Prayer please.

[ALAYMAN]

Tomorrow morning I will be meeting with an adult family member who is caught in the crippling grip of severe alcoholism.  Please pray that God gives me and my pastor the words and wisdom to help this person who had so much going for them at one time in their life, but now seems to be headed for a very real possibility of a spiral into a very dark abyss.  I know that until somebody wants help that there's not much a person can do, other than pray, but I believe she may be near hitting bottom and maybe ready to try to crawl out of the hole.

If you have any words of wisdom in dealing with alcoholism, or addiction, I'm all ears.

Most of all thank you for your prayers.

 

[prophet]

Tomorrow morning I will be meeting with an adult family member who is caught in the crippling grip of severe alcoholism.  Please pray that God gives me and my pastor the words and wisdom to help this person who had so much going for them at one time in their life, but now seems to be headed for a very real possibility of a spiral into a very dark abyss.  I know that until somebody wants help that there's not much a person can do, other than pray, but I believe she may be near hitting bottom and maybe ready to try to crawl out of the hole.

If you have any words of wisdom in dealing with alcoholism, or addiction, I'm all ears.

Most of all thank you for your prayers.

If she decides that she needs help, I can recommend counsel.

Sometimes a complete change of scenery helps the person who is blind to the forest, cuz a large tree is looming.

First thing is first, does she confess Christ?

2nd, can she step out of her life for awhile?

Sometimes,  a judge has to get involved, before a person takes their situation seriously.

The situation dictates the treatment.

I have a female counsellor in Nashville, and one in Canton, OH, also RU programs that take check-ins.

Anyway, she must be looking for help, before she'll accept it, and so the hardest part for you is watching the descent to the bottom.

If you step in too early, you get blamed for future failure.

Does she know to get ahold of you, when she hits bottom?

The people close to her may be part of the problem, not the solution, as well.

There is a lot of involvement if you decide to be the responsible party in her life.  The reward far outways the effort, of course.

May God give you wisdom, as you seek to help your loved one.

 

[Sherryh]

unless she is ready to change it will not happen. My prayers are with you...

 

[Binaca Chugger]

CHRIST.

 

[Binaca Chugger]

Please consider taking a lady with you.  Two men dealing with a broken woman about life issues is not always best.  Consider the admonition to let the older women teach the younger.  It may be wise to at least take a wise woman with you to this meeting. 

Prayers.

 

[bgwilkinson]

Praying.  What ^^he^^ said.

God bless you in your work.

 

[aleshanee]

praying for you too..... and i pray God blesses your efforts....

 

[ALAYMAN]

If she decides that she needs help, I can recommend counsel.

Such as?

First thing is first, does she confess Christ?

Yes

2nd, can she step out of her life for awhile?

Essentially, yes.  No job, no real entanglements.

I have a female counsellor in Nashville, and one in Canton, OH, also RU programs that take check-ins.

I'll keep that in mind.  Don't think she'd go for a complete change of scenery at this point though.  We have an RU program.  It's in the embryonic stages, but we have their materials.

Does she know to get ahold of you, when she hits bottom?

Yes, we are close enough in proximity, and relationship.

May God give you wisdom, as you seek to help your loved one.

Thank you.

 

[ALAYMAN]

Please consider taking a lady with you.  Two men dealing with a broken woman about life issues is not always best.  Consider the admonition to let the older women teach the younger.  It may be wise to at least take a wise woman with you to this meeting. 

Prayers.

Good general advice, but in this case I am close enough to her that she can talk to me about the essentials in this "ice-breaker", and she did.  In the future, it was made clear that any counseling could involve a female counter-part for the reasons you are hinting at.


She is supposed to be at church tomorrow, which is the first time at any church in quite awhile.  Thanks to all for your continued prayers. I realize that, as prophet said, this may require a considerable amount of energy and effort, but I'm in for that.  I just hope and pray that she is willing to do her part, so please pray that she will be at church, and accept the offer of regular counseling.

 

[Binaca Chugger]

Continued prayers

 

[Baptist Bishop]

I prayed for you and your request this evening and plan on doing the same in the morning.  May God richly bless you for taking the time to reach to those who are struggling.

 

[JrChurch]

Praying that she will seek the Lord's help and allow Him to lead her.

 

[prophet]

If she decides that she needs help, I can recommend counsel.

Such as?

First thing is first, does she confess Christ?

Yes

2nd, can she step out of her life for awhile?

Essentially, yes.  No job, no real entanglements.

I have a female counsellor in Nashville, and one in Canton, OH, also RU programs that take check-ins.

I'll keep that in mind.  Don't think she'd go for a complete change of scenery at this point though.  We have an RU program.  It's in the embryonic stages, but we have their materials.

Does she know to get ahold of you, when she hits bottom?

Yes, we are close enough in proximity, and relationship.

May God give you wisdom, as you seek to help your loved one.

Thank you.

By "counsel", I meant experienced addiction counsellors who are female.