I went and did it again. I created another online community for Catholics who are alcoholics and addicts. I know, I know, you’re asking me, “Why, Paulcoholic, have you done this thing which has proved so fruitless in the past? Don’t you remember your past attempts, all doomed by various financial, technical, and human follies? …
I have been running the Matt Talbot Way of Recovery email discussion group on Yahoo since December 2011, and like past endeavors of mine to establish a Catholic-based recovery discussion community, it has its busy times and ghost-town echo chamber times. I am debating on whether or not to shut it down. Since it is …
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Number 9, over at Catholic Alcoholic mentioned today about a new organization for Catholics suffering from addictions. Called Not Saints Yet, it is, to quote from their website, “…a new organization whose goal is to evangelize, or re-evangelize, Catholics, especially those in recovery.” It is run by Ken J, of the Calix Society in Philadelphia. …
On this 8th day of the Novena, we pray for the strength of perseverance in Faith. The main reason why I started this blog, and the failed social networks involving Catholic addiction, is that too often in 12 Step meeting rooms (and online gatherings) I’ve seen Catholics leave the Church. I feel it is my …
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Last week I shut down the “Recovery for Christ” social network for lack of interest. I have not given up on an online interactive community for Catholics recovering from addictions, but it will have to wait while interest is rebuilt. To that end, there is an alternative, maybe a temporary one. Google has started a …
The Recovery for Christ social network for Catholics recovering from alcoholism and addictions will be shutting down as of July 19th, when the domain name registration expires. I am sorry for any inconvenience, but my heart was no longer in it. And whatever assistance I had at times was about as enthusiastic as I was! …
As many readers know, there is a Catholic social network entitled “Recovery for Christ” found here: http://www.recoveryforchrist.com. It is a successor to a previous network: “Catholic Recovery” (or Catholics in Recovery”, the original name.) The network had Facebook components, which are undergoing changes. Here is a copy of an email I sent to all Facebook …
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This is just an announcement that the old Catholic Recovery Social Network is now moved over to its new web location, the new site can be found at: Recovery for Christ (or http://www.recoveryforchrist.com if you’re having trouble seeing the link). I successfully transferred all the CR site info such as member accounts, Groups and Forums …
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Just a message to all that Catholic Recovery will be moving to its new location during the week of July 25th. I will actually try and transfer everything on Tuesday, July 27th. I have Tuesday through Saturday off from work, and except for some out-of-town guests visiting, I can devote those 5 days to making …
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This is the contents of an email sent out to all members of Catholic Recovery “This is for all who are member of the Catholic Recovery social network: Catholic Recovery is undergoing some changes. The Network is moving to a new location and will have a new name. The move is because Ning, the current …