Before a meeting today a newcomer asked me "Do I have to call myself an addict? I haven't used in thirty days." After I congratulated him:) I told him that I identify myself as an addict meaning that my name is allie and I have the disease of addiction, that I will always have this. He said "It says in my bible that God can cure me of any disease or ailment." I am a christian as well and when I first came into the rooms I found all kinds of conflict. Thank God I have a sponsor who loves to say "More will be revealed" and that I had the willingness to go forward with the steps. I didn't know what to say to this guy though. I get what he is saying but I didn't know how to further explain that there is no conflict between HP and NA. It's in us! Anyway... help! This isn't the first time its happened. I know in my heart the answer I just don't know how to verbalize it does that make sense? Hmmm...
I'd agree with him that God is helping to cure him, that God works through people, and that this is a divinely inspired program, and those "people" are here. As a result of working these steps we will experience a spiritual conversion that will change the way that we think,feel,live,and love. And at some point, we might actually be cured but only God knows when that'll happen. (This addict/alcoholic knows that I'll be cured the day that I die). In the mean time we must remind ourselves of where we came from, because we have solid evidence of the progressive nature of our disease and what happens to us if we pick up a drug again.
IF you get tired of building you can always be a counselor Dean, though then you got to deal with addicts face to face all day long UGH that could get frustrating
