I guess I should start with who I am and what I am doing here. My name is Cameron, I'm a follower of Jesus Christ and a functioning alcoholic. I'm in recovery and haven't had a drink since May 12, 2010. My walk with Jesus had a huge turning point on May 13, when I was in Malibu, Canada on a Men's Retreat and I realized that I hadn't had a drink in 24 hours. I went downhill from there as the initial withdrawal symptoms kicked in.
Once I was down, the Holy Spirit was able to get in and start to work on me. I went from believing to following on that trip.
Since then, I've been attending a Celebrate Recovery group weekly and read my Bible almost daily. I have to say almost because I was never a good student, so I have a tendency to miss a day or 2 here and there.
I decided to start this because I need to begin journaling on a routine basis as part of my recovery, and while I actually don't like hand writing, I'm at the computer most every night anyway. It just seemed to make sense, if this gets to one person that needs to see it, then I guess it was a great idea.
My friend, follow all of the little tangents, meaning what you learn from one of the lessons. You are ripe to begin doing step work past steps 1, 2, and 3. You have been getting right with God (steps 2 & 3) In the treatment environment you hear about about writing A Dear John letter: describe your relationship with alcohol, the love you had for it, the damages it caused you. That you are leaving it and how yout life will be better. Doing a thorough job, your understanding of God you are at a perfect point to start step 4.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Randy. Your encouragement means a lot to me. I'm glad you're reading my posts. I put them out there for everyone to get a chance at learning from my story, including myself.
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