(October 16, 2012 at 8:48 pm)Drich Wrote: It wasn't me. I was a wreck who yelled and screamed, and trailer parked myself through 4 years of what seemed like Hell at the time. 'We' both learned the meaning of repentance and what it means to be a slave to sin. By repentance I do not mean "i'm sorry, I'll never do it again please forgive me.." That is not repentance. True repentance is to be broken spiritually over something you can not help yourself from doing, yet you do it anyway.(Paul also says this in Romans8) I saw this in her. She taught me how to repent for my sins. If I repented of my sin, and expected God to forgive me, then how could I not forgive her if she repented and yet fell back into her sin/drug of choice? Then a whole miriad of verses came into focous. Our salvation our relationship with God is contengent on our ablity to forgive others. Or so says Christ in the parable of the unmerciful servant.
I appreciate your observation, but know that i did not "stick things out" I was loved, and inturn tried to relay the love shown me to my wife. As a result of her own efforts with God (recovery here is a joke it's where dealers seek out new customers) she has been 6 years clean/sober.
As the child of an alcoholic, I have an intimate understanding of addiction and recovery. I sincerely wish her and you all the best. But as an atheist, I say recovery can be found without god.
