Addiction

If I have an addiction, can I still be saved?

If I have an addiction, can I still be saved?

Yes! We are not called to perfect ourselves before we come to God. If we could do that, then Jesus could have spared himself the agony of dying of the cross in payment for our sins. He would have simply instructed us to live sin-free lives. He knew, though, that man is utterly incapable of cleansing himself, as demonstrated throughout the Old Testament.

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Protecting Kids from Prescription Drug Abuse

In the United States, it is estimated that about 2,500 teens daily abuse these “legal” drugs for the first time. They do so to get high, relieve stress or to self-medicate. One alarming finding of the survey is that most teens get those prescription drugs from their own family members or from friends, usually without them knowing about it.

There are steps that parents can take to prevent this type of drug abuse in their homes and protect their children from the dangers of the misuse of prescription drugs.

Get Rid of Old or Unused Medications

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Defeating Drug Addiction & Alcoholism Workshop – Transcript

note: Members can discuss this workshop in the Message Boards HERE

ClaraT-Host: David is the author of Voyage into Recovery: Defeating Drug Addiction & Alcoholism.
Published by iUniverse, Inc., Lincon NE ( 2005)& This book –published this year –is already
suggested reading by the American Council on Alcoholism (ACA is a member of United Way and
the Combined Federal Campaign. You can find what they say about Voyage into Recovery here
as well as more of their suggested readings. http://www.aca-usa.org/reading.htm

David, himself says in his book’s description: Nothing made sense. I was a well-educated

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