by Chris | Sep 19, 2019 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Prayer & Scripture Reflections, Spiritual Tools, The Twelve Steps
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...
by Chris | Sep 5, 2019 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Personal Testimonies, The Twelve Steps
I was outraged when someone suggested that I suffered from a “family disease” when my child began using drugs. During the ebb and flow of our family’s now eight-year struggle with addiction, I have pondered the idea of addiction as a family disease. How could someone...
by Chris | Jul 16, 2019 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Pornography & Sexual Addiction, Prayer & Scripture Reflections, The Sacraments, The Twelve Steps
“Every man who enters a brothel is looking for God.” This quote, attributed to G.K. Chesterton, is one of the foundational concepts of Saint John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body,” which is a collection of talks the pope gave on human sexuality. Theology of...
by Chris | May 23, 2019 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Personal Testimonies, Prayer & Scripture Reflections, The Twelve Steps
How many times have three simple words passed over my mind that I never spoke out loud? For many times over the years they have remained clenched in denial, shrouded in secrecy, hidden in the darkness of my addiction to drugs and alcohol. But the day finally came when...
by Scott Weeman | Dec 20, 2016 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Spiritual Tools
I remember my first stretch of Christmas and New Year’s while in recovery quite well. I had about two and a half months free from alcohol and drug use (which seemed miraculous at the time, as it still does today), and I was preparing for what I knew would be a test of...
