An alcoholic's plea:                                                                                    God as the respondee:

It is late and no one else is there,                                                 I am and always have been here with you,
except I and my old underwear,                                                 trying to love you as only I can do.
As I muse about my last alcohol ruse,                                                 The "truth" is what you do need
I realize it is I that lose.                                                 to set you free truly indeed.
I can't find my way out of the pain,                                                 I know the way out so just take My hand,
nor leave behind my own disdain.                                                 Let Me take you to the Promise Land!
I hide out for a while                                                 I have missed your presence oh little one,
while throwing up my own bile.                                                 remember playing cops and robbers with the gun?
Please someone or something help me,                                                 You left Me to go into the world your own way,
Find the road to set me free!                                                 How about just turn around and let's dance and sway!
It is too hard to embrace the light                                                 I will meet you where ever you are,
As I fear the loss of my might.                                                 In your weakness and My strength we can go far!
I fear what YOU will have me give up                                                 Through the crucifixion, death and blood of MySon,
For that which I do not know what !!!                                                 You have been made My favorite one!


                                            God bless!
                                             CJDaniel

As we think about others' addictions affecting us, we may think about our parents, our children, our in-laws/out-laws, or even our neighbors.  But have you ever thought about how addiction may be affecting our political and business leaders and thus their decisions which affect our lives?  What about addictions that may be affecting the judgement and perspectives of reporters, journalists, and editors of the media?

It is well known today the fact of the use of many pain killers that President John Kennedy was taking in his final days to deal with the physical aches and pains of his back problems suffered in WW II, which many believed he became addicted to.  With the stress and pressures that are going on in the world, what are the coping mechanisms that our leaders are using to manage anxiety that is surely being produced by ongoing surprising events around the world? 

No doubt there are many who are using cigarettes, there are some who are using alcohol, others probably sexual trysts to steady their nerves - look at our recent incident of bad judgement by the Secret Service.  What about drug use?  What about the use of pornography?   How I choose to cope with life does affect my decision making processes . . . how I do this is based on my personal morals and values . . . 

As our next election approaches, we need to consider that it does matter what are the personal morals and values and private lives of our leaders.  Do you want your congressman, or the next President of the USA waking up from a wild night of "cutting loose" with random sexual partners and lot's of drug/alcohol use, and then with a "foggy" mind and aching head making a decision that will affect your freedoms, your financial interests, and the places where you live?   Think about it !