Father Tom Wilson joins Patrick to discuss Breaking Free of Addiction.
- (4:50) what is addiction?
- Are there Benign Addictions?
- (13:56) How addiction affects the culpability of sin.
(19:38) Break 1
- What are the effects of addiction on family of an addict?
- (23:55) Tom - Has a family member dealing with addiction to marijuana. What would Fr. suggest about empowering that person and accompanying them because that addiction affects everyone.
- Email from a woman whose husband is addicted to Alcohol.
- Kim - As a family member of many addicts, just wants to mention Ala-non groups. Practicing Catholic and it really helps.
(40:35) Break 2
- Nicole - Suffered with major addiction entire life. Since I've become sober, I learned that I have so many other addictions that I need to rid myself from. The more I fell in love with the Eucharist and daily Mass, confession, and not receiving Him in mortal sin helped with overcoming those other addictions.
- (45:45) Email from Brandon about pornography addiction.
- Patty - Recovering alcoholic. Just buried brother. Wants to talk about how it affects the family.
