Recovery stories 01
The Recovery Boat
A religious man fell from a cruise ship and was splashing around in the middle of a big ocean, slowly running out of strength. He prayed to God to save him.
Out of nowhere a boat appeared and they threw him a rope.
He pushed it away saying “It’s okay I don’t need a rope; God will save me”.
They threw the rope again, and again he pushed it away.
Now he’s getting really tired and prays all the harder.
A third time they throw the rope and with the last of his strength he pushes it away saying again that God will save him.
With the last of his strength gone he sinks and drowns.
When he gets to heaven he says “God, I have worshipped you all my life, why didn’t you help me in my hour of need when I prayed for that help?”.
God says “I sent you a bloody boat!”.
Recovery stories 02
The Parable of The Rope – Letting Go of gambling and Trusting God
The story tells about a mountain climber, who wanted to climb the highest mountain.
He began his adventure after many years of preparation, but since he wanted the glory just for himself, he decided to climb the mountain alone.
The night felt heavy in the heights of the mountains, and the man could not see anything. All was black. Zero visibility, and the moon and the stars were covered by the clouds.
As he was climbing, only a few feet away from the top of the mountain, he slipped and fell into the air, falling at a great speed.
The climber could only see black spots as he went down, and the terrible sensation of being sucked by gravity. He kept falling… and in those moments of great fear, it came to his mind all the good and bad episodes of his life. He was thinking now about how close death was getting, when all of a sudden, he felt the rope tied to his waist pull him very hard.
His body was hanging in the air. Only the rope was holding him, and in that moment of stillness he had no other choice but scream, “HELP ME GOD!!”
All of a sudden, a deep voice coming from the sky answered, “What do you want Me to do?”
“Save me God!!”
“Do you really think I can save you?”
“Of course, I believe You can.”
“Then cut the rope tied to your waist.”
There was a moment of silence and the man decided to hold on to the rope with all his strength.
The rescue team found the climber dead and frozen on the next day…
his body hanging from a rope – His hands holding tight to the rope only 10 feet away from the ground.
When are you going to let go of the gambling?
There would be no sense in saying you trusted Him if you would not take his advice.
You need to follow and obey Him.
Recovery stories 03
A stone cutter may strike the rock 99 times with no apparent effect,
not even a crack on the surface. Yet with the hundredth blow, the rock splits in two.
It was not the final blow that did the trick,
but all that had gone before.
The same is true with healing and recovery
I may pursue a goal for months without obvious results and
become convinced that I’m wasting my time.
But if I continue going to meeting, share about my struggle,
taking it one day at a time, and be patient with myself,
I may awaken one day, to find that I have changed, seemingly overnight.
I have a gut feel that all these months of faith and
hard work will made the changes possible one day and
the results would reveal themselves abruptly one day.
It took me a long time to become an addict
it may take me a longer time to recover.
I must be patient.