im a girl. if you all would like to see my testimony look on the thread "spiritually transmitted disease"
i have tried quitting drugs without gods help. when i went to a non-religious rehab i couldnt break free. i was still getting high (not as much it did help some) even tho i wanted to get clean. im not saying EVERYONE ..this is the only way and if you dont do what im doing then your going to burn in flames. no no but for ME..this is the only way. life isnt black and white for me..only when it comes to me staying alive. .
seriously though, who isn't a hypocrite when you get right down to it? Did you ever state something you believe in and then eventually, in some manner, compromised your beliefs? we all have. Thats why we're people and not something better. The christians arn't the only hypocrites. We all need to take a good look in the mirror.
very true. some people are just more outwardly hypocritical than others. i claim peace...but am i always peaceful ..such as when i am fighting with my parents. i claim love-but am i not prone to dislike at times? like i said..we are hypocritical as a result of pain/anger OR maybe even LIFES SITUATIONS. the point is not being perfect in fact i believe that imperfection is perfection..the point is doing your best to be a good person. i dont care how you get there. even good people do bad things! so lets all hug. yay.
I've always been cautious about doing anything to puncture another person's life preserver. Twelve step programs "work"for some people, whether their Higher Power is a bedpan, "Good Orderly Direction" (G.O.D). or the power of the group. In Oklahoma, it tends to be J.C. By "work" I mean turns their life around by getting them off booze and drugs. Does it trade one addiction for another? Like anything else, it can be carried to an unhealthy extreme and become a cult, but I know people who have changed from belligerent drunks and acid head burnouts into decent, likeable people because of it. I think there is something to the accusation that it can be a cult, a crutch, or a delusion like Dumbo's magic feather, but I shy away from blanket statements that it's all bad. If Dumbo's feather keeps him airborne, more power to it.