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I use to work with drug addicts and alcoholics, and one of the hardest thing I ever had to do, was put someone out of the program because they went back to using.
And these guys, I have given them many of breaks before letting them know they had to go.
I would try to find a hospital or a rehab clinic that would work with these guys. But I would never ever leave them without trying to help.

We all have a addiction, whether it be drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, sex, homosexuality, gambling, lying, adultery, stealing, one who is always being sarcasm, or even pornography. It’s an addiction (sin) that we should not be so fast to judge and condemn people for.

It’s so easy to tell someone, hey if you don’t repent you are going to hell for your sins. But let’s be honest, Jesus never said that. Like he told the man he told at the well to pick up your bed and walk, than later when he saw the man, he said Go and sin no more or something worse may happen. But he never told the man that he was going to hell if he continue to sin.
The only time Jesus actually talked about hell in the way of people, was when he was asking a question.
Matthew 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
In the twelve years that I have been out here with the people. I have never threaten anyone about going to hell. I guess because with me, I did some dirt in my life time that I thank God I had changed from. But it took time for me to change and it didn’t happen over night. So I know if it took time for me to change, It will take time for others to change as well. If we really want that change, we will change, but it does take time. God knows if someone wants to change or not. You may fool people, but we can’t fool God at all.
Yes people need to know about hell, but not in a way to say, this is where you will be going if you don’t do this and if you don’t that NOW.

And the one thing that Jesus never did was call everyone a sinner. He saw two side of the coin. Not just one. I believe if Jesus would have called the people he came for sinners and threaten them with hell’s fire if they didn’t repent, they would have never followed him. I know I wouldn’t have.

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I’ll try to make it short…My husband got terminated from a job 7 months ago due to failing a drug test (marijuana). This was a personal family matter that we wanted to deal with privately, it was not something my husband was proud of. He had to go through drug rehab to get his CDL license back, we paid the fine and he is now looking for a steady good paying full time job, he delivers pizza right now which surprisingly pays very well with tips. Anyways, instead of telling my dad he was fired I told him that he just decided to look for a better paying job. My dad snooped around (he knows alot of people) and found out the truth a few months ago. I just found out last night that knows what really happened.

Part of me is upset with him because he took it upon himself to snoop around on us. I am a grown woman with a family and would like our privacy respected, especially in a situation this disappointing and embarrassing. I understand I shouldn’t have lied to my dad, but there are certain things that should be kept between a husband and wife….not the rest of the family.

I want to just keep going on as if I don’t know that he knows. Mainly because my sister promised him she wouldn’t tell me and she did so he will know she broke her promise to him. I absolutely hate secrets but again, it’s a private family matter that we wanted to deal with ourselves.

What would you do in this situation?
He found out back in November so it’s been almost 4 months that he has known. He still randomly asks me why my husband quit, even though I’ve told him the same thing for the past 7 months. I guess to see if I’ll tell him the truth.

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I used to tkae alot of pills when i was younger when out partying,sniff some coke and smoke large amounts of weed. I went through a very low depressive stage. I then met a great guy who took my mind off it all completely,for about 10 months i touched nothing and then fell back into a small circle i used to go out with… For about 4 months now i have been sniffing coke behind my partners back, and the guilt is killing me, my partner works nights so i am often left alone at home, so i then meet somebody to do a bit of coke with, at the time it seems a great idea, a small buzz, but then once i have done it, i feel like my old depressed self again, and my partner doesnt deserve to be lied to, i would love to come clean, but i am embarresed of being seen as weak, as my partner is so strong. I am a very easily led person… and need alot of help… so please any suggestions you can give will help… feel free to let rip at me because, i know what i am doing is wrong, but the drugs just seem to pull me.. I cant go to rehab, encase i loose my job, i have a good job and very career minded… its like im living a secret life????

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I have been struggling with addiction for 20 years. Went to rehab this summer for 2 weeks and was only discharged because insurance played out. Life seems so hard now living without drugs to help deal with all mistakes and guilt of past. Can anyone relate and offer advice? I am so ashamed- but am no better than anyone else. If you read my profile you will understand more. I don’t need anyone telling me I shouldn’t be a teacher because of my past problems– trust me– I am my worst critic. I am also bi-polar- but medication seems to be helping.
Just need to know if anyone else has been in this place and What advice can you offer. Thanks in advance. Also have never done drugs before or during school hours and teaching is ONLY thing that I love to do.
Thank you all for your supportive answers. I just thought life was going to be easier the this without drugs.

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Here is the back story…

About two weeks ago my 17 year old cousin started talking about moving to Alberta. She wanted to leave in the middle of the school year, she was going to get a ride with a stranger, and she had come up with the idea very suddenly. I tried to convince her to stay, and so did the rest of our family. I proposed that she wait a little bit to plan the trip, get a job and save money to buy a plane ticket, visit for a little bit in the summer to see if she likes it there, and then decide if she wanted stay permanently. She agreed that she was not going to go right away.

She lied, and she ran away from home a week ago. She cited some cliche reasons such as “small town life isn’t good enough anymore” and “something told me to head west” but the primary reason was that a friend of hers that she had met online had overdosed on crack and promised to go to rehab when my cousin got there.

Although she had been talking about going to Alberta before, she left without telling anyone where she was going, and we didn’t hear from her for four days. Since the ride with a stranger situation was so sketchy, she was registered as a missing person and the police took her computer to search.

In the search her friends were contacted, and the crack addict expressed no concern over the safety of my cousin.

Two days ago we got a collect call from my cousin. It turns out that her friend has no intention of going to rehab and my cousin is not allowed to stay at the addict’s house.

My cousin is living in a hostel. She has no money and absolutely no ID. No winter clothes, nothing.

My great-uncle owns a country wide moving business, and he offered to have one of his trucks bring her home, free of charge. She has refused.

I know her life here was not as bad as being on the streets with no friends. Her family life is good, we all love her no matter what hijinks she gets into. Her parents were never rich, but if she wanted something, like her ipod, they would work hard to get it for her. She has many friends and connections here, and even though there has been some antagonism at her school about her “alternative” style it is in the past now. She claims that her school and small town life sucks, but she would be graduating in 15 months anyway, so if she just waited she could potentially go to college and move to the big city then.

I know it may seem that I am meddling and that she is almost an adult, but I think the fact that she thought she could legally get a job without a social insurance number is a fine example of how naive she really is.

Anyway, does anyone know how I could convince her to just cut this out and come home?
I’m just so worried about her safety. If you don’t think I can convince her to come back, what do you think I can do to improve her situation, help her out a bit?

I am a student and I can not send money.

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