Dave was addicted to cigarettes, and then to chewing tobacco. After years of trying to quit, he heard a word of knowledge through Pat that delivered him from the addiction. He has not smoked or chewed tobacco for 10 years.
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Reporter: DAVID AFFALTER
STARTED SMOKING AS A
TEENAGER.
IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE HE WAS
ADDICTED.
I GUESS YOU COULD CALL ME
A CHAIN SMOKER SOMETIMES.
SOMETIMES I COULD GO LONG
PERIODS SOCIALIZING WITH
FRIENDS, AND I PROBABLY
WOULD ALWAYS ALWAYS HAVE A
CIGARETTE GOING.
Reporter: HE TRIED TO
STOP SEVERAL TIMES, BUT
WOULD OFTEN PULL HIS
CIGARETTES BACK OUT OF THE
TRASH.
THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I
WISHED I WASN'T SMOKING
ANYMORE.
I TRIED TO QUIT, AND YOU
LOOK AT A PACK OF
CIGARETTES, AND YOU'RE LIKE,
I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO
THIS.
FOR EVERYBODY WHO KNOWS WHAT
IT IS LIKE TO SMOKE OR TO
HAVE THAT NICOTINE HABIT,
YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO
BREAK THAT.
AND THEN I FELT POWERLESS TO
STOP.
Reporter: HE THOUGHT
CHEWING TOBACCO WOULD BE
BETTER FOR HIS HEALTH AND
EXCHANGED ONE ADDICTION FOR
ANOTHER.
CHEWING HAD WHAT I
THOUGHT IT WAS A STRONGER
POWER OVER ME.
IT GOT TO THE POINT OVER A
PERIOD OF TIME, I WAS ALWAYS
DOING IT.
YOU COULD CHEW STUFF AT WORK
WHERE NOBODY NOTICED.
WHERE LEAF TOBACCO WAS A
LITTLE OBVIOUS.
DAVID WOULD WORK NIGHTS, AND
WOULD COME HOME IN TIME TO
WATCH THE MORNING BROADCAST
OF "THE 700 CLUB."
I WAS GETTING HOME JUST
ABOUT THE TIME "THE 700
CLUB" WAS COMING ON.
I BEGAN TO WATCH THAT.
AND I WAS WATCHING THIS --
THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE'RE
GOING TO PRAY FOR YOU, AND
THIS PARTICULAR DAY HE
MENTIONED CHEWING TOBACCO.
YOU'RE A SLAVE TO IT.
Gordon: WHAT IS
NICOTINE?
ANOTHER PLANT, A TOBACCO.
YOU'RE A SLAVE TO IT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A SLAVE
TO A VEGETABLE.
YOU'RE GOD'S CHILD.
LIVE LIKE IT.
AND LET HIM COME IN AND TAKE
OVER.
YOU SAY FROM THIS MOMENT ON,
I'M GOING TO BE FREE.
AND DAY BY DAY BY DAY YOU
REAFFIRM THAT COMMITMENT, IN
JESUS' NAME, I'M FREE.
AND I THOUGHT, H'MMM,
MAN, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO
DO THIS.
I HEARD WHAT HE SAID ABOUT
GOD SAYING IF YOU QUIT RIGHT
NOW, ZIP, THAT'S IT, THEN
YOU WON'T HAVE THIS
ANYMORE.
YOU WON'T HAVE ANYMORE
CRAVINGS OR DESIRES.
I MEAN THE DESIRE, THE WANT
TO, TO WANT TO, IS GOING TO
BE GONE.
YEAH, I PRAYED WITH HIM.
Reporter: DAVID
IMMEDIATELY GOT RID OF ALL
OF HIS TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
I FLUSHED IT.
THERE WAS NO WAY TO GO BACK
AND RETRIEVE IT LATER.
I DUMPED IT ALL -- I JUST
GOT RID OF IT.
BEFORE THE END OF THAT DAY,
I NOTICED ALREADY I DON'T
HAVE ANY DESIRE WHATSOEVER
FOR THIS STUFF.
I HAVEN'T REACHED FOR IT.
I HAVEN'T HAD THAT CRAVING
OR ANYTHING.
Reporter: 10 YEARS HAVE
PASSED, AND DAVID HAS NEVER
GONE BACK.
NO WITHDRAWALS.
NO SHAKING.
NO IRRITABILITY.
THERE IS NO CRAVINGS OR
DESIRE WHATSOEVER.
I MEAN, IT WAS GONE.
IT WAS LIKE -- I TOLD
PEOPLE, IT WAS LIKE I HAD
NEVER SMOKED OR CHEWED
BEFORE.
IT'S GONE.
AND I HAVEN'T EVER TRIED IT
SINCE.
HE SET ME FREE.