Surviving Life Quick Tips 2.0

CHAPTER ¹) I

It Was Not Because Of Me

Acts 10:38-43 (NLT)

"And you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. And we apostles are witnesses of all He did throughout Judea and in Jerusalem. They put Him to death by hanging Him on a cross, but God raised Him to life on the third day. Then God allowed Him to appear, not to the general public, but to us whom God had chosen in advance to be His witnesses. We were those who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead. And He ordered us to preach everywhere and to testify that Jesus is the one appointed by God to be the judge of all-the living and the dead. He is the one all the prophets testified about, saying that everyone who believes in Him will have their sins forgiven through His name." And because of that…

It was not because of me that I survived a severe brain stroke at age ten in 1987.

It was not because of me that I overcame paralysis from that severe brain stroke in 1988.

It was not because of me that I survived five near fatal auto-accidents from 1996-2000.

It was not because of me that I survived numerous sickle-cell anemia attacks from 1977-1991.

It was not because of me that I survived multiple attacks of pneumonia in 1983, 1996 and 2001.

It was not because of me that I survived consuming large amounts of alcohol from 1993-2001.

It was not because of me that I survived consuming great amounts of prescribed drugs from 1997-2001.

It was not because of me that I survived rehabilitation of prescribed drugs and alcohol from 1999-2001.

It was not because of me that I survived three nights in jail without needed medication in 2001.

It was not because of me that I survived the pains of family member deaths.

It was not because of me that I survived many hurts of abandonment and betrayals.

It was not because of me that I survived depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

It was not because of me that I survived numerous suicide attempts from 1997-2001.

It was not because of me that I survived a complex near-fatal sinusitis infection in October of 2014.

It was not because of me that I became a National Scholar in 1993.

It was not because of me that I became a high-school Valedictorian on June 2nd of 1995.

It was not because of me that I achieved two AOL Time Warner certifications in 2001.

It was not because of me that I began my role as a theologian in January of 2005.

It was not because of me that I became a medical computer analyst technician in June of 2007.

It was not because of me that I achieved a Bachelor’s degree in Theology on May 15th of 2012.

It was not because of me that I achieved a Master’s degree in Theology on May 13th of 2014.

It was not because of me that I became an ordained servant of the Lord Jesus Christ on August 24th, 2014.

Now listen to me very carefully!

It was not because of me that God the Lord Jesus Christ showed me in a moment, a sliver of His glorious infinite eternal kingdom in heaven on December 29th of 2014, just as He did with His previous ordained servants such as the prophets Moses, King David, Elijah & Isaiah and the apostles Peter, Paul & John.

It was not because of me that I completed my 1st book titled It Was Not Because Of Me Sept. 9th, 2015.

It was not because of me that I completed my 2nd book titled Surviving Life Quick Tips Nov.24th, 2015.

It was not because of me that my first two books are nationally copyrighted by the Copyright Office of the U.S. Library of Congress on December 11th of 2015.

It was not because of me that my first two books are officially registered in the U.S. Library of Congress since September 12th of 2016.

It was not because of me that I became a professional published author with WestBow Press and Thomas Nelson & Zondervan Publishing Group on February 2nd of 2016.

It was not because of me that I became a Book Publishing Tech Consultant on December 8th of 2016.

It was not because of me that I became an Apple Computers Solutions Consultant specifically assigned to serve the U.S. Military on December 15th of 2016.

It was not because of me that I completed my 3rd book Surviving Life Quick Tips 2.0 on Dec. 24th, 2016.

It is not because of me that I am still strong, sober and truly living life, to this day.

It was all because God the Lord Jesus Christ rose from death is the reason that I still rise.

CHAPTER ²) II

My Personal His-Story 2016

I am Bernard Robinson Jr., and I was born in Washington D.C. at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 1977. I was born with sickle-cell anemia disease and I later developed depression. Sickle-cell anemia disease is a hereditary or genetic blood disorder which causes the round red blood cells in the human body to turn into a sickle shape which causes a traffic jam in the blood stream. During a sickle-cell anemia attack, this traffic jam in the blood stream, blocks blood and oxygen from going to vital organs and other vital areas of the body, causing severe amounts of pain, disability and even partial paralysis.

At the age of ten in 1987, I suffered a severe brain stroke due to sickle-cell anemia and I was paralyzed on the entire right side of my body. My right hand was my dominant hand, but since I lost the fine motor quality to my right hand from the stroke, my brain transferred to using my left hand as my dominant hand. I had to take a year of physical therapy from 1987-1988, just to relearn how to walk, talk and tie my shoes. I was in the fifth grade at the time this happened and when I was able to return to school, my school was simply unwilling to take on the responsibility of my ailments. My parents looked for other schools in Hawaii for me to attend but it was almost to no avail, until one school stepped up and was willing to accept me. The only problem was that I was a fifth grader at that time and this new school started at the seventh grade level. No other options were available to me, so I enrolled at that school as a seventh grader.

The new school ranged from the seventh through the twelfth grade level. I must admit that I struggled from the seventh through the ninth grade, but by the tenth grade as a sophomore I started making the honor roll. I also became recognized as a national scholar at the National Young Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. in 1993. I made the honor roll from the tenth through twelfth grade, and I graduated high school with honors as the class valedictorian of that new school called The Academy of The Pacific in 1995. Despite this great academic achievement though, I started becoming addicted to alcohol in 1993 as a sophomore in high school. The hard liquor was not strong enough for me to cope with an unidentifiable pain I was experiencing, so I became addicted to prescribed narcotics as well in 1997. Ironically, the only way to immediately stop and kill the severe pain of a sickle-cell anemia attack is through prescribed narcotics. So having hereditary sickle-cell anemia disease and depression, just simply turned my prescribed drug and alcohol use into abuse from 1997-2001.

In 1999, I also remember being prescribed Effexor which was an anti-depressant medication to combat my depression and post-traumatic stress disorder from sickle-cell anemia attacks. I as well had post-traumatic stress disorder due to five near-fatal auto accidents from 1996-2000. I also was addicted to sleep aids or sleeping pills until November of 2001. Despite these negative bouts in my life, I managed to get a job with America Online in January of 2001, as a software trouble shooting technician. I achieved two AOL Time Warner certifications in Microsoft Windows and AOL DSL. During this time as well in 2001, I tried the Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous programs, but I relapsed after six months. I knew there had to be a better system or a better way than this. Fortunately for me, there was a better way with better promises according to Hebrews 8:6.

Therefore, on November 10th of 2001, I started my personal relationship with God the Lord Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit has cured me from my addictions and kept me clean and sober for over fifteen years now. Now what I mean by cured is that I no longer struggle with the disease of prescribed drugs and alcohol addictions, for the taste and desire of those mind altering substances have been completely eradicated and removed from me by the sovereign power of God the Holy Spirit for over fifteen years. I no longer have long-term depression and have lost the need for anti-depressant medication, sleep aids, AA and NA programs since November 10th of 2001. Most of all, on November 10th of 2001, I have lost the need of being treated by a psychiatrist for my depression. Once again, I am cured from all these ailments by the grace of God in Christ Jesus alone. God as well has provided me with an anti-sickle cell anemia medication called Hydrea since 1991, which allows me to live a fairly normal life. Thanks to God the Lord Jesus Christ blessing me with the Hydrea medication, I never missed a day of high-school and achieved a perfect attendance. I used to be in the hospital twelve times a year with blood transfusions, until the age of fourteen in 1991. I no longer had frequent sickle-cell anemia crises for over fifteen years straight from 1991, due to the Hydrea medication working so well in my life. The only other times I had a major sickle-cell crises was in 2006, 2010 and 2014.

Statistically in the 1970’s a person with sickle-cell anemia disease does not usually live past the age of eighteen according to the chart of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. God Almighty in Christ Jesus has blessed me to live over twice as long as that statistic and still has me look young all at the same time. In 2003 as well, I found the root of my prescribed drug and alcohol addictions, that unidentifiable pain I described earlier. The root of it was because of my sister’s death. Her name was Krystal and I was age four, and she was age five at the time in 1981. I believe that all addictions are rooted from some sort of traumatic event in a person’s life, but by trusting in God Almighty in Christ Jesus we can overcome humanly impossible obstacles.

Furthermore, I became a