by Chris | Aug 14, 2024 | Addiction, General, Help from the Saints, Saints—On Earth & in Heaven, Spiritual Tools
Read Part 1 or Part 2 of this series on addiction and Saint Benedict’s Twelve Steps of Humility. In recovery, we seek freedom from addiction by following the Twelve Steps. But the true effectiveness of 12-step recovery is found in the fact that, at its heart, it is...
by Chris | Aug 7, 2024 | Addiction, General, Help from the Saints, Saints—On Earth & in Heaven, Spiritual Tools
Read Part 1 of this series on addiction and Saint Benedict’s Twelve Steps of Humility. We turn to what I believe to be the most important and common denominator present at the origin, escalation, and outright enslavement of any addiction, and that which certainly...
by Chris | Jul 31, 2024 | Codependence, Family, First Step, Loved One of an Addict, Pornography & Sexual Addiction, Sex/Pornography
When I first started attending secular 12-step meetings for the loved ones of lust addicts, I noticed that the facilitator of each meeting made sure to read information about the Seventh Tradition, which usually sounded something like this: “Our Seventh Tradition...
by Chris | Jul 24, 2024 | Addiction, General, Help from the Saints, Saints—On Earth & in Heaven, Scripture Reflection, Spiritual Tools
“To get completely away from our aversion to the idea of being humble, to gain a vision of humility as the avenue to true freedom of the human spirit, to be willing to work for humility as something to be desired for itself, takes most of us a long, long time” (Twelve...
by Chris | Jul 17, 2024 | Addiction, General, Getting Sober
Addiction and unhealthy attachments can be powerful drivers in our lives—drivers that put us on a course of destruction, pain, and insanity. Below are four ways that addiction and unhealthy attachments create insanity in our lives. A Repetitive Cycle of Suffering...
