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For the Alcoholics
Reblogged from Virtuous Society: There is a plague that has become more real to me over the last few years, as I have met more and more people who have been affected by alcohol dependence. According...
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Alcohol + Alcoholic = Death, RIP My Sweet Friend
This Scripture must be talking about alcohol and alcoholism: The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. John 10:10 The crazy thing is...
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Letting Go of Our Attachments is Key to Loving God
I’ve said this before but one of my most favorite daily prayer books is “My Daily Bread” by the Confraternity of the Precious Blood, published in 1956. Here is an excerpt from it regarding...
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When Will Things Get Easier?
Maybe life isn’t going to be easy. Maybe it never was? But I seem to remember a time when things were more peaceful, more in synch with God and the universe, or something. Or, maybe I’m fooling myself?...
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Let the Oppressed Go Free
I have a bookshelf, well, actually it’s more like a couple of drawers full, of books that have and are helping me through my alcoholic journey. As a Catholic alcoholic, or maybe just the way my...
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My Trick for Living One Day at a Time
I have often found it difficult to accept and fully grasp the whole “one day at a time” thing. I “get” it; but sometimes it feels like a punishment to not be able to live and dream and plan my future...
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Relapse Toolbox for Catholic Alcoholics
FYI. This is what happens when we relapse: another DUI, divorce filing from our spouse, living alone in an apartment away from our children, losing trust with homegroup friends, interlock device in our...
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The Power of ONE
Finishing up day ONE. All day I had to bombard my thoughts with prayer and affirmations, and I smashed any random craving thoughts that zipped through my brain without my permission. Around midday,...
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well, mercy me
Well, mercy me! I heart mercy. Pope Francis established this Jubilee Year of Mercy—and I am thrilled. “Mercy” is one of my most favorite words, a borrowed word in English derived from the Old French...
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searching
The other day on the drive home from school, my younger son said hippos were one of the most dangerous land animals on the planet. I was incredulous, “What?! Hippos?! No way. Hippos are those cute fat...
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