Is your heart breaking and do you feel helpless from watching a family member or someone you love struggle with active addiction? Are you struggling to cope with the negative consequences that their addiction had brought into your life and theirs? If so, you are not...
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The Importance of Routine for Maintaining Recovery
From the military to sports to the spiritual life, routine is critical for success. However, maintaining a routine can seem boring, rigid, and stifling. I admittedly shared this view for several years. But for addicts who truly wish to be successful in their recovery,...
Continuing Onward After the Thrill of Recovery Is Gone
“Same dances in the same old shoes Some habits that you just can't lose There's no telling what a man might use After the thrill is gone” - The Eagles A few months ago, I was going back and forth in a text conversation with a friend from my home 12-step group. Though...
Talking to Your Spouse About a Sexual Addiction
Having the “talk” with my significant other was the most terrifying conversation I’ve had: the “talk” where I revealed that I was a porn addict. The evil of my addiction was a contributing factor in the destruction of my first marriage. And though I had started my...
Reflecting on “Thy Will Be Done” in Our Recovery
We in Catholic in Recovery are undeniably blessed to have at our fingertips so many avenues and ways to seek God and live according to His perfect will. Our gratitude and blessings of recovery are worth repeating as our hearts and minds have been brought into harmony...
My Life Since Becoming Free from Pornography and Masturbation
As I think about how my life has changed for the better since becoming free from viewing pornography and masturbating multiple times per day, I am awed by Jesus’s promise: “Seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things will follow.” It’s...
Turn It Up: Movies and Music That Have Inspired Me on My Recovery Journey
I’ve had this idea to create a media guide of various movies and songs that have inspired me on my recovery journey and generally in my life. I think that it’s important to fill our lives with forms of beauty that can touch our hearts, even if that at times means...
On September 11, 2001, Joe Descended into Alcoholism—And Exactly Sixteen Years Later He Found Sobriety
For Joe, alcoholism had always been a part of his life since both of his parents were alcoholics. “I grew up with an alcoholic family,” Joe said. “Growing up was chaotic and as a kid, it gave me a predisposition to the disease of alcoholism.” Joe grew up a Catholic,...
A Message from a Wife to Men and Husbands Struggling with Sexual Addiction
St. Augustine, our very own saint who struggled with an attachment/addiction to sexual compulsivity and lust, can be a heavenly brother for all men who desire holiness and change. This is true even if you merely desire to desire that holiness and change. As St....
Recovering from the Private Killer of Porn Addiction
It was a catastrophic personal event that plunged me into three years of intense habitual and addictive behavior that needed to be addressed. It was then that I finally recognized my addiction needed to be stopped. Downloading porn videos and images as well as...