by Chris | May 26, 2020 | Spiritual Tools, The Twelve Steps
When life in quarantine began, I did what I often do and decided that I was just going to remain busy and plan like crazy to get through it. The first thing that I did was get really motivated to exercise. One of my many passions is rowing. Social distancing meant...
by Chris | May 19, 2020 | Help from the Saints, Prayer & Scripture Reflections, Spiritual Tools
I’ve read often in recovery literature that surrender is essential to healing from our addictions. But it always frightened me. Surrender felt like giving up—it felt like admitting I can’t do it on my own. Guess what? I can’t do it on my own. Even just typing that...
by Chris | May 5, 2020 | Prayer & Scripture Reflections, Spiritual Tools
Brothers and sisters in recovery, how are you faring in our current state of affairs? For a month now we have been restricted from many of our usual daily activities. This means we haven’t been able to attend in-person recovery meetings, Mass, or the Sacrament of...
by Chris | Apr 14, 2020 | Spiritual Tools
One of the phrases that I keep hearing get thrown around amidst the Coronavirus pandemic is “nothing has prepared us for this!” And in a sense, this is true. We haven’t seen a pandemic like this on a global scale since the Spanish Flu in the early 20th century. ...
by Chris | Mar 17, 2020 | Pornography & Sexual Addiction, Prayer & Scripture Reflections, Spiritual Tools
During this wonderful season of Lent, many of us turn our attention to the discipline of fasting. Similar to making New Year’s resolutions, many of us decide to give something up for Lent. As a child, I remember wondering why we were called to refrain from meat,...
