{"id":1210,"date":"2012-06-30T09:38:20","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T13:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2016-10-19T08:14:39","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T12:14:39","slug":"functional-holic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2012\/06\/functional-holic.html","title":{"rendered":"Functional &#8230;holic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/2011\/08\/rookie-mistakes-in-spiritual-healing.html\">Intriguing.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t drink alcohol but the idea of a functional dependent challenged me. No one likes to be dependent on drugs, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/2012\/03\/better-habits.html\">people,<\/a> money, time, jobs, stress, piety, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>Was I dependent on my religion? Was I a functional religioholic? I screened myself.<\/p>\n<p>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?<\/p>\n<p>Wow, there is a big difference between being dependent on <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/2011\/07\/continued-intro-to-cheryl-petersen-5.html\">religion <\/a>and being dependent on God.<\/p>\n<p>A dependency of God, Love, Truth, Life is a sign of true, brave, alive\u00a0 independence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alcohol screening is used to identify potential alcohol misuse, including dependence. 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