Jesus Brings Healing and Freedom from Alcohol

As we work with men and women caught in the bondage of addiction we seek to uncover the emotional hurt or pain inside that they have been medicating. When these old wounds are healed by the touch of Jesus, then the high is no longer soothing or numbing anything. At this point true freedom from addiction is found and we urge men to find five Godly men to walk with them in this new freedom as they learn to make Godly decisions.
Here's an email I received from a man who found that freedom and healing from Christ!


David
As you know I have struggled with alcohol addiction for 8 years. I am not sure that I can say that struggled is the right term as for quite some time I did not want to quit.

This whole situation actually goes back to my childhood. I was raised in a conservative home where father and brothers are all ministers. As a child I was hurt by physical, emotional, and verbal abuse. I learned at an early age that to defend myself I would rebel. The problem is that I never grew out of that mode. Now here I sit in my mid 40s following the same pattern that I learned at the age of 8. For whatever reason I could never feel God’s love. I know the Bible and all of the rules, but I never felt that love and excitement that others seemed to have found.

Well that all changed last weekend. At 2:12am I saw Jesus like I never had before and all of the pain of my childhood were removed. I barely slept the rest of the night as I was healed and haven’t felt this way any time that I can remember.
This is a very scary proposition for me, to face life without the ability to numb myself. But it is something that I need do for my God who loves me and died for me so that I could be healed. Additionally, my wife and family deserve a man who fights for them, not one that sits around in an intoxicated state.

You told me to get 5 men around me and I did, starting with Monday I receive a call from each of them on their assigned day to see how the day is going and to make sure that I am staying with the decisions that I have made. This has not been and will not be easy, but it is something that I am committed to doing.

I thank you and everyone on Tuesday’s night’s group for changing my life and saving my marriage and probably my life.