Addiction Comes Visiting
After the experience in my room on the day of my conversion, the withdrawal symptoms from smoking ceased almost instantly and I do not remember having any urges to smoke at all in the days that followed. It did not just feel like I had been given new lungs, but it was like I also totally forgot that I used to smoke. Unfortunately, giving my life to Christ was not enough for me to desist from a habit that I had nurtured for years so I went back to smoking after staying for months without doing so. Old enemies came knocking and I opened up to them.
In February of 2021, while in Lagos, I got in contact with the friend that was supposed to be my accountability partner. I will not forget that day in a hurry as my life flashed before my eyes. I had gone over to his place to see him, and I was served brownies (actual brownies laced with weed). Previously, I would eat them and be fine, but I did not know that I was different now.
I initially felt fine after eating the brownies, but when we went out to get some drinks from a nearby store, I started to feel weird. I tried to pull myself together and ‘keep face’ till we got back to the house; but, while at the store, the last thing I remembered was him reaching into a chiller to get two bottles of Star Radler and walking to the counter. I leaned on him and blacked out. The next thing that I heard was, “Give her water, give her water!”, “No, give her malt, give her malt!” and, “You wan give am beer?!”
Apparently, my friend was so confused that he tried to give me beer while I was on the floor.
To Be Continued…
Miraculous Monday: 2nd June 2025
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