http://www.spiritualriver.com Non-traditional recovery from addiction Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.spiritualriver.com/benefits-of-quitting-drinking/comment-page-1/#comment-154538 seo Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:01:37 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?page_id=2396#comment-154538 I've been browsing online more than 3 hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. It is pretty worth enough for me. In my view, if all webmasters and bloggers made good content as you did, the web will be much more useful than ever before. I’ve been browsing online more than 3 hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. It is pretty worth enough for me. In my view, if all webmasters and bloggers made good content as you did, the web will be much more useful than ever before.

]]> http://www.spiritualriver.com/benefits-of-quitting-drinking/comment-page-1/#comment-147039 Jonathan Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:19:02 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?page_id=2396#comment-147039 Ishmael, I know how you feel. I have been struggling to quit myself for awhile. What you should try doing is force yourself to not drink for an entire week and see how much better you feel. The longer you haven't had a drink in my experience the easier it gets. The first few days and week is very tough, second week is tough but easier and when you start feeling healthier due to not drinking, it's a snowball affect. There is no drug that will fix this for you, it's your personal choice and usually it comes down to hitting rock bottom in your life before you realize you have to make changes, which is how it happened for me. find your inspiration. For me it's my Grandfather who I admired greatly. When I was 18 years old I visited him for the last time not knowing it at the time. He was 92 years old had Parkinson's disease and could barely speak or walk. The last thing he ever said to me was "be a winner". That probably sounds pretty cheesy to you but it's one of the most inspiring memories I keep close to my heart when going through something tough. Also I've never believed in God in my life. I thought people use it as a crutch but Jesus is real and he has helped me and proven his existence to me by answering my prayers. Ask him to show himself to you and he will, I promise. People say that if you believe something is real than you make it real in your own mind "placebo". But if you don't have an open mind then there is no way you will ever discover something real. I believe in Jesus because I feel him in my heart not because I need him to be real or to use him as a crutch. Finish strong my friend. Ishmael, I know how you feel. I have been struggling to quit myself for awhile. What you should try doing is force yourself to not drink for an entire week and see how much better you feel. The longer you haven’t had a drink in my experience the easier it gets. The first few days and week is very tough, second week is tough but easier and when you start feeling healthier due to not drinking, it’s a snowball affect. There is no drug that will fix this for you, it’s your personal choice and usually it comes down to hitting rock bottom in your life before you realize you have to make changes, which is how it happened for me. find your inspiration. For me it’s my Grandfather who I admired greatly. When I was 18 years old I visited him for the last time not knowing it at the time. He was 92 years old had Parkinson’s disease and could barely speak or walk. The last thing he ever said to me was “be a winner”. That probably sounds pretty cheesy to you but it’s one of the most inspiring memories I keep close to my heart when going through something tough. Also I’ve never believed in God in my life. I thought people use it as a crutch but Jesus is real and he has helped me and proven his existence to me by answering my prayers. Ask him to show himself to you and he will, I promise. People say that if you believe something is real than you make it real in your own mind “placebo”. But if you don’t have an open mind then there is no way you will ever discover something real. I believe in Jesus because I feel him in my heart not because I need him to be real or to use him as a crutch. Finish strong my friend.

]]> http://www.spiritualriver.com/benefits-of-quitting-drinking/comment-page-1/#comment-145493 ISHMAEL Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:39:14 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?page_id=2396#comment-145493 i started drinking at a tender age of eleven i am now 31 and drinks heavily every evening. i have tried to quit but seems very difficult because i always fail my target to quit. is there any medicine to help me quit outright? pls help me, i really need you. i started drinking at a tender age of eleven i am now 31 and drinks heavily every evening. i have tried to quit but seems very difficult because i always fail my target to quit. is there any medicine to help me quit outright? pls help me, i really need you.

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