Shashue Monrauch

Shashue Monrauch

Faith In The Fast Lane

156 The Unconfessed Compulsion

When God showed me why nicotine stuck when other addictions fell

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Shashue Monrauch
Dec 18, 2025
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God helped me understand yesterday: my nicotine addiction isn’t just “problematic”, it’s a barrier I’ve refused to tear down. I’d been rationalizing it for months, telling myself, “Priests and village elders smoke pipes while reflecting on deep things. If they do it for focus, isn’t that what I’m using vape or gum for?” Same purpose, different form.

I ev…

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