by Chris | Jun 7, 2023 | Compulsive Eating Behaviors
In 2018, my family and I were blessed to take a three-week, self-led European pilgrimage. We started in England, where we visited both the Tyburn Convent, built to honor the Catholic martyrs hung on London’s infamous Tyburn Tree, and then the Shrine of Our Lady of...
by Chris | May 10, 2023 | Addiction, Getting Sober, Personal Testimonies, Personal Testimony
The response of Pilate to our Lord betrays the skeptical view that there is no discernable, universal truth that can be discerned. Or to put it succinctly: “It is all relative.” Your truth is your truth and mine is mine and never the twain shall meet. I was blessed...
by Chris | May 3, 2023 | Adult Children of an Alcoholic, Compulsive Eating Behaviors, Family
I haven’t spoken to my mother in over two decades, but every once in a while, when I’m walking through a rainy parking lot in a pair of jeans, I’ll still hear her voice speak from my memory. I hear her tell me that my legs look like stuffed sausages, just like she did...
by Chris | Apr 12, 2023 | Community, Compulsive Eating Behaviors, Spiritual Tools
I love retreats, and I’ve been to a lot of them. There’s just something about getting away from the usual faces and the usual routine in order to meet others who are drawn to God in the same way I am. There’s also one feature that just about every retreat has that can...
by Chris | Mar 29, 2023 | Addiction, Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Compulsive Eating Behaviors, General, Getting Sober, Personal Testimonies, Personal Testimony, Spiritual Tools, The Twelve Steps
I am a miracle. I am a recovering alcoholic and anorexic. It is my hope that by sharing my experience of addiction and recovery, I can bring awareness to others that there is a solution, and that through it they may experience a “spiritual awakening.” A spiritual...
