HAR HAR HAR, lifted from the pages of http://www.watchtower.org
regarding this subject, you'll be glad to know that human efforts fail but if you get right with God via the Jehovah's Witnesses, Jehovah will cure you in his own due time!!!
So you see, they are STILL discouraging people from seeking professional help.
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2001/7/8/article_03.htm
and yet:Some Succeed
Detoxification may first get addicts off drugs and then improve their physical health. Unfortunately, the chances are that once an addict returns to his usual environment, he will be tempted to return to drugs. Writer Luigi Zoja gives the reason for this: "It is impossible to simply eliminate a behavior without redirecting the patient towards a completely new dimension."
Darren, mentioned in the preceding article, found a "new dimension" that changed his life. He explains: "I was a professed atheist, but in time, even though I was on drugs from morning till night, I came to the realization that there must be a God. During a period of two or three months, I tried to break free from drugs, but my friends would not let me refuse them. Although I still took drugs, I started to read the Bible regularly before I went to bed. I associated with my friends less often. One evening my roommate and I were very high on drugs. I mentioned the Bible to him. The next morning he phoned his brother, who was one of Jehovah's Witnesses. He referred us to a Witness who was living in the same city as we were, and I went to see him.
Many have been motivated to break free from drug abuse
"We talked until 11:00 p.m., and I left with about a dozen Bible study aids. I started to study the Bible with him and stopped abusing drugs and smoking. About nine months later, I was baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses."Breaking the drug habit is not easy. Michael, mentioned in the preceding article, reveals the difficulties he had when he stopped taking drugs after 11 years of abuse: "I found it very difficult to eat and thus lost weight. I also experienced sensations of pins and needles, had sweats, and saw auras around people. I felt a tremendous craving to return to drugs, but drawing close to Jehovah in prayer and studying the Bible helped me to stay clean." These former drug abusers agree that it was essential for them to break away totally from their former associates.
Why Human Efforts Fail
Illicit drug abuse is just one facet of a larger global problem. An overwhelming influence for evil, violence, and cruelty grips the whole world. The Bible says: "The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one." (1 John 5:19) That "wicked one" is identified by the apostle John at Revelation 12:9: "So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, who is misleading the entire inhabited earth; he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him."
In addition to his own weaknesses, man has had to contend with this powerful enemy. Satan is the one who caused man's downfall at the start. He is determined to bring further degradation on mankind and to turn them away from God. Mankind's abuse of drugs appears to be a part of his strategy. He is acting with great anger because he knows that "he has a short period of time."—Revelation 12:12
What Is God's Solution?So, when you get the urge to drop X or smoke that blunt, just Pray!The Bible reveals the Creator's loving provision to redeem mankind from their sinful condition. At 1 Corinthians 15:22, we are told: "Just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive." Jesus willingly came to earth as a perfect human and sacrificed his earthly life to redeem mankind from the effects of sin and death.
Knowing the reason for death as well as the solution to man's problems has given many the motivation and courage to break free from drug addiction. But the Bible does more than help us deal individually with the drug problem now. It tells of the time, after the termination of Satan's influence, when all the world's ills, including drug abuse, will end permanently.
The book of Revelation describes "a river of water of life, clear as crystal, flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb." (Revelation 22:1) This symbolic river pictures God's provision through Jesus Christ to restore man to perfect life on a paradise earth. Revelation describes trees of life flourishing along the river and states: "The leaves of the trees were for the curing of the nations." (Revelation 22:2) Those symbolic leaves picture Jehovah's curative provisions to restore mankind to spiritual and physical perfection.
At last, man will be free, not only from drug abuse but also from all the other ills and problems that plague him in this degraded system!
(also, this same method works when you feel the urge to masturbate, LOL)
And whatever you do, don't seek the help of organizations like Narcotics Anonymous. Although they have proven success at helping people who struggle with addiction, they can't REALLY help you because they won't direct you to the Jehoobers!
Lisa