by Chris | Jul 14, 2021 | General, Spiritual Tools
Addictions strike at the very roots of our physical and spiritual nature. As physical beings, our lives can be full of all the pains and difficulties of animal life. Yet, we also endure suffering through our souls, intellect, and memory. As C.S. Lewis put it, we live...
by Chris | Jul 7, 2021 | Eucharist, Mercy, Pornography & Sexual Addiction, Prayer, Psychology & Therapy, Sacraments, Sex/Pornography, Spiritual Tools, The Sacraments, Therapy
In the first article of this two-part series, I shared with you the benefits of regularly participating in an hour of Eucharistic adoration and offered some advice on how to fully experience freedom from sin, temptation, and addiction. I want to now explain how...
by Chris | Jun 30, 2021 | Pornography & Sexual Addiction, Sex/Pornography, Sponsorship/Mentorship
As I began my quest to extricate myself from the addiction to pornography and habitual masturbation, my first focused attempt probably started in 2007 through an online educational program. For that program, I was set up with a coach to read my answers to the...
by Chris | Jun 24, 2021 | Personal Testimonies, Personal Testimony
For many years, Dennis lived in two worlds: one that everyone knew about and one that no one but himself did. “In recovery, we talk about having two words until we get discovered and then those words come crashing together,” Dennis said. “My wife discovered my...
by Chris | Jun 16, 2021 | God, Help from the Saints, Prayer, Saints—On Earth & in Heaven, The Blessed Mother
In February of this year, I began to experience severe lower back and leg pain. It began exactly two weeks before Ash Wednesday and with it began a powerful Lenten experience that continues today. I had to totally abandon myself to God in complete surrender and...
