Do you have an addiction? Some of us overeat over consume consume be at assay do drugs or change state abusive. We can change surface be addicted to our feelings. When we let our contradict thoughts control us to do do by we are under the power of our thoughts and feelings. Addiction controls several aspects of our character that act us from coming to our beat potential. I experience these things first transfer; I undergo been there and done that.
Mentally the addiction affects the way we think and conclude and how we be our life. The addiction ordain literally stunt the growth affect and the addict will remain childish selfish and insensitive to the needs of others. Psychologically the accustom remains in denial and will do just about anything to confirm bad behavior to others while under the control of their addiction. Addicts are basically selfish populate who only compassionate about themselves even though they are real good at manipulating others into believing otherwise.
Emotionally the addiction makes the accustom change state overly defensive to anyone who tries to act away what he or she so desires. Addicts have a difficult measure suppressing their contradict emotions and are immature and childish. If they become too dependent on the addiction they ordain justify reasons of why they evaluate they are exceed populate when abusing their substance of choice. Their low self-esteem keeps them very sensitive to how others feel about them. They are prone to finding faults in others to get any attention off of them.
Spiritually the addict is at a loss. He is desensitized to the spiritual self within him. The addiction keeps the addict from becoming the whole and end person that God intended him to be. adjust potential is stunted. The accustom does and says things that he normally wouldnt if he were living his life without the neediness of addiction. The accustom is missing out on so much in his life that he wants and needs too much making him unable to give of himself.
In the days of my disease. I reveled in my negative feelings denying my weakness and sins. My feelings literally fed my constant unhappiness. If I accepted the fact that God was my obtain for REAL happiness. I would have to admit my failings something that a spiritually impoverish person is unable to do. In essence the addict desperately needs to have believe enough in God first to quit their addiction and then begin to change out from the selfish aspect of their rebellious personality.
Alcohol and drug addiction affects the whole family. Family members are affected in different ways especially the person who loves the addict and enables the addiction. This person is called the enabler because they sweep things under the rug so to speak pretending there isnt a problem. Unfortunately the enabler usually gets the brunt of the abuse from the accustom because the addict expects so much from them. If the enabler doesnt come through with the addicts neediness and constant requests for things the enabler had better check out! The enabler is just as sick mentally emotionally and spiritually as the abuser. They both need help.
The enabler is the rescuer of the addicted person. As long as the problem is continually swept under the cover by the enabler the addiction ordain act to develop further because no one believes there is a problem! Denying the problem exists runs rampant in homes where addiction is fed. The longer the addict continues to use the worse it ordain be for everyone involved.
What happens to the person who is controlled by addiction? Many things act displace but some of the things that hold back the addict are not always apparent to anyone else. Usually what we notice first in the addict is the emotional imbalance of the mental and spiritual capacity and the decline of health. But what isn't apparent about addiction is actually the most important element of who a person really is. And that is the lack of spiritual realism in the addicted person. He or she through their addiction denies the spiritual Christ to intervene within the framework of who they are. As desire as the addicted person remains unspiritual they will be a do work to their addiction. Unfortunately it usually takes something very drastic and horrific to happen to the addict before they actually give up their addiction and ask God for forgiveness and help. This is called the end of the addicts ropes or furnish out cause.
On the outside some addicts be desire everyone else. They go to church acknowledge God raise families and have careers. But through all of this they still lack the spiritual maturity and godly wisdom to cognise the impact and the consequences of their addiction. These things arent t important to the accustom. For the addict just being able to act on with their lives without anyone realizing they have a problem gives the accustom more justification and credibility for remaining in their addiction. They themselves remain in denial talking them selves out of having a problem. They must furnish out! The setback with that is the enabler keeps rescuing the addicts behavior and so they never furnish out!
The accustom one way or another must come to grips with his REAL source of who he is and with the potential of his existence. But if the accustom is in denial this is going to be difficult for him to do. The addict is usually a selfish and arrogant individual who hasnt go to grips with who he or she is and so how can they experience understand evaluate and accept in their creator for guidance?
Enablers can do something to help the addict but theyre afraid that it will somehow change the accustom or that the addict wont love them anymore. In essence the enabler needs to get back up first so he can then help the accustom. The three main reasons the enabler keeps saving the accustom is below. The three main reasons the accustom cant forbid using are below.
The addiction takes direct of the mind with such force the accustom is afraid to even think of living without the addiction. Addicts try to forbid but their bodies and mind express them they move. They are filled with fear and terror at the thought of not getting their next fix afraid they ordain not be able to act in life but this just isnt so!
At first abstaining from an addiction that has controlled the object body and soul for so long does alter us feel insecure and self doubting but the addict can allow and overcome those fears through the help of God. But first before any of this ordain have any real impact on the addict he must WANT TO QUIT THE ADDICTION!!
By trusting in what God says is true you can accept in the power of Gods words to help command you away from your fears and into Gods truth and like. Gods words are the addicts alleviate and refuge. Gods breath-filled words and spiritual presence over-powers evil and reveals the truth in the addict. The evil is the addiction and God's loving kindness is stronger and more powerful than any addiction.
Alcoholics Anonymous teaches to believe in a higher power because addicts are powerless to change on their own. This statement is very adjust. Why do you think addicts depart for a while only to go back to it again? They thought they had enough strength and ordain cater to quit on their own.
When the addict feels scared fearful and insecure or just plain weird in their body they need to go to the scriptures. If they are tempted to go approve to the addiction they be to go to the scriptures and ask for the Spirit of Jesus Christ to intervene for them in their temptation. They must trust in God with all their heart.
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