Mental Illness?

According to the first one hundred, we are to be considered “outright mental defectives in full flight from reality.” Does that sound like mental illness to you, it sure does to me!

So often in the rooms I hear people say they have mental problems and I am sure many do. Through the twelve steps I see so much of that clear up. If you are willing to stay honest, do the work required and receive the forgiveness you need, you WILL get better! Then after that, improvement is just a matter of allowing God more access on a daily basis to your heart and mind by seeking through prayer or meditation. As they say more will be revealed and as additional truth is realized, more freedom materializes until you become more “comfortable in your own skin.”

Think about it. If you drank like I did, just about every day, then you are impairing your ability to think rightly… about every day. Over time, this, as well as anything else you do repeatedly wrong, creates consequences. 

Consider this…

What is mental illness, but an illness you don’t realize you have. In the extreme, this would be a bit like a brown out or black out eh? As I often tell others, the last thing you are likely to lose in active addiction is yourself. How many times have I heard people in active addiction say “I don’t even know who I am anymore”. Talk about mental illness! This dis-ease is cunning baffling and powerful, lions, tigers and bears OH MY! So, this mental illness thing is a pretty sticky wicket when it comes to alcoholism or addiction. 

Rather than going on an on about the problem however, lets talk solution. 

Let me state here that I am not a doctor, and know nothing about medications. What I want to tell you is that if you are doing what active addicts, alcoholics do to themselves, then you are indeed suffering from an acute form of mental illness. If you stop imbibing, come with us, do the work and stay, you WILL get better. The simple action requested here, is to take time every so often in your recovery, to reassess your mental condition. On close introspective reflection you just may find that it has vanished, exactly like your desire to drink.

Thank You Jesus!

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