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The four steps I took to break free from alcohol.

The four steps I took to break free from alcohol.

Simple, but not easy. And even if you don't struggle with drinking, these can help you with other issues.

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Before we get started, let me say this: I’m not some used car salesman trying to sell you a lemon. I’m not a snake oil salesman at a carnival trying to convince you my elixir will cure all. I’m not even a counselor with years of training that knows the right thing to say all the time.

But what I am is this: I’m you.

“You” could be an alcoholic or someone who struggles with drinking. It could be someone with another addiction. It could be someone with an anger issue, narcissism, or a sex/lust/porn addiction.

In other words, I am someone who struggled with a misordered relationship with a substance, and a misordered relationship is a disordered relationship (especially as a Christian). And guess what: we’re all disordered to some degree.

As

Seth Haines
says, “I suppose we're all drunk on something.”

Yes. Yes we are.

I say all that because with this final installment of my sobriety anniversary posts, I’m detailing the steps I took to crawl out of the pit of my addiction. And while they worked for me…

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