Hell and Celebrity Rehab

I watch a show called "Celebrity Rehab". I am not even going to try to justify it or say I was channel surfing and happened upon it. I watch the show ok? Wow, I am glad I got that off my chest. Anyway, the show is about celebrities who are in rehab trying to make it to sobriety. Their guide is Dr.Drew, who really does seem pretty gifted. I watch as these poor souls struggle to break free from their addictions. Some things, like alcohol and opiates result in a quick disintegration. The lives of these celebrities have completely come apart due to their addiction and they have destroyed nearly all relationships in the process. They are isolated and still craving the substance that has made them so lonely. They sometimes describe their condition as being in hell. I think in some ways they are right. God made us for Himself. Anything I put in His place is bound to be less than what I need there in my soul. I will demand more and more of it until it begins to make me come apart at the seams. The problem with most of our addictions is they are slow acting. The man with the job that keeps his mind whirling through the night doesn't realize his addiction. The woman who sits up and worries all the time about her children thinks of herself only as a good mom. But if I take these and extrapolate them out hundreds or even thousands of years what will be left of that person? I watch Celebrity Rehab and I see people who desperately need God. They are going to replace one habit with another. Cocaine for Cheetos. What then? Then I think of all the people who are addicted to the slow acting things like success and relationships and family. Hell is being dependant on something for life that cannot deliver. It is a substitute that cannot fill the hole. The result is the craving for salt by a man who is dying of thirst. I am so succeptible to this. I think it is good for all of us to check ourselves every once in while to make sure we have not slowly substituted something for God. When Jesus promises to never leave and never forsake us he is promising that he will always be enough even throughout all eternity. That is a promise that requires no rehab.