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.
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