Hi Sis,
  About 12 years ago I had a severe drinking problem. I was a weekend drunk.
Each time I drank I would either fight or cry or both.
  I realized by the grace of the Father, that my drinking was tearing up my
marriage. I was ashamed of my drunk behavior.
 One day as I mixed my Crown Royal and water, I asked Father to bless it so
that it would not offend me or anyone else.
  I drank it.
I mixed another and asked Father to bless it also so it would not offend me
or others.
  I drank it.
The third drink was mixed and blessed, but I couldn't drink it. It was
absolutely horrible.
  Father took my desire for alcohol away. I had nothing to do with it. He
set me free.
  Years before that He had also removed my desire to take drugs and smoke
dope. I had nothing to do with it, except perhaps a contrite heart and shame
for my indulgences.
  I suffer from nicotine addiction also. I have tried to lay them down on my
own, but I am incapable of getting through those horrible withdrawals.
  But this one thing I know! Father can deliver me and set me free from this
bondage of the flesh. I am just waiting for the time...
  .....to come to that point when He is stronger in me than I am.
  I know it will happen. I admire those of you who have gone before me to
break that addiction.
  Soon I will be free also, but not by my might or power, but by His Spirit
in me.
 Keep the faith, Sis.
 
 

Mary Janis