September is National Recovery Month. Every September, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Association (SAMHSA) sponsors Recovery Month to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and celebrate the people who recover.
For the next 30 days, I will be sharing excerpts from my latest book–Victory Over Opiates, which is available on Amazon (click here).
The following is an excerpt from the Dedication section of Victory Over Opiates:
As addicts, most of us have several chances to quit before we cross the line into addiction, but once we cross the line, we are no longer able to stop on our own accord. Stopping and staying stopped requires a total transformation of our “being,” and even when our “being” is being transformed, there is a voice we must fight which tells us, “You aren’t that bad, you can control this thing; one hit or drink won’t hurt a thing.” And if those thoughts don’t suck us back in, shame and guilt pull on us even harder.
These are all ploys of the devil.
Some people want to debate whether addiction is a disease. No matter what you call it, it is the only condition I know that destroys a person mentally, physically, socially, and spiritually. It is also the only condition I know where the cure is a spiritual one, and the cure isn’t forever; it merely gives the addict a daily reprieve.
PLEASE pass this blog on to anyone who may benefit.
All royalties I receive from the sale of Victory Over Opiates-(click here to order), will be donated to The Joshua Recovery Ministries, a Dayton, Ohio, non-profit dedicated to getting recovery addicts back into the mainstream of life.
P.E.A.C.E.
Jay@EagleLaunch.com
Ephesians 5:18, “And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,”
