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Testimony: Addiction From Alcohol
Darren's testimony "Addiction From Alcohol" on 2/14/2015, 10:14pm...
Why don't we learn the lessons from the past?
How to stop doing the same thing over again?
We know we shouldn't do the things we do.
But we keep doing these things over and over again!
I have the privilege of sharing with you what The Lord freed me from.
I could start almost any where so I'll start where my wife noticed a change I'm behavior.
We were married for about ten years at the time.
She wouldn't let me drink at home anymore so I started going out.
Once or twice a week turned into three or four times and the nights got later and later.
It got to the point where I couldn't even wait for my wife to get home to watch the little boy we had.
I would blame her for procrastinating at work so I could not go out.
We started fighting more and more.
I knew I was in the wrong so I told her I would stop!
I did for a while but it didn't last.
We would argue more and I would do it again.
I promised I would stop but I couldn't
I wanted to but I couldn't
It kept getting worse and my wife no longer trusted me.
Over a three year period we grew a part.
I always took booze over family every time.
When things got hard I made promises but alway broke those promises.
She left me
Then I would change and she would come back just to be disappointed and leave again.
Counseling did not work.
It actually made it worse.
It seems like all was lost and nothing could be salvaged from our relationship.
But little did we know God and Gods people were working in our life.
Through those 3 or 4 years we were playing in an Athletic ministry as guests In the church we are currently with.
Every summer was softball and every winter volleyball.
Our Christian friends were praying for us and asked my wife to seek help from the pastor.
On the day of the appointment I went from not caring to feeling as helpless as I ever felt in my life.
That whole day I felt empty and worthless.
I went to that appointment ready to give up everything no matter what happened.
I knew I needed help from God no matter what the out come was.
Once I turned everything over to God and excepted His Son to save my soul all had changed forever.
He took away the craving for booze and replaced it with a new craving for the Word of God!
As my relationship with The Lord grew so did my marriage.
As we both learned how Christ forgave us we learned how to forgive each other.
I'm not saying it was all easy but it was worth all the struggles we had to get where we are now