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Six months ago entering the hospital with COVID-19 would have been much more precarious than a few weeks ago. We knew little of how to combat this thing, only that it was a deadly killer and we couldn't slow it down. There weren't enough morgues to hold the bodies.
As I lay in ICU, nurses pumped me with Remdesivir, anti-biotics and steroids and even a little Insulin now and then it occurred to me that they had found something that worked, this was at least slowing down if not eliminating the killer. This was healing me and each day, as I have now at home, things have improved. What those dedicated, trained and always searching for answers medical professionals did saved my life. As any of us who have dealt with the other strangler - addiction do, we stand before you with the cure. What if I had just lost it there in the hospital, ripped off the tubes and just said the hell with it, I am tired of all these restrictions and not sleeping and constant weird thoughts? Where would I be now? Our cure didn't need FDA approval, it was approved by the one who loves us, who provided a pathway to freedom for us and then let the professionals write out several types of prescriptions for the pain. The pathway has several options but the first option has to connect with God or we just end up shooting ourselves with placebo's with no real effect. Ask a patient who can't breathe in ICU, "You want a placebo or something that helps you breathe?" Hope I am not insulting your intelligence with that question, but the answer in this world of addiction I know is more often than not, "just give me the placebo that seems like it works" Cunning and baffling that is what we are. The Lord said "Come to me, all who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest". Matt 11:28 That invitation is an invitation to heal, to learn how to breathe again, to learn how to enjoy life instead of constantly swimming upstream. The pathway to recovery begins in God's ICU - all we have to do is come and he has the rest of what we need - just come! COVID or addiction, neither one is a match for him.
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Thank you so much for being real with your story Glenn. I had not thought about the compromised immune system of young people who are using and the connection with a worse case of Covid. I am so thankful that God will use you even more with your experiences with battling this life -threatening disease. I am praying that your energy will increase and that your will to really help others will not wane.nWe lve you Glenn Bob Harsh Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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Glenn YankowskiGlenn is an ex-Marine Viet Nam vet who is also a recovering alcoholic, clean and sober for 30 years. He has been involved in start up and ongoing recovery ministry at North Atlanta Church and Campus for the last two decades. He has a passion for outreach and to spread the message that the answer to lasting and fulfilling recovery from addiction is in a relationship with Jesus Christ. He and the ATB team are available to assist in your questions or needs on an individual basis and will do so maintaining complete confidentiality. You may e-mail him at [email protected]. Archives
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