The Inner Life - July 3, 2025 - Breaking Free of Addiction [ENCORE]

The Inner Life

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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 addiction 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.

Chapters

1. The Inner Life - July 3, 2025 - Breaking Free of Addiction [ENCORE] (00:00:00)

2. what is addiction? (00:04:50)

3. Are there Benign Addictions? (00:13:56)

4. Break 1 (00:19:38)

5. Tom (00:23:55)

6. Break 2 (00:40:35)

7. Pornography Addiction (00:45:45)