Good day,
I have a question for you all. At work today something happened not sure what it was but I need advice on this one.
I work in an office setting where we all have our own space. Across from me is a contractor who is working on a special project for us. He always comes in and speak sits down and starts his work and very quiet. Sometimes I can get a laugh out of him but for the most part he's very quiet. Well, today is his daughter's 14th birthday and he was going out at lunch to get her gift. He was gone for a couple hours at least.
He came back drunk and I mean really drunk. I did not know until I said, where have you been in a playful way. He fell over and was talking all loud and slurry his words. I helped him up to sit down and gave him some coffee. He said, "I don't talk to nobody about my business but I feel like I can talk to you" He stood up straight and said, "I am an alcoholic. I drink everyday and this is the first time I drank this much for you to see it. It's because I love my daughter so much and I just don't want to disappoint her. I drank all day and night. I said, "that's the first step which is to say it." He said he tried all kinds of programs for drinking and they just don't work for him. I said, let me ask you something, do you believe in God. First he said no, God can't fix this. I am a broken man. Then he said, "let me not say that. Yes, I believe that there is a God but he can't fix me. My heart is broken, I am broken as a man, as a person and as a father. I told him that God can fix it. Do you think it is by accident that we are talking right now? God is reaching out to you but you first have to let go of the luggage and give it to God. I don't care how bad your days are, say, "thank You Jesus" everyday. Each day that you are here is a day, an opportunity, a chance to say "Yes" to God and let him restore you and your marriage.
Okay, now my question is to you all is: How do you minister to an alcoholic. I don't think he was ready to receive what I was trying to say but I did not want to push him. I told him to go home and say, "thank You Jesus" before you go to bed and when you wake up in the morning say, "thank You Jesus" God can hear your heart. He knows what you can't say or don't know how to say. But if you say Thank You Jesus, He will step in. And on my end, I will do intercessory prayer on your behalf and ask God to take over and deliver you. He did not seem to listen or understand. I managed to keep him out of management way. I don't know if I helped him or hurt him. I say that because I am not going to continue to do that.
Any advice would be appreciated
I have a question for you all. At work today something happened not sure what it was but I need advice on this one.
I work in an office setting where we all have our own space. Across from me is a contractor who is working on a special project for us. He always comes in and speak sits down and starts his work and very quiet. Sometimes I can get a laugh out of him but for the most part he's very quiet. Well, today is his daughter's 14th birthday and he was going out at lunch to get her gift. He was gone for a couple hours at least.
He came back drunk and I mean really drunk. I did not know until I said, where have you been in a playful way. He fell over and was talking all loud and slurry his words. I helped him up to sit down and gave him some coffee. He said, "I don't talk to nobody about my business but I feel like I can talk to you" He stood up straight and said, "I am an alcoholic. I drink everyday and this is the first time I drank this much for you to see it. It's because I love my daughter so much and I just don't want to disappoint her. I drank all day and night. I said, "that's the first step which is to say it." He said he tried all kinds of programs for drinking and they just don't work for him. I said, let me ask you something, do you believe in God. First he said no, God can't fix this. I am a broken man. Then he said, "let me not say that. Yes, I believe that there is a God but he can't fix me. My heart is broken, I am broken as a man, as a person and as a father. I told him that God can fix it. Do you think it is by accident that we are talking right now? God is reaching out to you but you first have to let go of the luggage and give it to God. I don't care how bad your days are, say, "thank You Jesus" everyday. Each day that you are here is a day, an opportunity, a chance to say "Yes" to God and let him restore you and your marriage.
Okay, now my question is to you all is: How do you minister to an alcoholic. I don't think he was ready to receive what I was trying to say but I did not want to push him. I told him to go home and say, "thank You Jesus" before you go to bed and when you wake up in the morning say, "thank You Jesus" God can hear your heart. He knows what you can't say or don't know how to say. But if you say Thank You Jesus, He will step in. And on my end, I will do intercessory prayer on your behalf and ask God to take over and deliver you. He did not seem to listen or understand. I managed to keep him out of management way. I don't know if I helped him or hurt him. I say that because I am not going to continue to do that.
Any advice would be appreciated