Dealing with Temptation
Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 by
By Jill Meyer, Director of Parent Life
“I just had a big anniversary, Jill! It has been a whole year that I have been clean from meth.
Wow, Lisa! That is incredible. I know meth is very difficult to quit.
That is so true. Some days I am discouraged or just so tired from being in school and having a baby that I am raising by myself. Those days I want to get high.
How do you deal with that temptation?
I tell myself the truth and then I ask God to help me be strong. I started using meth when I was nine and dealing when I was twelve. Everyone I knew used and I made so much money dealing. It was a difficult lifestyle to leave. I first quit because I was in jail and I didn’t have a choice.
Well, now you do have a choice so what helps you?
I talk to myself. No, seriously Jill. I remind myself of the people like you that I have in my life now. People that believe I can make a good life for myself and my baby. I remember that if I blow it now, I love my baby forever and go back to jail.
You said a bit ago that you ask God to help you. Tell me about that.
Jill, He helps me remember the good reasons I have to stay sober. He helps me see how far I’ve come. He helps me tell Satan to bug out! I learned that from you, Jill—how the enemy wants us to mess up and give up. Knowing that changes how I look at the temptation.
That is an amazing way to look at it, Lisa. You are a wise young woman to have figured that out.”