To And From Crack To Christ

As AChild, IWas Brought Up In Church And Taught Christian ValuesThese Valuable Lessons Would Prove Useful Later In My Life As ILooked For AWay Out Of ABad Situation IWas In Due To Bad Decisions That IHad MadeQuestioning My Selfworth As AChild, ITurned Away From The Church Trying To Find APlace To Fit InNot Realizing The Extent Of How Much IDid Not Know At The Age Of Twelve, IStarted To Get Lost In The World Of Drugs And AlcoholMy Addictions Became Stronger As IGot Older And Experienced ALife Where Not All Things Worked The Way IHoped They WouldWhile My Addictions Went From Drinking Beer And Smoking Marijuana To Smoking Crack And Drinking Anything Available, APlace To Fit In Became More Of APlace Of Isolation For Me As INo Longer Felt Comfortable Being Around Most Family Members If IHad Something Stronger Than Just AFew BeersThis Was In Most Cases When IWould Get High With Other Addicts Or Alone Because For Me ADrink Was Always Better With CrackAt Least That Was The Lie IWould Tell Myself, Along With The Lie That My Problem Wasn,t That BadFinally, After Thirty Years Of Addiction, On June , , IHit My Rock Bottom, But IRemembered What IHad Learned As AChild About APower Above All Other PowersIPrayed To The Highest Power, And God, My Father In Heaven, Made AWay For Me To Get Into ADrugandalcohol Treatment ProgramIWent Through The Program And Took What INeeded From It With The Understanding That Words Also Have PowerBecause Of My Faith And What IHad Learned In Church As AChild, IRefuse To Put The Words Of Man 'addicts Suffer From ADisease For Which There,s No Cure' Above The Word Of God, 'you Are More Than AConqueror' romans : And 'by His Stripes You Are Healed' Peter :IDo Not Believe That Jesus Died For Me And Rose From The Dead With Power Over All Things Except An AddictionIBelieve He Came To Conquer All Sin So That All Lost Sinners Who Believed In Him And Worked On Building APersonal Relationship With Him Could Be Recovered When He Returned.
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