Tag: addiction
Strategy helps Catholics struggling with addiction stay sober during difficult stretch...
The Christmas season can be challenging for those in addiction recovery, but sacramental grace and practical strategies can keep those seeking sobriety on track,...
National watchdog group ‘One Chance to Grow Up’ says legalization of...
Residents of two states that voted during the midterms to approve recreational marijuana use must closely monitor the local regulatory details and local impacts...
Addiction ministry centers on the power of the Eucharist
PHILADELPHIA — While belief in the Real Presence has declined sharply among American Catholics, one ministry is placing the Eucharist at the center of...
Matt Talbot: An old friend on the modern journey to recovery
After 30 years of drug and alcohol abuse, Pat -- a Philadelphia native with tattooed arms and a Rocky Balboa accent -- made an...
Spiritual support on the road to recovery from addiction
Pope Francis described the church as a "field hospital," and Father Thomas Hoar, who has worked with individuals with addiction at St. Edmund's Retreat...
Addicts and their loved ones talk about life with opioid addiction
ARLINGTON, Va. — It was a Saturday night, and Billy was eating pizza and watching a sporting event in the basement bedroom of his...
Irish bishops combat drug addiction through parish life, partnerships
DUBLIN — Parish life, peer education and public-private partnerships are needed to combat addiction, said Darren Butler, national coordinator of the Irish Bishops’ Drugs...
Insider works in heaven to help those suffering with addiction
By GINA CHRISTIAN
"One of my parishioners told me he's deleted 40 contacts from his cellphone since February," my priest friend said. "All of them...
Catholic family finds healing after son’s drug overdose
HAMILTON PARK, N.J. -- Robert and Eleanor Reiss talked to their son, Bobby, in Palm Beach County, Florida, just two days before he died...
‘It saved my life,’ priest says about Michigan addiction treatment center
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Statistics gathered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services indicate 11.5 million people misused prescription opioids in 2016.
Some...