10-19-2018 – A Word to the Wise: Colossians 2:21-23. tells us abstinence will not work. What does? The root problem is selfishness, leading to obsessive compulsive behavior. The spiritual treatment for obsessive compulsive behavior rooted in addiction is handwriting out 25000 things you are grateful for beginning with conception.
The list includes things the Lord has done for you, friends, family, even enemies. For instance how many dirty diapers did your caretaker change for you? How much thanks or even consideration has been given for those clean diapers?
You see it is not how hard it will be to come up with the 25000, rather how much has been forgotten.
Why does this assignment work? It takes the mind off what one craves and places it on what one has received. One is able to crave only one thing at a time.
However this is only one part of the equation. The second has to do with anxiety.
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