I have been married for over 30 years. We own our own business and work very hard. My husband and I have weathered many storms in our marriage. He has cheated on me, drinks a lot, does drugs, lied, and was verbally abusive to me. We have worked so many problems out with each other. Because of all this, I sustained in our marriage and I have become very close to God, which I am very thankful for this. I believe sometimes you have to go through hell to get to heaven. Things are going well; however, my husband is using drugs again and lying to me. My heart hurts and I don’t if I want to go through it again. He does try to help himself sometimes, but he is not consistent. I have tried to tell him to put God in his heart and that He will help him through anything, but drugs are winning. I just needed to tell someone because I don’t know what to do.<\/p>\n\t
I’m sorry that you continue to have difficulties in your life. There isn’t much I can offer other than to encourage you for his sake to do what is necessary to get him back off drugs and on the right track. Remember, “love is patient …<\/em>” (I Corinthians 13:4).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: I have been married for over 30 years. We own our own business and work very hard. My husband and I have weathered many storms in our marriage. He has cheated on me, drinks a lot, does drugs, lied, and was verbally abusive to me. We have worked so many problems out with each…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[372],"class_list":["post-34700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-drugs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37374,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/my-husband-has-gotten-involved-in-drugs-and-gambling-what-do-i-do\/","url_meta":{"origin":34700,"position":0},"title":"My husband has gotten involved in drugs and gambling. 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