) PRAYER CHANGES THINGS
A New
Day
http://susie1114.com/Newday.htm
Bill Wilson's original 'Big Book' Master Copy sold at
auction - June 24, 2004
1 + 1/2 million dollars
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/19/books/19SCHO.html
"My Name is the Big Book"
www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/features/2628894
Who are "ENABLERS"
???
Enablers are people who are too close to you to release you with
love...
They need a program also for reality-love (tough-love)
I can't ... God can... so let Him
Let Go and Let God
http://www.alanon.org.za/
From time to time family members and friends of addicts will act
in ways that allow the abuse to continue. These people are
referred to as "enablers". Enablers may make excuses
for the addict, but rarely seek help for themselves. Al-Anon and
Alateen are for them.
http://www.texas-al-anon.org/
http://www.allsands.com/Health/Diseases/symptomsofaddi_ydg_gn.htm
"Dear God, Let me not take to myself nor suffer over the actions
and reactions of other people.
Other adult human beings are not my responsibility,
no matter how closely their lives may be intertwined with mine.
I will not allow myself to be troubled by anyone else.
My one problem is to improve my own way of living and looking at
life."
pg. 7 of Al-Anon book. ( Jan. 7 )
What about the omissions
of other people ? Those too are actions ( not taken ) based upon
decisions.
Relationships are two-way. Does the other person demonstrate
that he or she WANTS the relationship ?
Consistentently and honestly ?? Talk is cheap. Actions count.
Are you their safety net in case of extreme emergency, or are you
someone they truly value and give their
genuine concern to ? Are they just a taker or a user, or are they
a giver ?
Most of all ... are they working a 12 step Godly program ? No ?
Then just say no.
"No human power could deliver us from our obsession, but GOD
could and would ... if He were sought"
Detachment
"Often a good relationship with someone we love is
materially weakened because of our lack of willingness to release
that person to experience his own lifestyle. Husbands and wives,
brothers and sisters, parents and children, and oftentimes good
friends are alienated because of a feeling of being stifled.
If there are persons with whom you would like to improve your
relationships, practice the fine art of letting them know you
care--but at the same time, release them to their own life
experience--release with love and prayer."
* * *
Recovery from Domestic Violence www.robindyer.org.
Robin Lynn Dyer
www.geocities.com/robinldyer
FOOD ADDICTIONS
obesity
From Overeaters Anonymous: " Your commitment to abstinence
from compulsive overeating is the most important thing in your
(physical) life without exception....
If you do not abstain from compulsive overeating and practice
moderation at meals,
you may destroy your chances of finding health, happiness,
self understanding, and peace of mind."
12 Step Links
http://www.oa-dcmetro.org/links.htm
Overeater Anonymous http://overeatersanonymous.org
www.overeaters.org
and www.oa.org
Recovery from both alcohol and food addiction
http://recovery.hiwaay.net/special/aarecovery.html
ANY ADDICTIONS
Computer Addiction
Filters for your computer...NET NANNY...customize
http://www.netnanny.com/prod_NN4_Description.asp
Emotions
Anonymous
http://www.emotionsanonymous.org/
Forgiveness is not necessarily fellowship;
Forgiveness is praying for the good of the offender and not
wishing ill-will ( revenge ) ;
then moving on.
"from such turn away " -- 2 Timothy 3
"don't throw your pearls to the swine" -- Matthew 7:6
http://drbenkim.com/blog/2006/07/how-to-forgive-someone-who-has-hurt.html
"Let go, and let God ( handle that person ) "
Pornography
www.porn-free.org/index2.html
How porn works
http://www.porn-free.org/how_porn_works.htm
How does a person keep oneself from impure thoughts ?
By reading and daily feeding on the Bible. Psalm 119: 9
Dr. James Dobson's interview with Ted Bundy before his execution
http://www.pureintimacy.org/gr/intimacy/understanding/a0000082.cfm
Don't get embarrassed.....get help.
Other addictions www.recovery.org/rec3.html
www.addictions.net
What about drugs??
coke-cocaine, crack, ecstasy, heroin, marijuana, etc.
COCAINE: Taking freedom of choice away
"Why is this drug so powerful, so all consuming, so deadly?
The answers lie within the brain. This drug is one of many that
has the capacity to alter brain functioning and take an
individual's freedom of choice away. It happens to be quicker and
more efficient than others.
And for those who don't quit cocaine, one of three things is
guaranteed to happen.
They will end up in prison.
They will end up in a mental hospital.
They will die.
The real tragedy is the number of individuals whose lives they
destroy along the way."
http://www.mobar.org/law/cocaine.htm
See TEEN CHALLENGE
www.teenchallenge.com/main/drugs/maripage.htm
www.teenchallenge.com/index.html
www.NARCOTICSANONYMOUS.com
http://hem.passagen.se/aibbal/engelsk3.html
pills
"Soma, soma, soma " ---- from Brave
New World, by Aldous Huxley
"Instead, it provides a mindless, inauthentic "
happiness" -
a vacuous escapism which makes people comfortable with their lack
of freedom.
Soma is a narcotic that raises "a quite impenetrable wall
between the actual universe and their minds."
http://www.huxley.net/soma/somaquote.html
Many Americans drive drugged
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/national/article/0,1406,KNS_350_2264425,00.html
Testimonies http://breadsite.org/topics.htm
http://www.lifeway.org/stories.htm
Twenty-two million addicted
"The study, released by the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration on Friday, finds that 19.5
million Americans used illicit drugs in 2002.
This works out to 8.3 percent of the population age 12 or older
The survey found that marijuana remains the most
widely used illegal drug,
with an estimated 14.6 million users in the past month.
"In 2002, an estimated 2 million persons were current cocaine
users," the report adds. Of these, 567,000 used crack.
Hallucinogens such as Ecstasy were used by 1.2
million.
"drug and alcohol addicts often do not recognize
that they have a problem, the report said. "Over 94 percent
of people with substance use disorders who did not receive
treatment did not believe they needed treatment," the report
reads."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&ncid=751&e=1&u=/nm/20030905/hl_nm/health_drugs_dc
"they repented not of
their sorceries" Rev. 9:21
"sorcery" comes from the Greek word
"pharmekia" (pharmacy) meaning "drugs"
Homosexuality:
Agape-love for the sinner, separating from the sin.
Those who endorse prove that they love the sin while hating the
sinner;
Those who hold forth the Word of Life prove that they love the
sinner and hate the sin.
Biblical Truth = love
Speaking the TRUTH in Love ... Romans 1
Leviticus 18:22
"Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind. It is
abomination."
the director of the Human Genome Project, Dr. Francis
Collins, said this: homosexuality is not
hardwired. There is no gay gene.
We mapped the human genome. We now know there is no genetic
cause for homosexuality
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Church/Default.aspx?id=250538
Leviticus 20:13
and 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Isaiah 53
" All we like sheep have gone astray; We have gone each one
to our own way."
Michael Glatze ( Gay activist ) leaves homosexual lifestyle --
July 3, 2007
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56481
Testimonies of Deliverance
http://www.thebible.net/cnlglfg/
Transexual: Transformed -- Perry
http://www.stonewallrevisited.com/pages/perry_d.html
Life and Liberty ministries
Christians persecuted for freedom of speech
http://www.lifeandlibertyministries.com/
True
confessions..from WND mailbag Feb 28-2002
I was a homosexual – until I was 28 years old. There was
nothing "gay" about the lifestyle at all. I was with
well over 100 people sexually – many whom are dead today
from AIDS. It's a miracle I'm alive.
Stephen
Bennett Ministries http://www.sbministries.org/
Stephen's
Testimony
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=\\Culture\\archive\\200202\\CUL20020226a.html
" I mocked and made fun of
"Christians" for years, yet it was a dear Christian
woman who showed up at my door one day with a Bible, and shared
with me Jesus Christ.
It was the Word of God alone which broke my
11 year destructive homosexual lifestyle -
one of numerous homosexual encounters (well over 100), as well as
one of sadness, loneliness and pain. Today,
happily married for over nine years to a wonderful Christian
woman with two beautiful little children, we truly have a passion
and compassion to reach out to these dear homosexual friends." ---
Steve Bennett
"But
whosoever shall offend one of these little ones which believe in
Me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his
neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Woe unto the world because of offenses ! for it must needs be
that offenses come;
but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh! Matthew
18:6 ; Mark 9:42; Luke 17:2;
_______________________________________
Ann Paulk, a
former lesbian turned wife, mother and cornerstone of the Love Won Out ministry, appeared in a New
York Times ad addressing homosexuals:
"I‘m living proof that truth can set you free."
The following day, a Washington Post ad declared,
"We‘re standing for the truth that homosexuals
can change."
Phones rang off the hook, at both papers, Parshall said.
And retired football player Reggie White ran
willingly into the cultural war front lines with his infamous
speech to the Wisconsin legislature declaring homosexuality a
sin, and abortion wrong.
"The earth shook, and he lost millions of dollars in
employment from television and advertising," Parshall said.
"But Reggie said, 'I‘m
a multi-millionaire in heaven.'
Rival ads said no one can claim an exclusive relationship with
God. Wrong!
The Bible is the truth, and that sets the captive free."
http://www.americonservative.com/Parshall.htm
There is a Way Out
http://www.stonewallrevisited.com/pages/otherway.html
Nothing but the Truth---June 4-2002
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27836
Excuses,
but no reasons --Dr. Kelly
Hollowell
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39489
MISSION: AMERICA ....telling
the truth about homosexuality
http://www.missionamerica.com/
No Truth to being "born gay"
Camille Paglia, a lesbian
activist has had the courage to boldly
state what most homosexuals refuse to admit: "Homosexuality
is not ‘normal.’ On the contrary, it is a challenge to
the norm…Nature exists whether academics like it or not. And
in nature, procreation is the single relentless rule. That is the
norm. Our sexual bodies were designed for reproduction…No
one is born gay.
The idea is ridiculous…homosexuality is an adaptation, not
an inborn trait…."
http://www.worthynews.com/commentary/born-gay.html
Prophecy Central
http://www.bible-prophecy.com/homosexual3.htm
What about Homosexuality?? EXODUS INTERNATIONAL
www.exodusintl.org
http://www.messiah.edu/hpages/facstaff/chase/h/index.htm
http://masteringlife.gospelcom.net/page.php?load=art
http://www.firesofdarkness.com/homosexuality.htm
http://home.messiah.edu/~chase/h/
JONAH --Jewish same-sex attraction
http://www.ldolphin.org/jonahgays.html
NYC bans Leviticus
18:22
"Call to Courage" against freedom of speech
But "Scripture could not be clearer on this
topic," she stated, pointing to Matthew
19, "which records Christ's words that
people were created 'from the beginning' as male and female, and
the two become one when they marry."
"This group is clearly operating by 'seat-of-the-pants'
rules," Harvey said.
"They have decided to alter Scripture
or disregard it for their own twisted purposes.
"By encouraging people to believe homosexuality is
compatible with Christian doctrine, they will lead many people
directly into harm's way,
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/11539822/
Exgay Nomad links
http://members.aol.com/exgaynomad/x_org.htm
"If we say that we have no sin, we decieve ourselves, and
the truth is not in us."
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive
us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."1 John 1:8, 9
SMOKING
Testimony of a former smoker
http://www.his-forever.com/quit_smoking.htm
www.nicotine-anonymous.org
www.quitsmoking.com
www.quitnet.org/qn_main.jtml?nosession=true
http://www.baptisteast.com/beh000.cfm
http://clinweb2.kumc.edu/assessment/smoking.htm
http://members.tripod.com/~carolannem/index.html
What about His Blood?
www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/blood.html
Internet Laws for Online Gambling
http://www.onlinecasinoreports.com/news_show.asp?id=1608
What about GAMBLING ??
http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/recovery.html
http://www.gam-anon.org/gamanon/index.htm and www.gam-anon.org
Internet Gambling; Forums,
Blockers http://www.nomoregambling.com/
http://www.azccg.org/seniors.htm
http://www.way2hope.org/linkmachine/resources/resources_directory_gambling_addiction.html
http://www.istoppedgambling.com/
http://www.800gambler.org/
http://www.lakeweb1.com/mrp/LinksGambling.htm#Gamblers_Anonymous_Literature_Online
http://www.minnesotarecovery.info/LinksGambling.htm
Testimonies http://www.christianactivities.com/testimonies/story.asp?ID=4577
www.gamblersanonymous.org
includes many many links
Gambling : A Global Scourge -- March 15, 2006
The European Commission
may take legal action against six of its member countries for
restricting gambling operations
like sports and online betting while permitting citizens to take
part in national lotteries.
Ed: Where is their moral integrity ?
Europe's internal market commissioner, Charlie McCreevy,
wants to take action against Germany, Finland, Sweden, Italy, the
Netherlands and Hungary for either restricting the advertising
and promotion of gambling services or banning the services
themselves.
European Lotteries association
The association, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, represents
lottery operators in 40 European countries. It generates €80
billion in revenue a year. About €30 billion is channeled
back into state budgets
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/14/business/gamble.php
FREE TO FLY
www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/free.html
walking
in the SON shine........?
Most Famous Poem
Read the Word,
Read the Word,
Read the Word,
Read the Word.
..................................................by
John Hagee
"Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the
LORD of hosts."
Zechariah 4:6
From the Newswires:
Brits( NHS ) to deny
medical treatments for "self-inflicted" problems --
Dec. 2005
Ed : Is
this active-addiction or past ( recovered ) addiction ?
Jesus healed all those who came to Him, "worthy" or
not.
"People who are grossly overweight,
who smoke heavily or drink excessively could be denied surgery or
drugs
following a decision by a Government agency yesterday.
The National Institute for
Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) which
advises on the clinical and cost effectiveness of treatments for
the NHS, said that in some cases the "self-inflicted"
nature of an illness should be taken into
account."
One group of primary care trusts is ahead
of Nice. Last month three PCTs in east Suffolk decided that obese
people would not be entitled to have hip or knee replacements
unless they lost weight
Yesterday's report, Social
Value Judgment - Principles for the
development of Nice guidance, said no priority should be given to
patients based on income, social class or social roles at
different ages when considering the cost effectiveness of a
treatment
The report said: "If the self-inflicted cause of the condition
will influence the likely outcome of a particular treatment, then
it may be appropriate to take this into account in some
circumstances."
"There is no
excuse for cash-strapped hospitals denying treatment to people
whose lifestyle they disapprove of," he said.
"Treatment decisions involving people's lifestyle should be
based on clinical reasons, not grounds of cost. The NHS is there
to keep people healthy, not to sit in judgment on individual
lifestyles."[ Steve Webb ]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/09/nice09.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/12/09/ixnewstop.html
Ed : You
can't find the word "nice" in the Bible, but you can
find the word " compassion".
No
smoking. Period.
--Dec. 2005
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=U0DBBZPOBZ0AZQFIQMFCFGGAVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2005/11/29/nsmoke29.xml
Court may oppose mandated 12 step programs
http://www.reason.com/0105/fe.st.drunk.html
Homosexual Politics
http://www.bible-prophecy.com/homosexual2.htm#010621
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