Support System

I have prayed and prayed for the addict in my life and at times I have no hope and other days there is hope. There is always hope in God, I have to constantly keep reminding myself of that in this relationship.

The addict in my life has finally surrounded themselves with solid people who are not addicts. Seeing this change has been a blessing to me. This has been one of my long-time prayers for this person. Through doing this, true friends spoke up this time and encouraged the person to do the right thing. Before, the addict was surrounded by addicts and they fed off of one another from the lie that the medication was prescription and must be needed ~ even though a month's worth of pills would be taken in a two week span.

Now, mind you, the addict was in the frame of mind to also do the right thing ~ many years ago this addict had a great family support system and through many years of abuse; boundaries interceded and the consequences became so great that the addict ended up alone. The addict had no desire to do the right thing at that time.

We all need friends and people who genuinely care for us. Our main support system should be through the blood Jesus shed for us, but life is hard and takes over and we get lost and confused. We were created to interact with others - it does matter who you hang around. Everyone influences someone.

Praise God the addict threw away the prescription pills and today admitted that they can not take those prescriptions the way they should be taken. A victory for today!

In Christ Jesus,
Sandra