Christianity Oasis Forum

[vahn]

With the "buzz" going around about "orphaned forums" and some of them being canned for lack of traffic , doing my part trafficking this one , for it is a very important one for me , because the way I see it , alcoholism / drug addiction , and spirituality go hand in hand , and cant have one without the other .
Now , some might say and in fact had said , "How dare you connect spirituality with alcoholism !" . Don't worry , I had taken a lot of lumps on my head for making statements like that , but the thing is , I'm still here , still sober , and to toss the "lump" back , 1) so is this forum and 2) What is a blog on alcoholism doing in a Christian web site ? Now , are we ready to talk ? Or do you need some time to recuperate from your "lump" first .

Above all else , us Christians suffer from a spiritual malady , from which the only time we completely recover from is when we get to meet our Father face to face and He opens this Book of His and says "Ah , its you , its about time you got here !" , Paul didn't ask us to finish the race for nothing .
"Now , you started with alcoholism , but taking pot shots at Christians , by putting them in the same category as "sufferers" from a malady , and a spiritual one at that !" you might say , and I hope you do .

Well , for starters , I'm the type that looks for similarities rather than differences , which by the way is , from my point of view , where others fail to see the similarities because they're too busy looking for differences , and hence go on saying things like "But we , don't go putting evil in a liquid form in our system , just to act like fools , we put Jesus in our system !" and do you know what the alcoholic does hearing such a folly ? He LAUGHS ! , as if it was the only joke he'd heard in a long time and turn around and say something to the effect of , "Did you turn the tube on first before picking up your Bible when you got home ? " or better yet "Did you pick up the Bible at all first , before doing anything else when you got home !" , No , we had to "take care" of the more "important" stuff first right ?

What's the difference between , upon coming home , to turn on Christian music and reaching for the bottle first thing ? Answer , NONE . Similarities ? They both depending on external means to sooth the soul .

Here's another one , "What's the difference between reaching for the microwave or the booze cabinet ? .... One is HUNGRY the other THIRSTY ... for the Spirit . Because when the mind is too bz with the tummy or the taste buds or the physic , cannot fully pay attention to what the Sprit is saying now can it ?
Now lets add anything to this list that takes precedence , i.e., I got to do this before I can sit down and feed my soul with the WORD . Let me see romance , fantasy , sex , food , ..... nah ... I think I'll stop here , there's not enough room in my hard drive or memory to list them all , and I got 40 gigs of memory !

Oh , I thought maybe I'll toss this one , just for the sake of pleasing the "difference mongers" , The "others" have aaalllll this other stuff they go to before anything , the alcoholic ? Just ONE , the bottle !!


Can we keep this forum ????? please ? please ?


In Christ , our Lord


Just another drunk staying sober by Grace ... uh huh , you got it !
Just another Soul saved by Grace !

[xxJILLxx]

Always admire your honesty vahn!

I agree, there is no difference, we are all sinners saved by grace.

Judge not, lest ye be judged.

I agree whole heartedly.



love ya ll
♥Jill

[Dora]

We all have our sources of comfort.

If one chose to find comfort in none other but the Holy Spirit they would be prepared for a day when/if they have nothing to lean on but the Holy Spirit.



Vahn? Can you Count? That was waaaaaaaaaaay more than one or two words bro.

[vahn]

And three and four ...

[realtmg]

Amen Bro.
It takes one to know one. Amen?
Even though we are sober today, we still have to deal with our thinking on a daily basis.
Our thinking is not like "a normal persons".
This is why we need each other.
I'm thankful that God seen fit to save a drunk such as me. He knew I needed Him and if it wasn't for Him; I wouldn't be here today.
I'm not much but I am here for all of you!!

Luv Ya

Real

[vahn]

Brother Real

You know what ? You're right , you're not much , you're much more than that !


luv ya brother