Well, how to put this...
🧘Mental/Physical Health 🏋🏼♂️
I'm struggling.
And to cope, I (ab)use substances, like alcohol, weed and other stuff.
I want to get out, but I'm not ready to accept Jesus as my saviour, because I... well... It's complicated.
I DO accept Jesus as what he is, and that he saves People, a lot.
But...
For the moment, I won't be able to respond to comments in this post, because I'm heading to bed, pretty wasted.
I don't know where this thread will take me, but here we go.
Please, I'd rather not be encouraged to put all my faith in Jesus etc.
I do believe in the Creator, though...
Btw, GAW community...
Thank you for being here the last couple of years.
Edit: Wow, thank you for all your support! I‘ll read all of it and will certainly get back to you all. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
VITAMINS AND MINERALS
You could very well be coping with a mineral deficiency by overusing substances that numb the desire for that mineral or vitamin.
Find out what is going on with your electrolytes and vitamins and minerals.
Or see how you feel after a few weeks of a quality multi-vitamin.
I wasn't even trying to quit coffee but my B vitamin complex made me "meh" abut coffee. I could take it or leave it instead of like...REALLY WANTING IT.
That took about two days to notice the effect. It was an unintended but welcomed consequence. I believe the same will work with alcohol. Look into that. I'll cut it short here because I could go on and on and on...
And please find a Catholic parish to attend because your eternal salvation is the most important thing. What does it profit you to "get out" just to go to hell? Brother, come home. Grab your inheritance! Your ancestors were Catholic. Its in your DNA.
You have to get out because we need every. single. person. to be fasting and praying.
See ya around.
Here's a prayer to Mary, un-doer of knots.
https://ascensionpress.com/pages/novena-to-our-lady-undoer-of-knots
And my favorite:
Hail Mary, full of grace! The Lord is with thee! Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
HAIL, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us. And after this our exile, show unto us the blessed Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Pray for us, o Holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Amen.
Let us pray. O GOD, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.