by Chris | Jul 2, 2019 | Personal Testimonies, The Sacraments
I remember it clearly. I was a freshman in high school and an older teammate from the football team was having a “kegger” party. This wouldn’t be the first time I tasted alcohol, but it would be the first time I drank heavily and liked it. It was only one night but it...
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 | Aug 29, 2017 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, The Twelve Steps
I have had a long love/hate relationship with school. It has been both a rose and a thorn in my life, getting much more complicated when my addiction to alcohol, drugs, and other attachments ran rampant upon starting my freshman year of college. Growing up, I...
by Scott Weeman | Apr 13, 2017 | Alcohol & Drug Addiction, Prayer & Scripture Reflections, Spiritual Tools
“You and I are going on a journey together, and neither one of us is coming back,” Michael said as I gazed back at him, utterly confused yet somewhat understanding at the same time. Then he started to wash my feet. I was bearing witness to the practice set...
by Scott Weeman | Mar 28, 2016 | Addiction, General
I was 21 years old, sitting in rehab after being arrested for my second drunk driving offense, and I was very in touch with how the world had done me wrong. My step-mom gave me a journal to take with me during my stay, and in it I jotted down some notes about how my...
