One great advantage to being raised in the church and raising our family in the LDS church is the healthy life style that we all enjoy. As members of the church we don't drink alcohol or coffee and we don't smoke or use tobacco. I have had friends ask: "If you don't drink, how do you relax?" I truly feel that living the code of health that we do has given me a lot less stress to deal with. For example:
* I have not had to experience a child with a drug addiction.
* I have never had my husband or a teenager come home drunk.
* I have not had to ever wonder what I did or said while I was under the influence.
* I have not had to depend on a morning cup of coffee to wake up.
* We have all learned to deal with problems head on because escaping problems by using alcohol is not an option.
* We have saved a great deal of money by not having to buy alcohol, cigarettes and coffee.
* We have all had better than average health and thus avoided many potential healthcare costs.
* My children have not had to see me cranky because I need drugs or caffeine etc. (although there have been other reasons to witness crankiness.)
* No one in the family has ever lost a job due to habits that interfered with their ability to do their job.
* Our children and grandchildren have been born with strong bodies and free from addiction.
* I don't have to look for a smoking room at an airport.
* I don't have to worry about exposing the kids to 2nd hand smoke.
* We don't have to worry that our family will have to deal with a crime committed by any of us while under the influence.
* We are all able to plan for many years of good health to spend with our grandchildren and great- grandchildren.
By not drinking alcohol we live a similar lifestyle to a recovering alcoholic who should not take even one drink again ever. The big difference is that we don't have the incredible cravings for alcohol or the broken life that alcoholism can cause. We feel incredibly free.
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