What biblical help is there for a person with substance abuse problems?

Answer 1

The 12 steps have a great spiritual basis. They were definitely inspired by God. Get yourself into recovery and if your willing to surrender, the help will be there.

Answer 2

Do the first 3 steps of AA/NA in reality and the rest will take care of itself.

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol/drugs--that our lives had become unmanageable.

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as the Bible explains Him.

Step 3 is the crucial step. When you walk in obedience to God's counsel as found in the Bible, praying about everything, being connected to the body of Christ in a meaningful way, making no provision for the flesh, having accountability from more mature Christians, etc. then you are on the way to victory.

Check out the Setting Captives Free link near the bottom third of the Free Stuff page @ http://web.express56.com/~bromar/ for free courses on kicking substance abuse habits the Biblical way.

Former substance abuser but now...

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Answer 3

The entire Bible would be appropriate. Start with Genesis and read through. TV and Playstation can't save you.

Answer 4

Weren't the sorcerers referred to in the bible actually witches who were also into drugs?
Anyone know?

Answer 5

Try rehab for results.

Answer 6

# Psalm 6:4
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
Psalm 6:3-5 (in Context) Psalm 6 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 7:1
O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
Psalm 7:1-3 (in Context) Psalm 7 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 7:2
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Psalm 7:1-3 (in Context) Psalm 7 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 17:13
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
Psalm 17:12-14 (in Context) Psalm 17 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 22:4
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
Psalm 22:3-5 (in Context) Psalm 22 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 22:8
He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
Psalm 22:7-9 (in Context) Psalm 22 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 22:20
Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
Psalm 22:19-21 (in Context) Psalm 22 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 25:20
O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Psalm 25:19-21 (in Context) Psalm 25 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 27:12
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Psalm 27:11-13 (in Context) Psalm 27 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 31:1
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Psalm 31:1-3 (in Context) Psalm 31 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 31:2
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
Psalm 31:1-3 (in Context) Psalm 31 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 31:15
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Psalm 31:14-16 (in Context) Psalm 31 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 33:17
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
Psalm 33:16-18 (in Context) Psalm 33 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 33:19
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Psalm 33:18-20 (in Context) Psalm 33 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 37:40
And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
Psalm 37:39-40 (in Context) Psalm 37 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 39:8
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Psalm 39:7-9 (in Context) Psalm 39 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 40:13
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
Psalm 40:12-14 (in Context) Psalm 40 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 41:1
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
Psalm 41:1-3 (in Context) Psalm 41 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 41:2
The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
Psalm 41:1-3 (in Context) Psalm 41 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 43:1
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Psalm 43:1-3 (in Context) Psalm 43 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Psalm 50:14-16 (in Context) Psalm 50 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 50:22
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Psalm 50:21-23 (in Context) Psalm 50 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 51:14
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
Psalm 51:13-15 (in Context) Psalm 51 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 56:13
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
Psalm 56:12-13 (in Context) Psalm 56 (Whole Chapter)
# Psalm 59:1
Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.