Sober 16 years and glad of it. But that's me.
2006-07-21 13:13:42 · 5 answers · asked by helixburger 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
At first I did ,I even dream I'm having a beer sometimes. After four years it's gotten easier and I like myself for it. What I found ,was, who my real friends were!
2006-07-21 13:21:26 · answer #1 · answered by artic ranger 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are some things that I miss a little bit like drinking a cold beer on a hot day and feeling the initial relaxing effects of the first few drinks. But the power to overcome temptation is only a prayer away and when I do that my mind is freed from the narrow focus the enemy of our souls seeks to use to tempt me like he did to Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?" 2 And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'" 4 But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
Instead of denying the truth about what God has to say about drinking and focusing on what I can't have, I remember the gracious provision He has made for my life and to not trust in Him as opposed to being "wise" in my own eyes.
Did God really say "Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who tarry long over wine; those who go to try mixed wine. Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder. Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart utter perverse things. You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, like one who lies on the top of a mast. "They struck me," you will say, "but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I must have another drink." Proverbs 23:29-35
2006-07-21 22:49:50 · answer #2 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I don't miss it at all
2006-07-21 20:15:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
On occasion, however, I can fight it with visteral....
2006-07-21 20:19:23 · answer #4 · answered by 345Grasshopper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-07-21 20:18:24 · answer #5 · answered by Dagblastit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋