{"id":486276,"date":"2019-10-18T03:23:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T08:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gwenshamblin.com\/?p=486276"},"modified":"2019-10-18T03:23:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T08:23:02","slug":"how-to-overcome-alcohol-addiction-part-iii-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwenshamblinbooks.com\/?p=486276","title":{"rendered":"How to Overcome Alcohol Addiction Part III &#8211; The Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you choose the wrong comfort and help in life, the effects are far-reaching.\u00a0 God cannot be mocked and His words in Deuteronomy 28 do not fall to the ground. Bowing down to and indulging with alcohol will ultimately affect you financially and relationally, including loss of productivity, unemployment, family problems, and possible divorce. People think that they can keep going across the boundary lines and escape the consequences.\u00a0\u00a0 Can the liver regenerate?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, if you repent, stop drinking for a while, and once your health returns and your liver has healed, then return only to moderation.\u00a0 Ask for God\u2019s Spirit, because God does not overdrink and Christ did not overdrink, therefore Christians are not to overdrink.\u00a0 \u00a0The Apostle Paul in Ephesians urged us not to be drunk with wine but rather be drunk with the Spirit of God.\u00a0 <em>\u201cDo not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.\u201d Ephesians 5:18<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With God\u2019s Holy, incredibly temperate Spirit, you can have a drink and not overdrink\u2026 you can have a meal and not binge\u2026 you can have a pipe or cigar to celebrate a newborn. Moderation\u2014temperance\u2014is what is acceptable for God\u2019s Holy people. Ephesians 5:15-20 says:<\/p>\n<p><em>Be very careful, then, how you live\u2014not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord\u2019s will is. Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Tablet by Gwen Shamblin\" href=\"http:\/\/weighdown.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more in Weigh Down Works!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And watch this episode of You Can Overcome on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oFpDgfe4ay4\">How to Overcome Alcohol Addiction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With God\u2019s Holy, incredibly temperate Spirit, you can have a drink and not overdrink\u2026 you can have a meal and not binge\u2026 you can have a pipe or cigar to celebrate a newborn. 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