Jonesing for Jesus clip 15

If I'm taking painkillers because of my back pain, I'm smoking cigarettes because I feel anxiety and I drink to relieve the pressure of a hard day because I deserve to unwind and to treat myself.

Maybe it's just a disease, right? Isn't that what people say? These addictions are diseases. My food addiction is a disease. My smoking is a disease. My drinking, my alcohol addiction is a disease. That's a great reason, right? That's a reason to say, well, I'm going to deflect. I'm going to deny what I am, what I want, what I desire in my heart.

And I'm just going to say, the doctor said it's a disease, so it's okay. No, it's not okay. It's not okay if we have this thing that's called a disease. I think it's just a modern day verbiage for people trying to come up with an explanation to an age old problem. The problem is why do we do these things that we can't control?

Why do we do these uncontrollable things? Why do I drink when I don't want to drink? Why do I smoke when I don't want to smoke? Why do I want to do these things that take and take and take from me, but they never give back to me ever? Ever. I've never had a cigarette give me a single good thing. I've never had a drink give me a single good thing back to me. It took my money, it took my relationships. It took, it took my respect from my kids for me. These things take and they don't give. God gives back. God wants to see me be the best man I can be.