Alcohol screening is used to identify potential alcohol misuse, including dependence. Alcohol dependents generally are dysfunctional in society however many are highly functional and have jobs, homes and families.

Intriguing.

I don’t drink alcohol but the idea of a functional dependent challenged me. No one likes to be dependent on drugs, people, money, time, jobs, stress, piety, and so on.

Was I dependent on my religion? Was I a functional religioholic? I screened myself.

My religion is important to me. I have a job, home, and family. But, do I require having on hand, religion? Can I be content without my religious books and friends? Are my religious rituals healthy for myself or the world?

Wow, there is a big difference between being dependent on religion and being dependent on God.

A dependency of God, Love, Truth, Life is a sign of true, brave, alive  independence.

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