My intentions of discussing this general topic are based on my own confusion in dealing with these seemingly foolish Temptations. I would think that they would be easy to dismiss based on my horrifying frontline experience and plentiful memories of the truly dark world of alcoholism.
I myself, chronic Drinker, say dark because the memories that mock me are as much as such. A Christian by an identity, skateboarder guitar player and a lover of people had all of these things marred by the Temptations I've mentioned.
Titus 1:16 some people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live
Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death
My addiction outside doing push ups waiting for me there to get strong enough to kill me. In my addiction, I went outside to gladly meet challenges every day. I was also doing push ups in my mind strong in a certain form lying myself into this in. The Lost boiled in me. YouTube my biggest problem with the temptations to drink again is the fear of relapse. I've had eight months one year, 9 years Medallion after chip only two given again.
My lust for alcohol is where it starts while the sin mentioned are my actions in a consequence to follow while drunk. The sin that is the gateway to me with drugs is something I would likely never do being sober. But the horrors were there and they began. I need code for the amount of money spent on crack is where it started. Then the lifestyle they gave to me a war of its own. And we all know that will work its way to death.
1st Corinthians 10 :12 -13
If you think you are standing strong be careful not to fall The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience and God is faithful he will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand when you are tempted he will show you a way out so that you can endure
Wow! I often struggle selfishly to believe that my Temptations are commonplace with others. Particularly non-drinkers I realize that we all have different things we may become attached to that seem ungodly or sinful. The dreaded temptation of a beer to an alcoholic like me seems to burn like a little evil bonfire somewhere in the backwoods of my heart and mind. Is it really no different than the Temptations at some experience after a hard day at work wanting that one glass of wine. Those are different from my Temptations. Believe me. My queen to this scripture because of this ravaging temptation it's usually said by many who have recovered with God in mind that there is no time recovery without God no true recovery. I myself profession agree with this for several reasons
I will go into this gently bearing consideration for those who may be struggling to accept God as your height of power perhaps still trapped in the unforgiving blood of active use. Or the weary Christian plagued by guilt and shame after some new found sobriety. May God's love and grace sound a loud Bell to you all.
My experience was assorted and torturous as it was to me, plainly the difference between godliness and worldliness. What is meant by this is this. Let's look again into Titus 2 11 to 13
Titus 2:11-13
New International Version
11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
Pretty plain instructions for a stubborn guy like me. The scriptures meant little to me during my disobedience period. I worshipped my daily drinks as the life-giving medicine I needed for the day. Early on the function, but at the end of the day to be able to sleep away the days without anxiety attacks or withdrawal symptoms, shaky nausea and seizures plagued me.
As I reflect on these verses today, sober and clean minded I consider the exact instructions telling me the true definitive of what I was doing. This so-called illness is not philosophical or secular in any way. This is easy for me to identify as an issue of void. Void of godliness is also an issue of idolatry and worship.
My extensive experience with secular groups identifying themselves as such. They were Residential Treatment Centers, say colleges with their own views of behavior, giving credit and allegiance to CBT, PTSD, and the biopsychosocial thought models alike. I'll put in replacement of God in Scripture.
I'll take a moment to get my personal account of how successful they are yet imitating God Godless living and Simple Pleasures sounds glum in undesirable certainly not a title I'd wager any want to carry. To all readers who may be Believers agnostic naturalist atheists or however else you prefer to identify I respect and love all and look forward to each opinion on what I'm to say about God this living in Simple Pleasures these things I believe applies to every being knowingly or not.
thought of these things feverishly as I woke up in the tent each morning you can't build with other addicts and other alcoholics alike. I made a very specific friend who lent me a tent to set it up for me. And they like to sit around smoking crack all day while I drink beer to calm down the feverish heartbeats that crap gives me. My days were filled with My Worship in my worship of my new God. I would follow them around intently serving in the temple. My tent became as such. I scraped together enough money each morning for beer and my stomach Rumble at about 6:30 am. I knew that the beer store didn't open till 10 so I clicked away the hours and I prayed to my God oh open o Open hurry.
My stomach rumbled, nausea was a hunger pain, but wasn't quite sure I had to pee. It was hard for me to move around too much. I hadn't eaten in a few days. That's what crack does, it becomes your food. Not the bread of life like Christ the bread of death. So I would move around and crawl over to the other part of my tent and piss on a towel that was sitting there. Then go back to my empty space and lay back down waiting for the beer store to open again. I figured that my lifeblood would be enough and appear to get me aroused enough to go around looking for more to crack my other God. But every day as I said I would find outside my tent doing pushups waiting for me.
But some days it was strong enough to carry me to the beer store. Where I would get enough cans of beer to help me with my daily worship routines. Funny money for crack. This lasted at Dundas and Bathurst Park in Toronto for most of the summer. I got excessively sick and visited emergency rooms, several times and went through minor detox episodes. IV Valium rehydration vitamins and release back to the tent. Who was I worshipping, where was my devotion, what is there, any type of idolatry or anything else? No person, nor any human nose doctor no psychiatrist no tools that I've learned in all of my treatments helped me out of that time you were going to God that plucked me out and put me into the place I am now.
I say here now sober where in a live through God Alone nothing or nobody else Lifted Me from that storm scripture as my guidebook
The Bible is plagiarized by modern psychology and their writings revealed to me all their hidden tools and skills we all need to embrace for truly. Here's why I think so. I love to read as a younger man. I am a pretty specific author with questionable writings. Charles Bukowski and the drunkard beat are riding with Americana at its heels.