1. Quinn River Baptist Fellowship
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Pastor Jerry Eyers

3. ADDICTIONS What does the Bible say about Addictions?
Sow a thought, reap an act.
Sow an act, reap a habit.
Sow a habit, reap a character.
Sow a character, reap a destiny.
ADDICTIONS
What does the Bible say about Addictions?
How can we avoid being snared by (blind-sided) an Addiction?
When you think you won’t be, that’s when you are most vulnerable to be snared!
EVERYONE can be snared.
What is an addiction?
Alcohol, Smoking, OTC Medications, Prescriptions, Sexual, Drugs, etc.
Habitual Sinning – Speeding, Lying, Gossiping, etc.
Sin for you – not for someone else?? - Over Eating, Watching TV, etc.

4. Addiction Statistics for JUST Drugs and Alcohol
One of every eight Americans has a significant problem with alcohol or drugs
Approximately 27 million Americans either use illicit drugs regularly or are "heavy drinkers." Of these almost 16 million are estimated to be seriously (or health effecting) in need immediate treatment
By age eighteen, almost 12 percent of all young people are illicit drug users
An untreated alcoholic's medical costs are approximately 300 percent higher than non-alcoholic's medical costs
Approximately 70 percent of illegal drug users are employed and contribute significantly to workplace absenteeism, accidents and injuries, decreased productivity, increased insurance expenses, employee turnover costs and on-the-job violence
The estimated annual direct cost to our society resulting from substance abuse is more than 250 billion dollars
Source: SAMHSA (U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

5. Twelve Steps
These are the original Twelve Steps as published by Alcoholics Anonymous:
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

6. The 5 Steps of the Addiction Cycle 2
People who have never been subjected to an addiction can not understand why the admonition to
“just don’t do it” or
“Just say no”
is totally useless. Saying that to someone caught in an addiction does nothing but drive them deeper into this cycle. 1 3 5 4

7. We are going to take a biblical approach to dealing with addictions by examining what the bible uses as examples of addictions, where they come from, why we have them, how to combat them, and how to remain victorious against them.
We are then going to approach the recovery aspect of an addiction using ‘8 signposts’ along the ‘road to recovery’.
Sign 1: We need to accept Christ as our Savior, and believe on Him
Sign 2: We admit we need help
Sign 3: We find that the cause of our addiction is not our enemy
Sign 4: We learn to accept responsibility for our own choices
Sign 5: We see our need for mercy
Sign 6: We discover that we have so much to be thankful for
Sign 7: We discover that surrender is a way of life, not a one time act
Sign 8: We devote ourselves to helping others

8. 2 1 3 5 4 Anyone can fall into this cycle with anything
I didn’t think I would ever become addicted to anything, until one day I woke up and realized I was.
I then found I couldn’t get out of the cycle on my own. 1 3 5 4

9. The Bible talks to addictions that stand the test of time
Addictions Mentioned in the Bible
» Wealth
» Sexual Immorality
» Drunkenness
» Gluttony
» Worldly Treasures
» Abundance of Things
» Pornography
“If you play with fire, you are going to get burned”
Pro 6:27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Pro 6:28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

10. The Handout
The Cycle
The Myths
We are all addicted to sin
Some local contacts for help
Prayer!
The Quiz