Avoiding Alcohol, Drugs, and Other Addictions

Before I even read this chapter, I'm doing a lot of praying and have been for years... Family history shows there is addiction problems among generations through out my family as well as my husband's.

In fact I have struggled with things in my life that are addictive behaviors, even excessive amounts of alcohol beginning at a very young age. I believe prayer and my fear of becoming an alcoholic kept me from loosing it completely yet I know that I may just fall one day, so I must stay diligent in my prayers.

I worry about my children going down the path of addiction but I'm so thankful that I can take this concern to God in prayer.

This is something I feel we need to talk with our children as well...  My first knowledge of drugs came in elementary school, there was a group of boys showing something in a baggie and talking about smoking it on the playground (there was a playhouse that was easy to hide things from teachers), I went to the teacher and told her what I heard.... The boys were caught and taken to the principal. I guess that's why nobody at school trusted me anymore. I was never asked to come party with them again in all of my school years.

Then my next experience was in my neighborhood, a new girl moved in and went roller skating with me one Friday night, she asked me to do a nickel bag with her(didn't and still don't know what this means), but what saved me was another one of my friends was there and she made a statement that has stuck with me all these years she said "I only want to be high on Jesus". The new girl got my number and was going to call me to meet her the next weekend... I spent a lot of time praying because that was a powerful statement... She didn't call, later I asked my she didn't call and her response has stayed with me forever as well.... My number had too many 6's in it and she didn't call numbers with more than 1 six as that was too close to the number of the beast.... So the way I look at it someone was praying for and with me...

Don't take this chapter lightly.