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Recovery
Last week we talked about life at the end of the trail - what happens to people when they do not break the chains of their addiction. We talked about where they would be 25 years later. Your comments were awesome, and it was one of my best blogs yet. Your comments make it happen.
This week, I want to talk about what a person should do who is addicted, but wants to break the chains of addiction. Now there are many people who never come to that point. As they say in Narcotics Anonymous, these people end up in jails, institutions, or death. But to the fortunate ones who say, “I really want help,” there is help. There is hope. While it won’t be easy, the chains can be broken. So maybe you want to break the addiction in your life or know someone who does. If so, this blog’s for you. So how does someone break the chains of addiction? That’s a good question. Books have been written on it, but let’s give it a shot. Who knows? It might just change your life.
The first step to overcoming an addiction is to come out of denial and admit you are powerless.
| Denial is the false beliefs our addictions hide behind. | What is denial? “Denial is all the false beliefs our addictions hide behind. Like a living thing, an addiction will fight to stay alive. Its first line of defense is to remain hidden, so it constructs powerful arguments for why we are not addicted.” How many times have you or someone you know who has an addiction come up with crazy statements to pretend they don’t have an addiction? For example:
- “I can quit anytime I want.”
- “I just use my addiction when I want to.”
- “My addiction isn’t hurting anybody anyway.”
- “Oh well, it’s too late.”
- “I can’t change anyway.”
- “I’ll quit someday, but I’m having too much fun now.”
These and other statements prove the addict has not yet come out of denial and is not yet ready to start the long journey to freedom. Allie put it really well: “…You must admit you have an addiction and then have the will to change it. You must understand that it will not be easy.” (Allie) But when somebody who’s addicted says, “I can’t go on like this; I will do whatever it takes to be set free,” then you know there is hope for that person. For example, I received a
| “…You must admit you have an addiction and then have the will to change it…” | comment from Kitty a couple weeks ago: “Dawson, I have been struggling with an eating disorder for several years. I'm anorexic. I know that if I don't quit, in 25 years, I will be dead.” (Kitty) It would appear Kitty has faced the cold reality of her addiction. She seems serious in her willingness to change. Even then, Kitty will have many tests along the way. For example, it takes a lot of humility and hard work to break free. Plus, there is that old enemy called shame always there ready to discourage someone from going forward. It is also very easy for someone who has used denial about their addiction to slip back in to it again when the going gets rough.
Just about every program teaches that the addict must admit they are powerless over their addiction. This is a difficult thing to do because many addictions make a person feel powerful while on the high. It’s humbling to say, “I cannot help myself by myself; I am powerless over this monster called addiction.” To the addict, it doesn’t make sense to say, “I am powerless over the addiction.” For many, they have spent years with the false belief they have all the power. It’s a huge step to come forward and admit to another person, “I am powerless over my addiction.” But it is the only way to begin the recovery process.
The second step to overcoming an addiction is to turn to God.
| Only God can empower an addict to make the changes necessary for freedom. | The most well-known and used program that helps people overcome addictions is the 12 Step Program. Five of the twelve steps deal directly with one’s relationship with God. Only God can empower an addict to make the changes necessary for freedom. Last week, I received a very moving story from a guy named Dan. Once you have read his story, you will see how important a relationship with God can be:
“I was addicted to sex for 25 years, since the very earliest experience, and at the end, I had truly come to the end of my trail. I didn't feel human anymore and I thought I'd never be able to feel enjoyment or sense beauty every again. I had the stink of death on me, and I would have been happy just to die in the dessert away from humans and have my bones bleach in the sun. All the years of trying to quit and relapsing again and again accomplished nothing. I though I was headed to Hell. I had panic attacks that put me in the hospital. I drove all the way across the country, and when I was halfway through Texas, I asked God what I was doing out there, and at that moment, I say a sign in the middle of nowhere. It read: “Trust Jesus.” Well, I've been doing that ever since, and He's real and true. He's freed me from sexual addiction. He's showed me that the Bible contains all that we need to know. Jesus is the one who came, not to break us or put out our little flame of life, but to set us free…” (Dan)
Very few people have left God out of their recovery attempts and been successful. Even a tiny bit of faith in God will start a person down the road to recovery.
Conclusion
To the person who is dead serious about breaking free from their addiction, whether it’s cutting, gambling, drugs, eating disorders, etc., there is hope. People all around the world are overcoming their addictions one day at a time, and you can too.
Thursday, Sep 20, 2007 - 7:30:18 PM
i need help
- anastssia .h.
Thursday, Sep 20, 2007 - 7:30:04 PM
Jesus is truth. It takes truth to break free from addiction because we always think if we wait long enough, something good will happen or some kind of turn-of-luck will come along, but it never does. I was sexually addicted for 25 years.
Jesus sets the captives free.
The first step for me was picking up a little Gideon Bible and gaining the fear of God (the beginning of wisdom)
The next step was obedience to take the little steps that God gave me. I just had to give up and do what I knew he wanted me to do. He was gentle and didn't expect me to be a perfect man overnight.
When I started to obey, God started speeking to me in different ways, little ways, but I knew it was God.
The next thing that happened is I realized I was addicted, and that was very liberating, because after so many years, I realized something could be done about it.
Next I searced the internet and got some help. I took a course that lasted 60 days. The first 3 days were much like alcohol DT's. With some research, I found out that sexual addiction recovery is cyclicle. I'd have intense craving at around 2 week cycles. I'd feel good for a few days, then get progressively worse. I'd be doubled over in pain and sleep through several days at a time. This is serious stuff. It's important to remember on those days that Jesus is in control and he knows the beginning and the end, and what happens after that. He knows this isn't going to be fatal. It's just really unpleasant for a while. When You have the flu, you feel terrible, but you know you'll recover, and it's the same here. God will give you new desires to replace the old ones. Over time, He will give you new thoughts and it will be well with You. There's nothing to fear when You put you life in God's hands.
Other things that helped was to realize that I held on to my addiction because I was trying to administer pleasure to cover up all the pains and broken places in my life. The addiction did nothing to cure those problems. The pain was valid, but the treatment wasn't valid because it didn't help but made things were. It increased my shame.
God is able to heal our pains. One thing he does is take us back and let us forgive the people who harmed us. He's also able to take care of all our needs. He did that for me, and I hardly had to lift a finger.
It was important to go the full sixty days on this course I took. 30 days wouldn't have been enough. There's just to many chemicals and things in the body that have been altered and need to get back to a normal, natural state.
I found out that I needed to stay in my Bible every day, and pray all the time. That's part of the armor that the Bible speaks of. It's what protects us from day to day. If we let down our guard and lower our sword, the enemy is able to wipe us out without resistence.
Confession was so important. It was the hardest thing I ever did, but God was able to get me through it, even with my family, and they were great. It made things so much easier after that.
Addiction really is like the container that leaks. We go and try to fill up with our addiction, and the joy drains away and we need more and more until theres nothing left but the scum in at the bottom of the container. Jesus is able to give us living water, which is always fresh.
On the practical side, addiction alters our mind, so we do need help every day and we need the truth, which the Bible can give us. It's lies that have held us in the never-ending cycle for all these years.
And the truth shall set you free.
- Dan
Thursday, Sep 20, 2007 - 12:22:46 AM
my friend was 13 when he was addicted
to pot. he sat there smoking infront of me to make a long story short i got him to detoxicate and well he looks so much beter and after 3 years of rehab he is now in the dare program tolking to kids why not to do drugs I AM SO PROUD OF HIM
- teaya
Thursday, Sep 20, 2007 - 12:22:35 AM
I Really Love Your Radio Show Its Really Nice How You Can Help People Who Really Needs Help Like I Just Stop Somebody From Getting Into A Bloody Fight To Day 9-18-2007 If I Wasent For Your Talk's That I Listen All The Time SomeBody Could Have Got Hurt Well I Hope We Can Chat SomeTime Please Well I Hope You Can Say My Blog On The Radio.
Thanks: Grace L.
- Grace L.
Thursday, Sep 20, 2007 - 12:21:49 AM
hi i was seeing this girl from ceder point i need help bad
- mike
Thursday, Sep 20, 2007 - 12:21:39 AM
i have an addiction, that is porn, i need some help
- brandon
Thursday, Sep 20, 2007 - 12:21:22 AM
dang, if were not 4 u, alot of people would be dead
- Brandon
Thursday, Sep 20, 2007 - 12:21:16 AM
Hey Dawson! I listen to your show as much as I can and I was hoping you could help me with a problem I have. Recently I've noticed that I don't turst people which has resulted in numerous "minor" problems like getting apathetic easily. The only event that I can come up with was when I had 3 friends at the beginning of 4th grade (now in 8th). We started out as friends but soon we were having guidance meetings until we finally just stopped talking to eachothers. Every since then, I haven't fully trusted people (by the way I go to an all-girls school). As a result, people don't believe I stress out or that
- Aliya
Thursday, Sep 20, 2007 - 12:20:32 AM
Dawson,
I listen to your show on the weekends whenever I'm driving around. I understand, respect, and appriciate that you are able to help so many people in the world. In fact, I down right admire that.
However, I repeatedly find myself discussing with my friends in the car some of the things you say. I strongly disagree and feel that your approaches are rather offbeat.
Using this blog as an example:
"The first step to overcoming an addiction is to come out of denial and admit you are powerless."
Isn't overcoming an addiction supposed to be impowering? Shouldn't you be giving them reassurance that they ARE able to overcome the addiction with help and willpower?
And "The second step to overcoming an addiction is to turn to God. Only God can empower an addict to make the changes necessary for freedom."
Now, I am a spiritual person and I am in no way saying anything against God.
But what business does religion play in overcoming an addiction? An addiction is a physical or psychological dependancy.
The same way that you became accustomed to what you were addicted to you are able to re-train yourself to be accustomes to the LACK of your addiction as well.
Wouldn't you agree?
- Tabitha
Thursday, Sep 20, 2007 - 12:15:41 AM
i love listening to your show on sunday nights ....... the thing is i have a problem 2 i am just afraid to calll
- ethan
Thursday, Sep 20, 2007 - 12:15:14 AM
hey ,got your message. I'm moving to a new school and I will be willing to help and get more kids listen to your show.
- hey
Tuesday, Sep 18, 2007 - 11:54:51 PM
hey dawson i just want to know what radio station do come on. i live in philly, i used to listen to you all the time when you were on 89.5 but now i dont know what station your on
- Kenny
Tuesday, Sep 18, 2007 - 11:54:41 PM
Hi dawson, just as a few other people on here, ive never called in, but i listen to your show every sunday.(where i live it doesnt come on untill about 12:00 midnight. and i stay up that late just to hear you!) ive had alot of problems and questions that needed answering. and listening to your show answered alot of them. ive gotten through some hard times and overcame alot of things. i just wanted to say thanks. youve really helped me turn my life around.(also i think what your doing is the best thing somebody could use the radio for. other than advertising crud, your actually helping people and changing lives.)
- Star
Tuesday, Sep 18, 2007 - 6:51:33 PM
well addiction is stupid and you now what you say that you may be addicted to anything because you dont know who you are deep inside yourself.Send me something back.. thank you for listening!!
- RACHEL
Tuesday, Sep 18, 2007 - 6:49:53 PM
hey, Dawson. I have this friend shes like my little sister, and she is going out with a dude and hes 21 i mean hes a nice dude and stuff hes like my big brother but shes anly 12 and i just want to know if thats right or not for them.. like if he get caught with her like doing stuff with her and she saying shes going to have 2 kids and if her mom and dad finds out they are going to kick her out and then i dont think she'll find a place to live cause i already have almost all of my family liveing here with me and my mom in a 5 bedroom house so wat should i do i already have my problems and now i have to keep this one to and that is just way to much for me right now..
- Katie
Tuesday, Sep 18, 2007 - 6:47:24 PM
this site is so cool!
- kaitlyn g.
Tuesday, Sep 18, 2007 - 6:46:56 PM
hey dawson, first i would like to say, i listen to your show every sunday for the past 2 months, and i never called in. but although i never called in, dawson, your advice changed my life. i was a cutter. for about a year and a half. my arms look like they went through cheese graters, and i have to wear a jacket all day every day.. the sad thing is, i live in San Diego. it is ALWAYS hot! i have to hide from my parents, family, schoolmates, and newfound friends. the reason for my disgusting addiction? my mom left when i was 7 (i am now 14) and i lived with my dad for 6 years. he abused me.. as soon as my mom stepped out the door. he remarried about 3 years ago, and his new wife, is a total witch. he threatened me hit me in everyway possible, emotionally abused me.. anything he could. because i wasnt "perfect". i never did anything good enough. i finally moved out with my mom. i thought it was too late for me.. i had numerous failed suicide attempts, i had turn to alcohol, running away and eventually cutting. listening to your show, and hearing your advice helped me to get over my cutting and realize it does no good. i still feel i need a little extra push but, i have been clean for almost 3 months now. thank you dawson
- Desiree
Tuesday, Sep 18, 2007 - 1:37:14 PM
Hey DAWSON! How it going? Just wanted to give some advice on quitting addictions. I used to have an addiction to acting out on my anger with aggression. Soon, I began to grow up and see things in a different perspective. That is what changed me. Oh, you don't get it. My thoughts changed and my PERSPECTIVE!!! Perspective oh boy it can change a lot of things. As a child people tried to teach me these things as that but I was too stubborn to see it. And that's another thing that changed me, TIME!!!
Time will change most whether they want to change or not! So listen here folks. AS you mature and grow up you will definitely ain't worth the wait to get the satisfaction of change and happiness in life.
Paul Shepherd, 16
Magee MS
- Paul
Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 11:02:29 PM
hey i ve heard of your show
and i wanted some help
its nothing major
just a problem with a couple of my friends
but i dont like talking on phones
so is there a place where i could talk to you one on one on the computer?
- Amber
Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 11:02:12 PM
Hey Dawson. I love your show, I've been listening for a little over a year now. I have great respect for all you do. I have struggled the last few years of my life with cutting and depression. Almost everytime I listen to your show their is at least one caller with the same problem. I love how you always say that "when you cut yourse;f it's like cutting into your soul" that is so true because that's exactly how it is! People don't understand that it's not about the physical abuse but the internal. I became addicted to the relief and escape it gave me from not ahving to feel so dead inside. I was molested once when I was younger and again when I was 16 on school property. I never turned the guy in and guilt of it drove me to cut even worse. I seriously didn't think I would live past 17. Not because I wanted to die but because I felt I had no control over anything I felt or what happened to me. I finally stopped after realizing I didn't want to die like that or die at 97 with scars all over my body ya know? But I know I still have a long way to go. I quit for a year and three months and then I had one relapse six months ago... This came as a shock to me and I am still confused about it because I thought that things were finally turning around after going to therapy and staring college to get away from everything that use to haunt me. I relized I still have some issues to deal with. Recently I have had a hard time with the return of nightmares. I don't understand why all this stuff is coming back now and why I didn't feel it when I was suppose to. I now know that cutting is only a temperary relief that won't help me or change what happened to me. But I don't know what else I can do to get past this I have gone to a shrink and talked about it, written it out and prayed whenever I can get it out of me...My worst fear is that something worse will happen to me, I am physically disabled and it makes me feel weak not being able to defend myself. It's now been 3 years since this happened and although I've come a long way I don't know if I will ever be all the way over it but I know that part of me dosen't want to give up because I know out there some where someone is going through what I have or worse. Thanks Dawson for beong part of my insperation to help others!
- Amber
Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 10:46:57 PM
Hey Dawson, I just wanted to thank you for offering your help to so many, I listen to you gove advice and find awnsers to my problems every sunday. There was a point in my life last year when I was 14 where I wanted to end it all and run away. Your voice helped clear that. So thank you and all your staff for doing what You do. God Bless you, and expect a call from me when I need your help!
- Nathan C.
Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 10:43:43 PM
HEY MAN THATS SO DEEP IT TOUCHED MY HEART YOU ARE THE STUFF I THIN ITS COOL THAT YOU HELP PEOPLE OUT MAN IT WOULD TAKE SOME MONEY TO GET ME UP THERE AND DO WHAT TOU DO SO I THINK YOU ARE ONE AWSOME PERSON GOD SENT YOU HERE FOR A REASON AND YOU FOUND THE PERFECT REASON HE SENT YOU HERE!
- SARA JOHNSON
Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 10:40:36 PM
Hey Dawson! Addictions were a hard thing to read on this blog... Everyone struggles, and I want you to realize how many people you have helped with writing this. It gave me hope, and made me realize that the things that I am doing and have done are dangerous and in the end, irreversable unless I make a choice to stop now. And for that I want to thank you. You are such a giving person.
- Amanda
Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 10:39:27 PM
Well, I have an addiction but really its not harming me yet. I have been addict to myspace even though its not harming me or my friends i have got in trouble. My dad has found out and grounded me and delted me first one. Then i made one and he found out 23 weeks later and now i cant stop what should I do?
- Kelsey
Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 10:37:25 PM
i love the show i cant wait till i get a job to help people in problems like that you enspire me
- elizabeth
Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 10:37:13 PM
Yeah, um Dawson, I love your show and i listen to it all the time, i go on your website even when i should be listening to my teacher, because i think what you talk about is more important than the history of computers. I see that you are always talking about forming a relationship with God, and i want to, but i'm always afraid that if i do, then i . cant have fun. That if i smoke or drink or party or do anything like that, or if i have sex or say i hate you to someone, that that makes me a hipocrit. so i just don't make that connection with God. I am a cutter and i have stopped so that i can keep my boyfriend. He means so much to me and i want to keep him close. Cutting has been a problem for me for almost a year and a half and i no i'm addicted. I have stopped, but i still feel the urge to cut sometimes. Do i have to form a relationship with God if i want the urges to go away completely?
- Abby
Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 10:31:06 PM
I love listening to you talk with others, and I was hoping you might have something for me too; I'm 14 years old, and from the age of 4 1/2 until I was 13, I had gone to 11 family funerals and 2 close family friend's. I'm on depression medication, and have to see two psychotherapists once every few weeks...its rough because my family doesn't make much money, and its only my dad that has a job. He crashed our car last october and we didn't get the car worked on until a few monthes ago. We are still suffering from the money that we had to dish out, and its still not entirely fixed.
All through my elementry school years I was called fat and ugly by both boys and girls, and it's now stuck in my head that I am...I hate it because my my girlfriend and my best friend keep saying no thats not true, but they are friends so I find it hard to believe that they aren't just saying it to make ME feel better. I do feel that I need to lose weight and all people say is "your not fat--you're just chubby" and I hate that, chubby is just another word for fat, and no matter how much I walk, run, or diet, I can't seem to put off the weight for more than two days, simply making me feel wrose than before.
I also got alot of flak for going out with a girl, and it carried on through my middle school years as well. I never have had many friends, and I tend to drift away from people, and/or not tell anyone how I feel. As of now I really only have two friends-one of which is my girlfriend. I'm really bi, but not many people take the time to get to know me for me. It's hard (and getting harder) for me to even walk around the block because I end up with a lot of men slowing down and even whistling, saying some chauvinist comment, staring, honking, or asking me if I "wanna ride, babe?".
I really wish there was just a way that i could feel better with myself, and NOT BE FAT, I'm beggining to believe that I'm not ugly but that I can deal with, the fat and the constant worrying about money and what people think of me, hurts more than a lot of things ever could.
- Tyleranne
Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 10:27:17 PM
i listen to you show every sunday and i know you changing life keep it up bro keep doing the good work may God contunue to bless you unconditianal.
- Nadine,Cadet
Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 10:19:48 PM
hey dawson ive listened to your show alot and i think wat you are doing is great but i would like your help too. i have a lot of problems in my life but the main one im worried about is my bf hes addicted to pot and alcohol. he use to be and alcoholic but quit and now hes starting up agin. its not as bad as it use to be but he just cant control him self sometimes. once he starts he cant stop untill he pukes. right now hes promised me that hes going to quite with the alcohol but hes broken many promises befor but he says that right now with all the stress and every thing he cant quit the pot and i just dont know wat to do anymore i dont get to see him alot bcause of stuff that has happened and he lives with pot heads and he cant deal with the preasure from them but he has no other place to go and hes saving up his money for his own place but he ends up spending it all i just i need some advise
- jessica
Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 10:17:54 PM
i think it's great that people are trying to stop their addiction! I think they realize what they are doin to their family and love ones!
Keep up with the good work!
- Mary D.
Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 10:17:16 PM
I used to be an addict and believe me it is no fun... i should have died but thankfully i have a mom who cares and i love her alot for that. i turned to drugs when i was 13 and the reason i did it because i had a lot of stress on me and i also hang out with the wrong friends. i listen to this show everytime i have the chance and it really helped me realize how wrong i was in the past.
- Amber
Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 10:16:49 PM
I wanted to say "ditto" to your advice that I heard you give on last night's show about Narcotics Anonymous. I have been sober for 2 weeks shy of 18 months and I owe it all to NA. I am so glad to hear that someone is endorsing us. NA promises freedom from active addiction. It is a simple program but it is not easy. God bless.
- Ashley
Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 9:56:47 PM
i am 28. i have no money about to have no home,and i have no car if i choose to leave this marriage.I have been using meth for 12 years now.i am not affraid to admitt it. my whle family knows about me and my drug problem.i know it is going to be very difficult and very hard .so could you please tell me how to begain the 2nd step and where i should go for help.i have a serious problem,and i dont go a day without it.on top of that i use needles and have for the past 10 years now.i thank you for helping me and i appreciate your time.sincerly:tracy g.
- Tracy (lil-t)
Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 12:31:38 AM
i'm an addict have always been one, i've been to jails and institutions and should be dead, but i'm here and this is why: I made the decision that nothing was going to control me, i wasn't going to give my life away anymore, i went from taking 10 to 15 painkillers a day to quitting cold turkey, i didn't recieve treatment... i found myself at the bottom sinking farther and farther into something i didn't want, i saw every dime i had going out to pay for pills leaving my rent and other bills unpaid, i was so afraid to go through the withdrawls that was my excuse "i need to be able to get around" "i'm not strong enough to stop on my own" i thought i needed to go to rehab but that wasn't an option for me, then i relized something that i have the power over my addiction, i can change my thinking from negative to positive and be done with it, I realized that God didn't put me here to be in agony He has big plans for me and with Him I can defeat anything and everthing. I took painpills everyday for 31/2 years straight, my body had formed a dependency
my mind was addicted, but one day i woke up and said I WILL NOT DIE THIS WAY! I quit, it hurt my body was getting rid of this poison and it hurt like nothing I have ever felt for about 3 days. The whole time i prayed and asked for God to get me through this and He did, I'm sober and look at life in a different way. This isn't even a portion of my struggles in life, but I am telling you if I can do it you can to. Change your pattern of thinking, get tired of being sick and tired. Just because your past maybe the reason your going down this road doesn't mean it has to last. Your past doesn't define your future. Remeber that most of your addiction is in your head, sometimes its all in your head, and if you can overcome the mental aspects the physicall can be beaten too. You have to really want it, if your not truely wanting a sober life then its not gonna happen for you. Good luck to all of you who struggle, do what you have to do for yourself to break the chain.
- keilah
Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 12:15:12 AM
Hey Dawson, The show is great, It helps alot of kids. It gives kids someone to go to with there problems. I'm glad theres someone out there who wants to help kids, I'm glad your talk show is there.
- Kent
Sunday, Sep 16, 2007 - 11:53:54 PM
hey dawson, about 3 weeks ago a family member who was a soldier was over in iraq and wuz killed and its been really hard on my family including me. and lately iv been losing sleep and worrying about it because my dad is also over there on a contract job as a civilian and im just worried about him. and i havnt heard from him in about a month and if something wuz wrong i would have known so i know he's ok but i still worry and on top of that i have a friend who's father is a soldier and he just got stationed over there and she's gone into a depression and has started cutting. and i feel for her because we are in the same situation but i dont approve of the cutting because i am a former cutter and i know how hard it is to stop and im just worried about her because of her addiction and she doesnt see it as bad or an addiction but it is and idk what i should do? can you help me figure out on what i should tell her to get her through this? please respond. thank you
- Becca
Sunday, Sep 16, 2007 - 10:57:54 PM
I think it is so generous of you to give time out of your life to help struggling people with their problems and drug addictions which is so amazing because most people would just ignore them cause they dont care about no one but themselves. Your an awesome person dawson
- Cameron
Sunday, Sep 16, 2007 - 10:55:52 PM
I just want to say that this station, is the best station ever. If I can help in anyway let me know!
- Tommy K.
Sunday, Sep 16, 2007 - 10:27:55 PM
I am a recovering cocaine and crack addict and I wanted to say all of you who see this there is hope I am a year in recovery and , I went thru some hardcore stuff due to my use , I lost my marriage , spent time in a mental hospital , rehab and being homeless and pennyless and over a year later after counseling and therapy and some strong support , life gets better , but it takes alot of hard work in the beginning on your end. You gotta knuckle down and make up your mind that it isnt what you want to do , and work hard to stya away form people who use even if they are your closest friends . change you location temporary if you need to find some strong support, and by all means stick with it , I was an 15 year user of coke and such , and none of that can compare to being clean for over a year . it gets better , and life is all worth it in the end , good luck to all of you who read this and god bless.......Daniel
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- Daniel
Sunday, Sep 16, 2007 - 9:43:26 PM
I was reall bad on pain pills for 2 years,& Its really hard to go from doing something everysingle day to not doing it at all, I hated my self for ever loving it, a lesson in life you can never forget. Daniel, Tn
- Daniel
Sunday, Sep 16, 2007 - 9:42:25 PM
YeaH..YouR BloGs aRe AweSOMe. iM aN AddiCt..BIg TiMe. n I dONt Kno hOW tO sTOp. dONt haVe The sUppOrT FROm n E onE tO sTOp. i DOnt knO iF i EvEr wiLL RECoVEr..
- becky
Sunday, Sep 16, 2007 - 9:09:58 PM
Hey Dawson,how are you tonight? just wanted to tell you to keep up the good work
- Ryan W.
Sunday, Sep 16, 2007 - 9:07:33 PM
i love your show. thank you so much for being there. i have wanted to call for a long time but just listening to the show helps so much. i listen to it all day on my ipod. thank you.
- Stephanie
Sunday, Sep 16, 2007 - 6:59:09 PM
I have been listening to your show for about three months and you've helped other people by telling them that if they have to say something they should talk to someone that they trust. THANKS, JONATHAN F.
- jonathan
Sunday, Sep 16, 2007 - 6:58:19 PM
Hey Dawson, I have been listening to your radio show all the time since March of this year. I guess i could call your radio show my addiction. It's so awsome what you are doing for so many people. I think theses steps to stop addiction are are real and true. Keep Rockin' on!!!
- LeeAnn, South Carolina
Sunday, Sep 16, 2007 - 6:57:22 PM
Hey Dawson, amazing blog, after reading it i looked back on my past and realized how much of what you said is true. I am a recovering cutter and have been clean for 4 years and a recovering drug addict and have been sober for 9 months last thursday. I guess you really have to admitt and realize you have a problem before you can get better. thank you.
- Kelci
Saturday, Sep 15, 2007 - 11:53:40 PM
Hey Dawson....I actually am a recovering addict who has really been tested in my recovery lately. The 12 steps are here to help us recover and live life on life's terms...which is sometimes easier said than done. My friend and three of her kids were recently in a bad car accident in which she and two of her children (3yr old twins died)....I was already started to slip into the temptation of my addiction. I have managed to stay clean from drugs. September first I celebrated my one year clean, but have not been quite as good at fending off my cutting. I have started to cut again which I have maybe cut 3 times in the past year, well now I have cut four times today already. Really strugglin.
kim
- Kimberly
Saturday, Sep 15, 2007 - 11:36:40 AM
Dawson,
Awsome blog. Everything you said is true. All I have to say is I wish I should break the chain from my addition of cutting. I keep trying and praying to God and the last time I was clean for almost 4 months. I been cutting myself again and I know It killing the People around me to see me doing this. Maybe one day I can come complete clean of thid addition.
Ashley
- Ashley
Friday, Sep 14, 2007 - 9:17:58 PM
yeah, had a really bad adiction to lying...and now that i am a Christian i dont lie constantly anymore....the girl last week had the same problem i did and asking God to help u with ur addiction can also help,too.....
- living4Him
Friday, Sep 14, 2007 - 9:14:04 PM
Hey, DAWSON! I live in MS and am residing at a facility here. Well, my mom left me when I was 7 years old and I never knew my bio dad. He left when I was born. Now, I don't have an addiction, but, I am in a troubling state of being. I am tried of living at these facilities. This facility has just realized that i don't need to be here. So they are sending me to a group home. I just need to know, well, to get advice on what i should do when i get there. I haven't had much freedom in my life so it will be a change for me and i don't know what i will do without anyone there to remind me not to do something. So who do i look to for help?
I will only be listening to your show on the radio for 1 hour when it first comes on in the next two days.Today is Friday, I will be listening tonight and Saturday and Sunday. NEVER AGAIN will i be listening until i go to the group home in two months. Sorry for the lack of time.
P.S.
I listen to SL100 in MS. I write poetry and write gospel songs. I am currently working on an autobiography. Thanks!
- Paul S.
Thursday, Sep 13, 2007 - 10:16:06 PM
hey Dawson,
Ive went to church my who life, asked jesus into my life, and Ive listened to ur show on 90.3 and 92.1 so i thought you might be able to help me. A couple years ago i got a girlfriend who was also in a church and was a steadfast christian. My morals were set high but we got involved in the wrong crowd and end result, i bacame a suicidal cutter who wasn't a virgin anymore. a little while later i went to a christian theraputic boys camp and got my life straightened out. I am going to start working harder to make my relationship with god better. But i need your advice on how,(when i start dating again), to stay away from getting emotionally attached and doing stuff sexually with each other. Please respond.
With love in christ,
Cayden R.
- Cayden R.
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