Step Ten: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Step Eleven: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to...
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A Short Reflection on Reconciliation: A Key to Understanding God’s Love
Oct 3, 2019 | Prayer & Scripture Reflections, Spiritual Tools, The Sacraments | 1 Comment
Over the last couple of years I have made a decision to go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation as often as I can. One church in the area makes the sacrament available on weekdays, although most churches make it available on Saturday afternoons. Since I am an in-home...
How to Find Healing When Your Family Member Is an Addict
Sep 19, 2019 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Prayer & Scripture Reflections, Spiritual Tools, The Twelve Steps | 2 Comments
The disease of addiction is devastating on families. Everyone related to the addict often struggles immensely to live with and try to help the person they love dearly and desire more than anything to help. However, many times with our attempt to help our loved one we...
A Step Six and Step Seven Reflection: Resisting Our Weaknesses by the Grace of Jesus Christ
Sep 17, 2019 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Prayer & Scripture Reflections, The Twelve Steps | 1 Comment
Step Six: Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Step Seven: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. When I asked a friend in another 12-step program what advice he would give to someone doing Step Six and Step Seven for the first...
How Eucharistic Adoration Healed My Father Wound
Sep 10, 2019 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Prayer & Scripture Reflections, Spiritual Tools, The Sacraments | 0 Comments
A few years ago, I was at a wedding when I was struck by the particular charism of the priest offering the ceremony. He was warm, relaxed, and extremely welcoming. He also could read a room, which was reflected in the way he presented his homily to a largely...
How Scripture and Prayer Helped Me Overcome My Sexual Addictions
Aug 22, 2019 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Pornography & Sexual Addiction, Prayer & Scripture Reflections, Spiritual Tools | 2 Comments
One of the keys to moving away from habitual sin is spending time daily with Scripture and in prayer. Most of us have heard this for years and our immediate response might be, "I don't have time." I felt this way 10 years ago. But I can tell you today, as I enjoy over...
A Step Three Reflection: Giving God Unfettered Access to Our Lives
Aug 13, 2019 | Other Addictions, Prayer & Scripture Reflections, The Twelve Steps | 5 Comments
Step Three: Made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to God. My 12-step experience has been in overeaters anonymous (OA). But it was in an area beyond food where the depth of my third step came into sharper focus for me: personal finance. I was on a walk...
A Simple Breathing Exercise for Becoming More Like Mary with Our Eyes Fixed on God
Aug 8, 2019 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Help from the Saints, Prayer & Scripture Reflections, Spiritual Tools, The Twelve Steps | 0 Comments
One of the tools that I learned as I went through the Consoling the Heart of Jesus: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat spiritual practice to help navigate challenging situations was a beautiful breathing exercise. Even today, over three years clean of my porn addiction, when...
What My Recovery Has Taught Me About Dealing With Loss and Grief
Aug 6, 2019 | Prayer & Scripture Reflections, The Twelve Steps | 0 Comments
Why is the subject of death so hard to talk about? Is it because when a loved one dies each one of us responds and copes with this loss in a completely unique and personal way? And if I died today, would I be right with God, myself, and others? Would I be reunited...
A Step Two Reflection: The Gateway to Hope
Jul 23, 2019 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Other Addictions, Prayer & Scripture Reflections, Spiritual Tools, The Twelve Steps | 2 Comments
Step Two: Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. I remember telling my sponsor early on that the first few steps in my 12-step program didn’t pose much of a challenge to me because I already believe in a “Higher Power.” I...