PING, this thread might be of interest to you! Freegards, RobFromGa
PING, this thread might be of interest to you! Freegards, RobFromGa
A prayer that anonymous Freeper put the drinking problem in God's hands and continues to reach out.
Prayer going up tonight when I say my thanks again for another day without a drink.
You bet I will Rob, considered it done.
Prayers to this Freeper. Keep it simple.
Prayers along, Rob. It's a hard road............FRegards
Dear Freeper, may GOD be with you on your forward journey into a new life change that will be much better for you and your loved ones. You will be in my prayers daily.
To our anonymous FRiend -
There's a lot of care and help available for you on this thread. People get and stay sober in many ways. But you can bet that we're saving you a "cyber-chair" at one of our unofficial, non-denominational, mixed-bag, cyber-meetings. (That was written with a smile, in case you're wondering.)
Hope you'll let us know who you are. I know without knowing you that you are worth saving.
We only wish you well,
RFF
Merciful Lord, we lift unto you our friend and all of Free Republic's supporting community in thankfulness for your endless mercy and Grace through the blood of your Son and Our Savior, Jesus Christ our Lord.
As a community (of sorts unimagined in scripture!), we unite to You beyond geographical and cultural boundaries in a common prayer for our Recovering Friend, wishing upon him/her the bountiful blessings you have brought to many of us under similar and adverse circumstances.
In the name of Christ the Lord, Amen.
J-
Please relay this directly to him or her.
Over the weekend I lost another friend to alcohol. He was supposed to be coming back to Connecticut to visit in a couple of weeks, but instead, his brother is getting on plane to California to make arrangements, and to clean out his apartment.
The last time I he came to visit, which was several years ago, my friend asked me about AA and problem drinking. I offered to take him to a meeting just to find out more, I told him about my experience, I gave him one of my Big Books. Very quickly though, he retreated into the "I'll stop myself", "I'm not that bad", "How about this weather" line. So I figured fine, he'll either change, or he'll drink his life into the ground like I did, and then I'll be there to help him pick up the pieces.
Over the years we had talked regularly. Usually he sounded fine, sometimes loopy, but we never made that open connection like in the first inquiry. Right up until the day he died he was a seemingly functional, responsible, if slightly troubled human being. Now he's dead, and I'm going to help scatter his ashes.
How I wish I could have one more chance to see him. Please don't make the people who love you have to say that about you.