Breaking The Chains Of Addiction
Evaluating Our Relationships
One of the hardest things I had to do after accepting that I had a problem with drugs and alcohol, was to take a hard and honest look at the relationships in my life. It is imperative to evaluate each of the most influential and significant relationships in your life right now and make some difficult decisions in order to move forward. You must eliminate any threat or temptation that could lead you back to your old life.
Memory verse 2, "This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun"
This may require you to move, change your phone number, break off an unhealthy relationship, or temporarily remove yourself from a relationship, or all the above.
These may be necessary in order to do whatever it takes to eliminate the chance of negative influences in our lives detrimental to our new goal, to live a life free from the influence of chemicals.
1 Corinthians 15:33
33 Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.
I encourage you to speak to family members and ask them to help you in this process. I remember that my dad, who didn't have a problem with alcohol but would have a few drinks now and then, upon seeing my effort to change, decided to not drink in front of me like he used to do before, even when I would visit him in his own house. Obviously you can't change other people and most of them probably won't but it helps to have that kind of support when possible. The people that truly love you will be willing to make sacrifices in order to help.
Make a list now of those relationships and let's bring it before God asking Him for His help.
Memory verse 2, "This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun"
This may require you to move, change your phone number, break off an unhealthy relationship, or temporarily remove yourself from a relationship, or all the above.
These may be necessary in order to do whatever it takes to eliminate the chance of negative influences in our lives detrimental to our new goal, to live a life free from the influence of chemicals.
1 Corinthians 15:33
33 Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.
I encourage you to speak to family members and ask them to help you in this process. I remember that my dad, who didn't have a problem with alcohol but would have a few drinks now and then, upon seeing my effort to change, decided to not drink in front of me like he used to do before, even when I would visit him in his own house. Obviously you can't change other people and most of them probably won't but it helps to have that kind of support when possible. The people that truly love you will be willing to make sacrifices in order to help.
Make a list now of those relationships and let's bring it before God asking Him for His help.