I am only one bad decision away from picking up! Now I do not always think that way and I certainly do not always feel that way - but I know it's the truth. I can't begin to tell all the times I have said, " I will never do this or that" only to find myself doing what I  said I would never do!

I told myself I would never steal, but I did. I swore to myself I would never be unfaithful to my spouse, but I was. I exclaimed that I would never use drugs! Yet, again and again and again I did! Said I would never lie, cheat, deceive, hurt, or disappoint, but I was unable or unwilling to do it. Powerless. A slave to sin (Read Romans 7)