by Chris | Jan 15, 2025 | Family, Help from the Saints, Pornography & Sexual Addiction, Prayer, Saints—On Earth & in Heaven, Sex/Pornography, Spiritual Tools
The month of March is an important month in the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar. Not only does this month occur during the Lenten season, but over thirty saints are celebrated over the course of the month’s 31 days. What a gift that the Church holds up so many...
by Chris | Jan 8, 2025 | Getting Sober, Spiritual Tools
When a person seeks addiction recovery, they’re usually after one goal—to become free of disordered behaviors and addictions. However, for those of us in CIR, we’re also after another goal. We don’t only strive to stop our addictions, compulsions, or unhealthy...
by Chris | Dec 18, 2024 | Addiction, General, God, Help from the Saints, Saints—On Earth & in Heaven, Spiritual Tools
Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. Growth in Virtuous Love To undergo real transformation in holy love, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux asserts that three commitments are required of any person, three essential conditions that should sound awfully familiar to us in...
by Chris | Dec 11, 2024 | Addiction, Getting Sober, God
Every 12-step novice is familiar with the term “surrender” and its significance for finding recovery. However, as often as the word is used in recovery groups, the word itself does not appear in any of the Twelve Steps. I’ve spent decades in recovery and attended...
by Chris | Dec 4, 2024 | Mercy, Reconciliation
To ask for forgiveness is one of the greatest challenges we face. It demands peace in our hearts. It invites us to confront and overcome our emotions of anger and hurt to practice virtue and mercy. It is a risk. It is a risk for anyone—especially for those of us in...
