Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t watched the series finale of the sitcom Mom, you may want to read this post later… Last night, I scanned the On Demand menu on my television in search of the sitcom, Mom. I’ve watched this show faithfully since it began. For me, it seems to portray 12-step recovery meetings […]
With permission from The Jesuit Post, I am reprinting their article titled, “I am a Jesuit and I am an Alcoholic.” I want you to know that this disease is not a moral failing. There is no room for healing when we allow shame to be in the picture. It is time to call out […]
I remember reading the following quote years ago when we first learned of my loved one’s addiction. It changed the way I saw them: “The question is not why the addiction, but why the pain.” And the source of pain is always and invariably to be found in a person’s lived experience, beginning with childhood. … All addictions are attempts to […]