Addiction

I was talking to a friend of mine about addictions.  I noticed alot of people struggle with addictions of some sort, to a simple needing coffee in the morning to function or to drugs.  I had to sit back and see if there was anything that I was addicted too and honestly there is nothing that I have to have to function daily.

Now there are some people who HAVE to work out or go running and theres nothing wrong with that, but I guess it depends on to what degree.  I know me personally, I wouldn't want anything or any function to control me.  When something takes over my life, which things have had in the past, I was miserable!!!  It was something that I always thought about, or something that I always had to do.

I remember my mom talking to me about having an addicting personality since it has came from some of my family members, and I think since then, I have always watched everything around me, so that I wouldn't be an addict of some sort.

I have personally never tried, nor seen a drug.  I have never smoked a cigarette and I also haven't drank a soda for almost 10 years now.  I'm not a sweets eater, so I don't have to have chocolate or sweets and I don't need caffeine to get me through the day.  I just try and let my body tell me what it needs or wants.

I have seen, which I'm sure everyone knows someone who was addicted to something and how it ruined their lives.

-drugs
-sex
-porn
-drinking
-prescription pills
 -gambling
 
I'm not trying to sit here and brag about me not being an addict, I just have tried to realize that maybe a purpose of me on this earth was to not have an addicting personality so I could full fill Gods purpose for me.  Some of the things that I have gone through I know would set the normal person off the edge to drinking, drugs or a deep depression.  Don't get me wrong, I have fallen into alot of depressions over my life, but I refused to be stuck there.

I hope anyone who may be struggling with something right now reading this, finds peace and strength to get past what they may be fighting to get over with.  You have to tell yourself that you are better than anything holding you down or that might have control over you.  Pray and let God help give you the strength that you need to overcome it!!!  Its not an easy thing, it takes time, a day by day type thing, but in the long run you will be proud of yourself and will feel like you conquered the world!!!