I asked God to help me get over my addiction and he did.
I am a changed person.
Don’t get discouraged ever. Just ask God to help you.
I love you all.
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Thanks @MrMan! Still struggling with the higher power/god. Don’t get me wrong, I believe, but I was raised uber christian in a strict household and I’ve seen enough to where I really cringe at organized religion. Working on overcoming this, because it’s not about church, but giving up control to something that is greater than myself. I know I’m not the only one 
Have a blessed day!
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2 things:
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Christianity or any other religion has nothing to do with the people who pretend to represent it (church, priest, etc.). Those people can be bad people who abuse their power in the name of God.
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If you ever doubt if God even exists, just look around in this world. The Universe, the galaxies, and even the human body are the creations of God. Just think how complex and organized everything is. This universe wasn’t created randomly out of nothing. There has to be a creator behind it.
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You most certainly are not the only one! I’m a gay woman who was raised by Southern Baptist parents. Their decade long, horrible, forever scarring attempt to “free” me from my sin left one hell of a mark. I’ve literally been struck physically with a bible. I have a very hard time with all of it now. I’m a scientist in my profession, and I do believe there is some “higher energy” that is over all of us and keeping things in check, but any time I hear references to a higher power that have human characteristics I immediately check out. I’ve been KICKED OUT of churches before because of my sexuality so I’m all set with religion.
The resiliency of my human spirit and my complete resolve to be a decent person is what enabled me to see 23 days sober today.
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Thank you @kpear826, thanks for sharing. Our experiences weren’t similar (being hit by a bible, crazy!) but I can totally relate to getting a bad feeling in the pit of your stomach when someone says, god this and god that. I automatically look down on them because my family is so horribly conservative and backwards about everything (including gay rights, I’m so ashamed they’re my family sometimes!). I know everyone is not like this, so I’m trying to be more open. It’s hard.
@MrMan agreed #1
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I heard a man in a meeting , the other day, say that he had trouble with the God concept because of his upbringing and how all these ideas and religions are so confusing. He said that when he looks up at the stars and tries to comprehend the creation of the stars and galaxies and beyond an thing we have seen…he’s in awe. That same “something” that created that, created us as well. That, he believes, is a power greater than ourselves.
Came
Came to
Came to believe
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I certainly don’t think that everybody is like that, and I am aware that some of these people “doing God’s work” are completely misguided. I have read the bible 3 times in its entirety in the past, and the God and Jesus that these people are espousing sounds nothing like the one I read about. I think there is something beautiful in believing in a higher power, but I just can’t right now. I don’t know if that will every change, we will see. I feel like I have PTSD because I just don’t know who are the “good” Christians and who are the “bad” ones, so I avoid them altogether.
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