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January 24 v 28 v 29 TWELVE STEPPING WITH POWER IN THE PROVERB

 Don’t testify against your neighbors without cause;

don’t lie about them.

And don’t say, “Now I can pay them back for what they’ve done to me!

I’ll get even with them!”

STEP 6 : Were entirely ready to have GOD remove all these defects of character. 

Resentments must be put to rest or you will certainly relapse. If your committing step six this is your opportunity to do just that. Holding onto resentment poisoned my mind and I wasted countless years thinking of ways to get even with everyone who hurt me or who was trying to hurt me. This includes the people in my life who I tried to control too feed my addictions. I hated them because they would not give me what I wanted. Resentment , anger , and bitterness are a cancer that will eat you alive . The Proverb is a warning and what ever you do unto others will be done unto you. Step six is the opportunity to let it all go and trust GOD to renew your heart and transform your mind . GOD will restore and rebuild your life but you must first let HIM remove all defects of your character.

President Obama Says Marijuana is Not More Dangerous Than Alcohol

By Join Together Staff | January 21, 2014 | 10 Comments | Filed in Alcohol &Drugs


President Obama told The New Yorker magazine he does not think marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol. He added smoking marijuana is “not something I encourage.”

He acknowledged he smoked marijuana in his youth, the Associated Press reports. “I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of my adult life,” he said. Obama added he has told his daughters he thinks smoking marijuana is “a bad idea, a waste of time, not very healthy.”

Last fall, the U.S. Justice Department announced it will allow Colorado and Washington to carry out their new recreational marijuana laws. The department said it will focus enforcement on criminal charges in specific areas, such as distribution to minors.

The announcement ended almost a year of debate within the Obama Administration about how to react to the state laws, which allow personal possession of up to an ounce of marijuana for anyone at least 21 years old. They also permit marijuana to be sold and taxed at state-licensed stores. Federal law outlaws the production, possession and sale of marijuana.

In the magazine interview, Obama expressed concern at the disproportionate number of minorities who are arrested and imprisoned for marijuana use. “Middle-class kids don’t get locked up for smoking pot, and poor kids do,’’ he said. ‘‘And African-American kids and Latino kids are more likely to be poor and less likely to have the resources and the support to avoid unduly harsh penalties.” People who use marijuana should not be imprisoned for long periods when the people who write the drug laws “have probably done the same thing,” he noted.

He expressed caution about changing marijuana laws. He said people who think legalizing marijuana will solve social problems are “probably overstating the case.” He added, “And the experiment that’s going to be taking place in Colorado and Washington is going to be, I think, a challenge.”

January 23 v 29 Through 35 TWELVE STEPPING WITH POWER IN THE PROVERB

 Who has anguish? Who has sorrow?

Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining?

Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

 It is the one who spends long hours in the taverns,

trying out new drinks.

 Don’t gaze at the wine, seeing how red it is,

how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down.

 For in the end it bites like a poisonous snake;

it stings like a viper.

 You will see hallucinations,

and you will say crazy things.

 You will stagger like a sailor tossed at sea,

clinging to a swaying mast.

 And you will say, “They hit me, but I didn't feel it.

I didn't even know it when they beat me up.

When will I wake up

so I can look for another drink?”

STEP 1 ; 11 We admitted we were powerless over drugs and alcohol– that our lives had become unmanageable.

Usually I use one or two verse from the Proverb but all of this needs to be shared . The bible was written a little over two thousand years ago. This is a warning for us not to get caught up in alcohol. Why didn't they share this with me when I was a kid in Catholic school maybe if the teacher told me when I was younger , that drinking bites like a poisonous snake , it might have scared me into right thinking and I could have avoided addiction in my life. For those of you getting up early searching for the drink or drug you need to commit a sincere step one. Early prevention is key ,so Moms and Dads share this with your kids we have more that enough addicts in the world . This was not written two thousand years ago for no reason ,it was written as instruction and warning for us to avoid alcohol .

. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.