Soberversary! Seventeen years sober, today.

Today I achieved my seventeenth year of sobriety. That’s One Day At A Time repeated 6,209 times. A certain Twelve Step movement helped a lot at first; but I credit my endurance to Our Lord and Saviour’s Church, the Holy Catholic Church and to His Most Holy Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary. I think a …

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September with St. Francis DeSales

I will be reposting some messages from the Oblates of St. Francis DeSales’ Facebook Page on the Sober Catholic blog’s FB page. If any of you are on Facebook, please go to Sober Catholic Blog on Facebook and “Like” it, and you’ll see the daily postings. If you are fearful that liking that Page may …

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Living with No Regrets

One of the coping mechanisms that we alcoholics quite often use when dealing with the past is living with “no regrets” about it. Page 83 of AA’s “Big Book” has as one of the “Twelve Promises”: “We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.” We do not let the …

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