DRUG.

SOCIAL VENOM

WHAT WE MUST KNOW

We have fallen into false fun, into false libertinism, we live in a society where reigns the
appearance and falsehood; a society that seems to have lost all its values. Consequence of
this is the world of addictions, like deadly tentacles where many of our young people
They often fall. Today we will talk about drug and alcohol addiction.

Young people are the most vulnerable.

The current youth is born in homes without warmth, without affection, without love, without family ties and with parents
that many times they care more about money and giving a bad example to their children. Youth
actually receives a false education without moral or spiritual principles. Often, instead of
to teach them to think, they are incited to hatred and violence and precisely because of this false
the education that young people receive at home and in the educational centers they attend is
that humanity today is defenseless against the drug problem, it is vulnerable and
not prepared to face a completely artificial consumer society.

Thousands of young people in our country complicate their future due to the effects of drinking alcohol or consuming
drugs unrestrainedly, since both things have become a
true social problem. The consumption of alcohol, in any of its forms, by adolescents
and young people is often the gateway for the consumption of other drugs. It is very
It is important to help our children to think, analyze, and understand that they are growing in a
world where drugs are causing increasingly greater harm.

The phenomenon of alcoholism

Alcoholism is caused by the combination of physiological, psychological, and genetic factors.

It is characterized by an emotional and physical dependence on alcohol, and it causes the drinker
physical, emotional, family, and social problems.

Alcoholism is considered progressive and often deadly for those who suffer.
alcoholism, drinking becomes the main means through which they can interact with
people, work and life in general, since alcoholism dominates their thoughts,
emotions and actions.

Let us never forget that alcoholism is an addictive disease, it is not a vice. It is a

chronic and degenerative disease; with symptoms that include a strong need to drink
despite the negative consequences. The disease is characterized by physical damage in all
the systems of the organism, with the most complicated being those related to the system
cardiovascular, the nervous system and the liver. When the consumption of alcoholic beverages is
excessive or recurring tolerance is produced. That is to say, the body requires a higher dose of
alcohol to obtain the same sensations. This situation facilitates addiction, which is
accompanied by great difficulties in stopping consumption once one starts drinking. To
suspending the use of alcohol, symptoms such as nausea, tremors, and anxiety develop.
On the other hand, the alcoholic loses interest in what surrounds them, which can lead to the
loss of his job and his family.

In that daily struggle of each one of us against drugs and other scourges, there are things
very important: personal reconciliation with God and to be perseverant, not to let guard down and to be
always alert and helping those in need. Alcoholism is a treatable disease and the
Medication has become available to prevent relapses, but a cure has not yet been found.
found. This means that it is possible to maintain abstinence for a long period of time,
therefore the health of the alcoholic improves; however, relapse is a permanent risk.

The world of drugs

The use of drugs is not a new phenomenon in human history; since ancient times
Since time immemorial, we have used substances that help us escape the hardness of life. In fact,
there is no culture that has not employed them. Today, however, that consumption has been taking
such peculiar characteristics that turn it into a true public health problem.
planetary scale.

Marijuana: It is smoked, frequent use with alcohol.

Consequences - Decrease in the body's defenses, loss of interest in family, studies

and work, respiratory diseases and lung cancer.

Cocaine base paste (PBC): Dusty cream-colored powder.

Deterioration of thinking, memory and attention, high risk of cancer.

Cocaine. - Very fine white powder.

Consequences.- Cardiac arrest due to overdose, severe mental disorders, diseases

cardiac issues, decreased sexual capacity.

-It is also important to note that the indiscriminate use of certain medications also generates
a strong addiction with the aggravating factor that they are commonly used. Examples: analgesics, sedatives,
antihistamines, etc.

Things not to forget

There is no drug on this planet that brings happiness or tranquility, nor an increase or
improvement of intelligence or personal skills. Drugs do not produce geniuses nor
artists neither better men nor better women; they only destroy them. Because of all the above, the
A person addicted to alcohol or drugs will show a noticeable decrease in their ability.
Those who consume drugs will have difficulties with memory as they will neglect events.
important aspects of their personal or family life to the extent of completely forgetting the system of values
what the family instilled in him/her when he/she was a child.

Its ability to differentiate between what is good and what is bad or harmful will be seriously
damaged over time and as intoxications increase. Their language becomes
increasingly poorer in terms of the number of words used and the quality of the same.

His ability to think noticeably deteriorates and he is 'filling his head' with ideas.
regarding how to obtain more drugs or alcohol and how to harm oneself or cause harm to others
or, on the contrary, comes to think that everyone is conspiring to harm him, or that the
life has no meaning at all.

Their respiratory system is also affected (frequent colds, perforated nasal septum,
pulmonary emphysema, etc.). The digestive system (bleeding, ulcers, liver cirrhosis, pancreatitis, etc.)

And the immune system (a generalized decrease in the body's defenses that weakens it and it
makes easy prey of contagious diseases).

PORNOGRAPHY
LIVING BEYOND APPEARANCES

Let's put it this way: would you prefer that no one knew about the problem you have with the
pornography. Having an addiction to pornography is something that usually no one announces.
publicly (or even admits to himself). That is why pornography addiction is

callthe secret sin, and most people keep it a secret.

I never wanted anyone to find out, and the reasons were a mix of pride and fear. I didn't want to
that people would see me differently. I was afraid of what they might think. I was afraid of
los perder my friendships. I had an image to maintain, an image that I wanted people to see.
had of me, and if they had known what was really happening with me inside, I believed
that they would have changed

Pornography leads you to do things you never thought you would do. Sin takes you further.
Where do you want to go? It keeps you longer than you want to be and costs you more than what
do you want to pay.
 STAGES OF ADDICTION

EARLY EXPOSUREMost pornography addicts start at a

early age. They are exposed when they are very young and that's where the problem starts.
Sadly, many children are exposed to pornography through some material that has been used.
someone in their own home, their father, their older brother or someone from their own family. Others
children are exposed to pornography by their schoolmates

ADDICTIONYou keep returning to pornography. This is starting to become a regular part of

your life. You are trapped. You cannot leave it. You have become addicted.

DEGRADATIONAfter a while, the degradation begins. You start to search.

more graphic images, stronger. Those pornographic images that used to seem to you
disgusting things now excite you.

DESENSITIZATIONOver time, you start to lose the pleasure you used to feel.
Even the most degrading pornographic images will not excite you. You will become desperate.
for finding the same pleasures you once felt and you will not be able to achieve it.

ACT SEXUALLYAt this point, many men take a dangerous leap and
they begin to act sexually. They move from the role, the movies, and the computer, to the world
real. Some even begin to fantasize about raping and even go on to do it. The addiction to
pornography is something very serious.

The porn addict is giving attention to some computer images, to the human body and the
pleasure, the first place in their life; sex and pleasure become their idol and their god. God us
calls for repentance, to abandon sin and return to Him. 'He who covers his sins
he will not prosper; but whoever confesses and turns away will obtain mercy" (Proverbs 28:13).

Through pornography, a door is opened to the world of darkness that the

The adversary and its hosts know how to take advantage, leading the addicts to commit acts.
against nature, falling into adultery or fornication, child abuse, rapes and even
crimes, as is widely documented in the world for crimes in the
who are involved in these activities, and whose minds have been
influenced by the material published in magazines, films, and cyberspace.
Why doesn't pornography satisfy?

Does pornography really not satisfy? I think many people will think that it does satisfy and
That's why they consume it. What does it mean to be satisfied? Satisfaction is to be complete and to be
complete

TESTIMONIALS CASES OF PORNOGRAPHY

- I have been involved in pornography for several years now; I aim to get out, but I can't...
I fight but I fall again, I say no more but I still keep doing wrong... please.
I ask for prayer for my life, from today onwards I will seek more of God to get out of this.
vice but I don't want to fall again... pray for my life I don't want to spend the rest of my
eternity in hell!!!

- I am desperate, I have been trying to quit the damn pornography for years and until now
I haven't been able to leave her, just a few minutes ago I saw that crap and I FEEL
FATAL; time after time I ask the Lord to forgive me for falling so low, and
I always fall back, I feel like the most vile and dirty person. At the moment of wanting to pray.
to ask for forgiveness I always doubt whether to do it or not, because there is something in me that tells me
"Why do you ask for forgiveness? Either way, you are going to fall into the same thing again."
Tomorrow when I wake up, I pray to God to protect me from myself.
evil, but in the afternoon when I am alone in my room those pigs return
desires to want to watch pornography and I always relapse.

- I have fallen many times this year, it was much worse. I feel really bad, I want to die.
It hurts to fail God so much; this addiction is robbing me of my future and my whole life.
Can one really be free?

- Hello, well I am an 18-year-old young woman addicted to pornography and many other things.
I need to get out of this, I was doing it and today I relapsed, I don't know what to do anymore, I can't take it any longer.

I feel like this is literally killing me :(

- uffffffff I have so much to tell you! I am 16 years old and I have been addicted to pornography since
five years ago! I don't know how! but I know who can help me! and it's only God! but! when
I say! I'm not going to do it anymore! I never want to do it again! But in my mind, I hear a...
voice that says 'ha, why do you apologize if you are going to do it again! another day!! you are mine and
you are never going to get out of this!" and many voices like that!
- I confess my sin, I fall into this bad habit for a while and I want to get out of it now!!!!
I am distressed, I have a ministry, a child on the way, and I don't want that
I found a father tied up rather free. I pray to GOD to help us get out of
this is it!!!!!!!!

- Hello everyone, I am also sunk in pornography, I know it and I acknowledge it, like
I also acknowledge that only with the help of GOD can one get out of this, but I am lacking.
will, this has dominated me, I feel imprisoned and I want to get out, I arrived at a church
I became a Christian 3 years ago, but I haven't been able to stay on the right path, I feel it in my mind.
like a finger pointing at me for this evil that torments me, although my cell leader
He knows and has prayed, but I left the church a year and a half ago, I distanced myself and I feel that
everything is worse, I need help!!!

- I am a 21-year-old girl, the truth is I got into pornography because of the sadness of a
family loss, I know I have no excuse, I don't know how to get out of this. Please help me!
I have tried but I can't anymore, I can't stand living like this, I am afraid of doing crazy things that
I may regret it... pray for me, I want to get out of this that binds me, please.

- Hello, I have been imprisoned by pornography for almost 8 years, I have tried to leave it countless times,
but when I get depressed or have problems, I fall into it, feeling like the dog
that goes back to its vomit!..... I actually wish to escape this infernal cycle..

4 STEPS TO SANCTIFY YOUR LIFE

A. OBEDIENCE
B. DISCIPLINE
C. DETERMINATION
D. RADICALITY