Day Three Down
A Great Beginning.
Well, we finished Day 3 of the detox ... or perhaps I should say Night 3! Since Sunday Night Anita (Ruis) and I have been detoxing a 21 year old cocaine, pills, pot and alcohol addict. oh and who is also 6 weeks pregnant. This is a young lady who has really been a victim of many abuses right from a young girl. She is a survivor and like all of us has her ways of coping. Unfortunately, her way has been with highly damaging addictive substances.
She is such a trooper and tho' many a time wanted to run ... she stuck it out and we are seeing a sober, chemical free beautiful girl. Last night went well, for our third night crashed out in my living room. She started falling asleep right around 10PM and actually slept through most of the night -which was awesome! It also meant that Anita and I could get some zzz... She had a "spell" around 4am at which time we pulled ourselves around her in a sleep/semi-cognitive state and just started praying ... the first 2 nights were all about this ... the third night we has some respite. This spell didn't last long this time and so stumbling back to sleep for a bit was awoken around 6am -with a very "awake" and alert young lady.
Definitely way more than I was that is for sure!!!
We had some great conversations over the last 3 days, good fun, fun laughs ... loads and loads of prayer ... and we can she that she has walked through her first steps of real and TRUE LIFE! She is going away this wknd. and wanted a night in her own home before she goes away...that is ok -cause I already had flushed the marijuana down the toilet. This is the testing part now for her to see how she does with her first few days of sobriety. She says that she doesn't want a repeat of the 3 days she has just gone through so, hoping that near reality will stay fresh in her mind. She is still needing to make some very important decisions when it comes to her and the Lord which will obviously affect all of her surroundings, relationships, influences, etc. This is really where we are pointing ... She still needs much prayer. and honestly right now -I am looking forward to a good nights sleep tonight.
Again, what a fantastic beginning!
Well, we finished Day 3 of the detox ... or perhaps I should say Night 3! Since Sunday Night Anita (Ruis) and I have been detoxing a 21 year old cocaine, pills, pot and alcohol addict. oh and who is also 6 weeks pregnant. This is a young lady who has really been a victim of many abuses right from a young girl. She is a survivor and like all of us has her ways of coping. Unfortunately, her way has been with highly damaging addictive substances.
She is such a trooper and tho' many a time wanted to run ... she stuck it out and we are seeing a sober, chemical free beautiful girl. Last night went well, for our third night crashed out in my living room. She started falling asleep right around 10PM and actually slept through most of the night -which was awesome! It also meant that Anita and I could get some zzz... She had a "spell" around 4am at which time we pulled ourselves around her in a sleep/semi-cognitive state and just started praying ... the first 2 nights were all about this ... the third night we has some respite. This spell didn't last long this time and so stumbling back to sleep for a bit was awoken around 6am -with a very "awake" and alert young lady.
Definitely way more than I was that is for sure!!!
We had some great conversations over the last 3 days, good fun, fun laughs ... loads and loads of prayer ... and we can she that she has walked through her first steps of real and TRUE LIFE! She is going away this wknd. and wanted a night in her own home before she goes away...that is ok -cause I already had flushed the marijuana down the toilet. This is the testing part now for her to see how she does with her first few days of sobriety. She says that she doesn't want a repeat of the 3 days she has just gone through so, hoping that near reality will stay fresh in her mind. She is still needing to make some very important decisions when it comes to her and the Lord which will obviously affect all of her surroundings, relationships, influences, etc. This is really where we are pointing ... She still needs much prayer. and honestly right now -I am looking forward to a good nights sleep tonight.
Again, what a fantastic beginning!
2 Comments:
Sheri!
So happy to hear that things are continuing to go well. I'll be praying still through these next days.
That's great that she's still walking in the right direction! I'll try to remember to pray for her.
Enjoy your sleep!
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