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? …
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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Updated: I deleted the “Four Last Things” part of the Facebook Page, that blog will have it’s own Page. I am not sure offhand what I am going to do with this, and it may serve a purpose in promoting this blog, but there is now a Facebook “Page” for Sober Catholic and The Four …
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The Gospel Reading from the Mass for Saturday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time has an excellent teaching from Jesus on the power of Faith to heal: Matthew 17:14-20: “A man came up to Jesus, knelt down before him, and said,‘Lord, have pity on my son, who is a lunatic and suffers severely;often he …
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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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