Solution to Alcoholism

Solution to Alcoholism

Concerning the perils of alcoholism I just wanted to say there is freedom, and there is certainly hope; the setting free of those who are bound.  Today there are many people attempting to show the way to freedom from this peril, but there is only one sure way to put the ax to the root.  Many of the alternative methods in recovery leave the stump of the tree and do not actually deal with the root cause.  This is a shame and not the way God desires.  This following Scripture explains it all.  Proverbs 13:12, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.”  Hope here means expectation and deferred means removed.  So this Scripture would literally mean, “Expectation removed makes the heart sick.”  For me and the addictions I once suffered from this  Scripture says that if I place my expectations in people, places, or things that can at some point fail then I too will fail, but if I set my expectation on the One Christ Jesus who cannot fail then I will triumph.  It is all too simple really, difficult at times, but still simple.  One must certainly persevere under the tests and trials; if done standing on the Rock, Jesus Christ one will not be put to shame.  Dare to believe God and you shall be free. 

 Hear what the group “Most Excellent Way” has to say on the subject.  “Since 1986, "The Most Excellent Way" has made its primary goal to declare the power that God makes available to a person to overcome addictions through the Cross.  We had become slaves to our addiction, but the Bible holds out this great promise:  that through Christ we can be made free.”  Jesus promised:  "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed" ~John 8:36.  

Glen and Judy Wright(1986).  The Most Excellent Way, Retrieved from: http://www.tmewcf.org/

Perils of Alcoholism

          As a former alcoholic I have a reason to share what it is I know about this destructive force in today’s culture.  It is a terrible addiction which destroys everything in it’s path.  There are so many kinds of drinkers out there or so they believe that.  There are only really a couple; those who occasionally have a drink, and those who’s drinking causes problems.  What I mean here is that some can have an occasional drink and that is where it ends, while others drinking causes problems and in light of those problems refuse to accept that there is indeed a problem.  For my life I was always justifying my drinking for one reason or another, then justifying the problems I had afterwards.

            Alcoholism has a few traits that are easy to spot.  One of which is the inability to cope with stress followed by hopelessness.  It is a selfish disease that only gets worse if not dealt with.  Some more traits are brokenness as well as broken homes.  Extreme emotional shifts are frequent from one extreme to the other, highs and lows.  A lot of the times the smell of alcohol radiates off of the individual.  To the trained eye it is easy to spot.  For one cannot really hide the nature of this disease. 

            There is hope for those suffering in the clutches of this peril.  One does not have to keep on this destructive path.  There is help around every corner.  One must first reckon it to be a problem.  This is where the healing begins.  Bring this addiction to Jesus Christ in full surrender.

 

Christopher Weber