Whether you have problems with addiction or who is involved with someone who does, this guide can be a blessing in your life. The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous have been adapted to the context of the doctrine, principles and beliefs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and appear as key principles at the beginning of each section of this guide, which aims help in implementing these principles, since it can change your life. This guide contains a series of exercises and references to members of support groups for addiction recovery sponsored by LDS Family Services [LDS Family Services]. However, the doctrine and principles taught here can be also very useful for people who live far from one of these support groups. This guide is useful for anyone who wishes to change his life and especially for those willing to work directly with a bishop or a professional adviser.
We invite all our love and understanding to join us to enjoy a glorious life of freedom and security, surrounded by the arms of Jesus Christ our Redeemer. We know from experience that can break the chains of addiction. Regardless of what was lost and hopeless it can feel, you are a child of a loving Heavenly Father. If you are unable to accept this truth, the principles of this guide will help you rediscover it and write it in the back of his corazón.Además will help you get closer to Christ and allow Him to change you. In applying these principles may invoke the power of the Atonement, and the Lord will deliver him from captivity.
Some believe that addictions are not just bad habits that can be won with sheer force of will, but there are many who fall into a dependency that a behavior or substance, which can not be deprived of it. Lose perspective and sense of other priorities in their lives, without they care nothing more than satisfy his desperate need. While attempting to abstain, anxiety experience a powerful physical, psychological and emotional usual making poor decisions that will lead to a reduction and restriction of their agency. President Boyd K. Packer, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles models, taught: "The addiction has the ability to disconnect the human will and individual moral freedom ring, may deprive him of his power of decision" ("Revelation in a fickle world," Ensign , Jan. 1990, p. 14.).
addictions are considered the use of substances such as snuff, the alcohol, coffee, tea and drugs (prescription or illegal), and behaviors such as gambling, codependency, consumption of pornography and inappropriate sexual behavior and eating disorders. These substances and behaviors restrict the ability of the person to feel the Spirit, damaging their physical and mental health and their social, emotional and spiritual. Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve taught: "We should avoid any behavior that creates addiction. Anything that causes addiction engages our will. Submit our will to the impetuous impulses imposed by any form of addiction not only supports Satan's purposes and subverts the Heavenly Father. This applies to addiction to drugs (such as narcotics, alcohol, nicotine or caffeine) addiction to practices such as gambling, and any other addictive behavior. Obedience to the commandments of God protects us from addictions "(" Free Agency and Fre edom, Brigham and FiresideSpeeches Devotional YoungUniversity 1987-1988, 1988, pg. 45).
If humble and sincere, and turn to God and others for help may overcome their addiction through the atonement of Jesus Christ. Just as we have recovered, you can too enjoy all the blessings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
If you suspect that you have an addiction and feel if only the slightest desire to get rid of it, we invite you to join us in the study and application of the principles of the gospel taught in this guide. We assure you that by following this path with a sincere heart, find the power to overcome any addiction. To faithfully implement each of these twelve principles, the Savior will strengthen and [know] the truth, and truth [will] make you free "(John 8:32).
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