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    What God Would Say to the Addict

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    What God Would Say to the Addict
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    By Brie Gowan, with written permission.

    This morning as I was driving to work the topic of addiction came to my mind. I’m not sure what brought it specifically up in my thoughts, but I would imagine it’s because it’s played a major role in my life.

    You see, I knew how to draw lines of cocaine by the age of five.

    I was born into a long lineage of alcoholism, mental illness, and suicide.

    I attempted to kill myself the first time by age eight.

    I have attended so many funerals related to addiction.

    I have family who have suffered through addiction, and I have friends suffering through it still.

    I’ve seen too many people lose that battle.

    I married an addict.

    I myself was an addict.

    No one can seem to wrap their head around the idea when I share that my five foot four, one hundred and ten pound self use to easily drink up to eighteen beers a night. Eighteen. No one believes me. I guess I don’t look like an alcoholic.

    And that’s what brought my thoughts around to a special truth this morning. It’s something God has let me in on over time. It’s a comment that flies in the face of everything addicts are told, but it’s something I think they need to hear the most.

    It’s what God would say to the person who is currently or has in the past suffered with addiction. To you, God would say this.

    You are not an addict.

    Stop the presses! Crazy, I know. But this is core truth. This is what carries me each day.

     

    I am not an addict.

    My husband? He is not an addict.

    AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) would shudder at the phrase. And I’ve even said myself, once an addict, always an addict. But y’all, that’s just not true.

    I am a child of God.

    You are a child of God.

    Does that mean I’m gonna pick up a case of Miller Light on the way home from work? No. I know that my tendencies to overindulge in alcohol are still present. I know my flesh and worldly self would like nothing more than to unwind after a hard day with some booze. A nice buzz would feel great. So, I won’t stop for beer on the way home. But, I am not an addict. Addiction is something I have dealt with, it’s something God has healed me from, and it’s something that I could fall back into under the right circumstances if I allowed it access.

    But, I am not an addict. Addiction is an affliction I suffered. It’s a hereditary trait that runs in my family. It’s a cruel habit I tried to break for years that caused broken relationships and could have killed me. I’ve seen it do even worse to people I love. I’ve had my own heart shattered to pieces at the hand of addiction in the life of those I hold dear.

    But, I am not an addict.

    I am a daughter of the Most High God.

    You are not an addict. You might be suffering under the stronghold of addiction. And oh my goodness, that grip is an iron one. I know. You might feel you can never overcome, and on your own, I believe that’s true. But we can do all things through Christ who gives us strength (Philippians 4:13).

    He can do more than we can fathom or imagine (Ephesians 3:20).

    We are more than conquerors through Him, because He loves us (Romans 8:37).

    The past is gone! We’ve been made new (2 Corinthians 5:17)!

    We are sons and daughters of God!! Here’s 20 verses that say it’s so.

    And your (my) adoption as a child of God is the only title that matters.

    I work as a nurse, but I’m a child of God. Nursing doesn’t define me.

    I am married, but I’m a child of God. Being a wife doesn’t define me.

    I have three lovely daughters, but I am, myself, the daughter of the King! Being a mother doesn’t define me.

    Being a child of God, being one with Jesus Christ who died for me, being one with the Father. That is what defines me.

    I am not an addict. I am so much more, through Christ. I am free. Chains are broken. Addictions are thrown out. Familial curses are stopped in their tracks. Diagnoses don’t even stand a chance. I know, this flies in the face of everything we are told. Is addiction a choice, or is it a disease? It doesn’t matter. The fact that addiction doesn’t rule you; that’s what matters. It may for a time. It might still have a grasp. But it doesn’t define you. You are more than addiction. You are a child of God.

    If you have a family member who is under addiction, please don’t treat them like an addict. I mean, if your son is addicted to heroin, he doesn’t suddenly become “not” your son. He’s not an addict. He’s your son who has a problem with addiction. Don’t affirm his worth based on his habit. Affirm his worth based on your love for him as a son.

    If you love someone battling addiction, you may have to step back, place boundaries, protect your heart, but don’t see them just as an addict. They are a child of God. He holds them in His hand. And though their free will to decide may cause them harm, He is always working towards their good. He loves them. So, you love them too.

    Don’t let your past addiction define you. You have been made new.

    Don’t let your current addiction define you. He is making all things new. Hold on, press in, cry out to the Father. You are a child of God. So call Dad to bail you out.

    When the world seems to have given up on you, He has not.

    When you have given up on yourself, He has not.

    When you have given up on your loved one, He has not.

    You are not an addict. Through Christ, because of Christ, you are more.

    Brie Gowan authorBrie Gowen is a thirty-something wife and mother. When she’s not loving on her hubby, bouncing a happy toddler on her hip, chasing her preschooler, or teaching her six year old at the kitchen table, she enjoys cooking, reading, and writing down her thoughts to share with others. Brie’s also an adoptee, former outcast, missionary, veteran, nurse and child of the One True King.

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    1. nomdeplume420

      August 01, 2023 at 1:55 am

      First let me say CONGRATULATIONS!!! I am 7 years clean. I am not an addict. And I’m certain I’ve been helped through received strength from outside of myself. I’m so thankful to be healed.. there were times I thought I never would be, that addiction was going to kill me, and there were other times I just didn’t care. It saddens me how this is becoming such a shared experience with people.

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      • Jacqueline

        August 01, 2023 at 10:24 am

        Nomdeplume, thank you for sharing your heart and your experience! May it help/encourage someone else wondering if it they can be an overcomer.
        Yes, we can in the strength and power of Jesus, who rose from the dead for us and Who made a way when there seemed to be no way!
        Congratulations!!!
        Hugs and blessings,
        Jacque

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    2. Danae

      August 02, 2023 at 7:28 am

      What a beautiful story… I could not agree more.. the essence of Christ’s teachings applied by her on the case of addiction… but as she mentioned it applies to so many questions… especially, the younger generation – not to allow someone to define you by your body or even narrower by your sexual preference. We are eternal souls…
      Foster Gamble recently published a piece on “Let’s talk about sex …and gender” – there was a passage that caught my attention…
      A BIZARRE SURPRISE
      c) Most startling of all is a unique experience I had with one of the most profound healers of cancer, chronic fatigue, EMF sickness and many other afflictions. I haven’t validated this, but it raises intriguing possibilities and pitfalls. He confided that he never wanted to work again with gay people. I was surprised because he was not at all bigoted or homophobic.
      “No, no, it’s not that at all,” he said. “My treatment repairs DNA and when the original integrity of the helix was restored in two gay patients, their sexual preference was totally reversed and they were furious with me, as they felt that they had just lost their identity, their love-life, and their social group.”
      Will individuals have choice about their gender through DNA alteration in the future? Is this even desirable? I believe the key, as with everything, will be “Is it voluntary and with informed consent?”
      Our physical bodies are so finely tuned to nature that when we exposing them to “the pill” – it not only re-patterns female brains into a male “pattern” structure but will have consequences on the next generation creating hormonal imbalance – and with that early, primal identity crisis (that is what I believe)… furthermore, we have a heavy vaccine schedule nowadays and in it is both DNA from female and male aborted children… this could have again dire consequences on hormonal balance and DNA integrity… which could be a part of the recent generations difficulties… There perhaps is always a part of our culture who is “naturally” more inclined for bi-sexuality or Lesbian or Gaylife… and it is not my place to judge as I love their souls just as much as any human being… but the extreme increase of this movement and crisis I think is to a great part caused by the above and toxic exposure in general… for some this might simply be hormonal imbalance without identity crisis for others it might have such a DNA impact that it literally does not allow them to align to their own sex. There are so many levels we need to address here as well that all humans – does not matter male or female have the “other” side in them – we balance these levels.. the idea to be “one” only is not correct… it is Eve created out of the rib of Adam (symbolically out of the male side) and Adam being able to create Eve (symbolically externalise some of this lunar, female receptive soul). We always have to balance both aspects. Anyhow, I digressed… but this article is in many ways very inspiring. Thank you.

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      • Jacqueline

        August 02, 2023 at 3:05 pm

        Danae, I went to Foster Gamble’s website and read more.. I appreciate him~
        Thank you for sharing … btw, I agree with all you wrote in your comment!
        Sadly, I do believe DNA changes are toxicity driven.. from many sources.
        Sending peace,
        Jacque

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