2006-11-01 03:42:28 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
by seeking God
2006-11-01 03:43:53 · answer #1 · answered by Regina 5 · 2⤊ 5⤋
...You may be an atheist, which is your privilege, but I can offer you no hope outside of Jesus Christ.
1. First by realizing that God is your only hope, and you have little power over your problem.
2. The Bible calls it the sin of drunkenness; alcoholism is called a disease and is incurable; drunkenness is a sin, a life-dominating problem, but sin can be forgiven, and you can get new life, observe, from 1 Corinthians 6:
9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,
10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
11 Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
...See in verse 11, "and such were some of you"
...Sins can have physical consequences, but God says through Christ you can put your sin (in this case, drunkenness) behind you and become new in Christ.
...I recommend that you:
...Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and be saved.
...Follow after Him as His disciple. Get involved in a good Bible-teaching church in your area.
...You probably should go to Biblical counseling for help, unless your church counsels using the Bible.
...Stay away from alcohol in any form.
...Feel free to contact me if you need any help.
2006-11-01 04:08:26 · answer #2 · answered by carson123 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An atheist or anyone who does not operate in the power of God, cannot be delivered from drugs and alcohol, because they are spirits of addiction, you can only fight a spirit with a spirit, you must overcome evil with good. The demons, yes demons, will lie dormant, making the alcoholic thinks he is no longer in bondage, if he does it in his own will, surely he will drink again or another spirit will arise, a person who is not in relationship with Jesus cannot ever be totally free, Who the Son has set free is free indeed
2006-11-01 03:59:11 · answer #3 · answered by The Mrs. 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Probably with one of those alcoholism recovery programs. It's not a religious process. >.> It's therapy. Yeah, Alcoholics Anonymous uses its program to try and convert anyone who comes to them, but not all do.
That, or they try that and the Atheists go, "What the hell is wrong with you? I don't want you to make me Christian, I want you to make me stop drinking."
2006-11-01 03:47:52 · answer #4 · answered by fiveshiftone 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There are secular alternatives to Alcoholics Anonymous. SOS (Secular Organizations for Sobriety) and RR (Rational Recovery), to name a couple.
2006-11-01 03:45:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
By not drinking alcohol anymore.
2006-11-01 03:44:51 · answer #6 · answered by boukenger 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
The same way believers do it, but without god.
The best known support group is Rational Recovery.
2006-11-01 03:45:39 · answer #7 · answered by Black Parade Billie 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Hehe, I've looked into this myself. AA is all about god. It's ridiculous. But it's quite common for people with an addiction to replace it with another, such as smoking, or religion, etc.
It's all about mood alteration. But I've noticed there are very few detox programs that incorporate meditation, yoga, etc. They just try to get everyone to pray.
I guess that's why their success rate is so low.
2006-11-01 03:45:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
By believeing in themselves. And maybe a 12 step program.
2006-11-01 03:47:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I've never heard of AA requiring belief in God. What makes you think atheists can't just go there?
2006-11-01 03:47:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The same way anybody does, quit drinking. Going to AA doesn't require that you believe in God, it requires that you have a desire to quit drinking.
2006-11-01 03:45:53 · answer #11 · answered by flashypsw 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋