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 addition 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.