Month: November 2021

Addicts need all the help they can get to fight off addiction. If they are left to handle it on their own, they won’t be successful for long.

In the church, the case remains the same. Addicts need the church to come through for them as they strive to conquer addiction.  

Here are some of the responsibilities of the church in helping addicted members

• Counseling

Every addicted individual needs counseling. This is because counseling is the bedrock of addiction treatment.

Addicted individuals need to know the root cause of their addiction, and this is one of the many benefits of having a counselor.

Asides from this, a counselor provides the addicted individual with sufficient support that they need to pull through addiction treatment.

Even after addiction treatment, in the aftercare phase, the counselor is still available to support the individual.

In the church, addicted individuals will have access to counselors who will put asides the official demands of their work, and offer pro-bono services.

• Support in prayers

One of the advantages of having the church in your corner is the type of support they offer. The power of prayer is very profound in helping an individual defeat addiction.

When the church is aware that one of their own is in the web of addiction, they will rally around to offer prayers of intercession to God for strength and willpower for the addicted individual.

This would continue for a long time even when the individual is showing strong signs of getting sober.

• Love and care

Unlike the secular world where addicted individuals are stigmatized, the case is different in the church. The church fully understands that it is not the fault of their loved ones that they are addicted. Therefore, they offer all the love, care, and support to ensure that they don’t feel left out.

In addition, if the addicted individuals are not on good terms with their families, the church helps to mend the rift between them.

There is this feeling of hopelessness that comes with addiction. The addicted individual would have already ditched all hopes of getting sober one day, except if something unusual happened.

In the Christian faith, this is far from what Christian addicts experience. There is hope in the power of Jesus Christ to save them from addiction, even as they take physical actionable steps by going for rehabs, etc.

Anyone can be addicted, even Christians. But, it is not a big issue as there are extra privileges that addicted Christians are likely to enjoy.

Here are some tips for addicted Christians to recover

• Acknowledge that you are addicted

Someone who lives in denial about their addiction will find it difficult to recover. Christians who are addicted should find no shame in opening up that they are addicted and need help.

When you accept that you are addicted, it becomes easy to open up to any help that comes your way. Similarly, you will find it more convenient to follow through with the addiction treatment to the end.

• Acknowledge that the power of Christ can help you

When some Christians are facing some challenges, they merely rely on the power of Christ to help them. They try everything within their power to find a solution without remembering that they have an extra advantage with God.

Addicted Christians need to remember that there is nothing that cannot bow to the power of Christ.

More so, they have to know that God is interested in various aspects of our lives. So, if you are addicted, he is interested in helping you fight it off.

• Seek support from Christians in your local church

Some Christians distance themselves from their brethren at church when they are addicted. This is not great enough because when God wants to send support, he uses men he trust, and those close to you.

You need to open up to Christians around you so that you can receive all forms of support like prayer, counseling, financial aid, etc.