I need spiritual advice for this drug addiction!?

I was clean for two years from injecting meth! Now, I've shot up meth 4 times in 3 months. Twice this week. I did it right in front of my 18 month old little girl who i love more than ANYTHING. I feel so sick inside. I gave my life back to the lord Sunday and really mended my lost relationship with him, then tonight i used again!!! I cannot sleep... my spirit is longing for God while my body is coming down from it's high.... I feel so unworthy. I need him more than ever. I hate this addiction and lord knows i dont want to be sucked back into it. I hate myself and what ive done. I cannot believe i've come back to this. I just need encouragement,please.I need spiritual advice for this drug addiction!?
Hi, I'm an addict and have been clean for 4 years and one month. Please know that God is with you even after you've relapsed.


Narcotics Anonymous is where you need to be 'cause God loves those who help themselves. And let me tell you that N/A works.


Also can i just add that there are 2 ways of looking at this relapse:


1: Beat yourself up about it and start hating yourself all over again which will only make more drug use even more likely.


2: Use this relapse as a learning experience because some valuable things can be drawn from it.


For example: You now know what sort of things trigger your need to get high. You could also glean what sort of things or situations or feelings you need to steer clear of to reduce your risk of further relapses.


I really hear you when you say that you dont wanna be sucked into the grip of your addiction. I been there too mate.


Please just try to do pro-active things instead of beating yourself up over this.


I read a real nice story once about a guy who died and was walking on the beach with God. After a time he looked back and mostly he saw two sets of footprints (his own and Gods)


God was walking there right beside him most of the time. But the man also saw that at the hardest times of his life there was only one set of footprints. So he queried God about this and God said that during the hardest times of the mans life it was then that God picked him up and carried him.


God is ready and willing to pick you up too. Trust in him and you'll know the right way when it presents itself.


Remember, God helps those who help themselves.


I hope this has helped you out.


God bless!I need spiritual advice for this drug addiction!?
Do you see that meth doesn't give you what you believe it can? When you see that perfectly clear, you'll be OK.
Hi,as u realized ,u cant stop doing this by urself and because u say ur relation with God its important in ur life,why u dont ask Him help in this problem?God is the only one in this world who knows us very wel,He knows our weekness and strainght also,he understand u very well that u feel weak now,so u can talk to God about ur problem,about what u feel,u can also ask Him to forgive and more important in ur problem,ask His help in ur life.Wen u have a strong relation with sombody u use to talk about everything its hapening in ur life,so why dont u try to be friend with God also and get closer to Him?Do u have Bible?If yes,read please 1Corinteni 10:13,1 Ioan 4:18,Ioan 16:24,Romani 3:23,be sure as long ur sry for wat u do wrong and try ur best to stop doing it,God understand and forgive u.anyway,ask Him help in ur prb,somtime we are to much weak to handle the problems in our life.I wish u luck and take care of u
Well, good for you to acknowledsged God as the top priority in your lufe. I know kicking addition completely is a hard and long term process. U just have to perserver the kicking habit. Think of your daughter... what is her future going to be? With a energetic mum, living a Godly life or a downcast mum, trying her best to correct herself.





I have this encouragement for u... be strong in fighting the habit.
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Meth addiction is a problem that has spread to all areas of the United States. During 1999 4.3% (9.4 million people) of the U.S. population reported trying meth at least once in their lifetime. The highest rate of meth use was among adults ages 18-25. Although meth use is an epidemic across the United States, nowhere is it a bigger problem that in the Midwest. Meth accounts for nearly 90% of all drug cases in the Midwest, and is most prevalent in Oklahoma. Meth is surpassing cocaine as the drug of choice in Oklahoma. The state medical examiner's office reports the number of death cases testing positive for meth have been higher than cocaine for the past three years. The office also reports meth is found in more and more cases of homicides, and motor vehicle accidents.





Meth is a stimulant that imitates the way the chemicals in the brain manufacture and transmit messages of gratification to the brain's pleasure center. An individual can become dependent on meth almost immediately after their first time using the drug. Researchers believe that this is because meth is able to produce a manufactured sense of pleasure due to the way it interacts with the user's brain. Similar to the body's natural hormone adrenaline, meth raises heart rates, blood pressures, and breathing rates. Due to the body's physical as well as physiological reactions to meth the brain begins to expect the immediate gratification that it has become accustomed to. Because the use of meth produces this sense of instant gratification it becomes harder for life's normal rewards to create the same sense of pleasure.





Over time, the individual places more trust in meth's effects while other areas of daily life seem diminished and unimportant. Initially this takes place on a physical level then on a psychological level. One the physical level of dependence the individual continually strives to achieve the initial ';rush'; they felt the first time they used meth. This is not possible though; due to meth's ability to suppress and deplete the brain's production of normal chemical messages that create pleasurable feelings. Continual meth use changes the brain. It is forced to adapt to the presence of meth and lowers the production of other normal chemical messengers.


Psychological meth addiction is due to its tight hold on the individual's pleasure center. Meth begins to rule over the individual's life, demanding attention at all times. This in turn leads them to resent circumstances when they are unable to use meth, such as with non-using friends, work, school, and family. As this resentment builds the individual will push others away who no longer ';fit'; into their desired lifestyle.





No one wants to be a meth addict, but this doesn't stop people from getting addicted. The most commonly asked question is simply - how? How could my son, daughter, father, sister, or brother become a liar, a thief, someone who cannot be trusted? How could this happen? And why won't they stop? To understand an individual's fixation on meth you first must understand why a person uses. Most people use meth to change how they feel because they want to feel better or different. They use meth for the perceived benefits, or the benefits experienced, not for the potential harm. People use meth to have fun, to be part of a group, out of curiosity, and to escape from physical and/or psychological pain.





There are numerous reasons why an individual would begin using meth. One common thread throughout all the reasons is that using meth produces pleasurable effects which the individual likes. The individual knows that each time they use they will feel good (';high';), so they seek out this feeling. At first, using meth is about the pleasure obtained through taking it. As time goes on though, the individual begins to feel they need to take meth to feel normal. The individuals fall into meth addiction is unintentional and usually unforeseen by them.





Individuals who struggle with a tendency to use meth do not set out to destroy themselves, everyone and everything in their path. These disastrous consequences are the effect of the vicious cycle of a meth habit. For many, meth use seems to be a means of averting emotional and/or physical pain by providing the user with a temporary escape from life's sometimes uncomfortable realities. Example, a person tries meth. The drug APPEARS to solve their problems. They feel better. Because they now SEEM better able to deal with life, meth becomes valuable to them. The person looks at meth as a cure for unwanted feelings. The painkilling effects of meth become a solution to their discomfort. This release is the main reason a person uses meth a second or third time. It is just a matter of time before they becomes fully addicted and loses the ability to control their meth use. Meth addiction, then, results from excessive or continued use of the drug in an attempt to resolve the underlying symptoms of discomfort or unhappiness.





Over time, a person's ability to choose not to take meth can become compromised--soon enough the person rationalizes the need to use consistently and will do anything to get high. They are now caught in the vicious cycle of using to alleviate pain and creating more pain by using. They now display the physiological symptoms of a fixation with meth. They become difficult to communicate with, are withdrawn, and begin to exhibit other strange behaviors associated with a meth habit.





In addition to the mental stress created by their unethical behavior, the addict's body has also adapted to the presence of the drug. They will experience an overwhelming obsession with getting and using meth. This is when the newly-created addict begins to experience meth cravings. Ironically, the addict's ability to get ';high'; from meth gradually decreases as his body adapts to the presence of foreign chemicals. They must take more and more meth, not just to get an effect but often just to function at all.


At this point, the addict is stuck in the vicious dwindling spiral of meth addiction. Meth use has changed them both physically and mentally. They have crossed an invisible and intangible line.





The compulsion to use meth can take over the individual's life. An individual's gravitation to meth often involves not only compulsive drug taking but also a wide range of dysfunctional behaviors that can interfere with normal functioning in the family, the workplace, and the broader community. Meth addiction can place users at an increased risk for a wide variety of other illnesses. These illnesses can be brought on by behaviors, such as poor living and health habits, that often accompany life as a meth addict, or because of toxic effects of the drug.
Even Paul, who wrote most of the letters of the new testament, confessed, before he met the Spirit of JC on the road to Damascus, that he must have been the worst sinner of all.


Give it up for your baby, or do want her addicted also.


I'm not trying to be meanspirited here, but you know this, if baby sees this as acceptable behavior now or as soon as she can perceive it, she will not forget and may be hooked someday also.