The Twelve Steps and the Sacraments: A Catholic Journey Through Recovery

Weeman has appeared on EWTN's The Journey Home, as well as Christopher Closeup, Catholic Answers and The Catholic HipsterPodcast. Scott Weeman is the founder and executive director of Catholic in Recovery, a nonprofit organization that seeks to help those suffering with addictions. He l

In the first book to directly integrate the Twelve Steps with the practice of Catholicism, Scott Weeman, founder and director of Catholic in Recovery, pairs his personal story with compassionate straight talk to show Catholics how to bridge the commonly felt gap between the Higher Power of twelve-step programs and the merciful God that he rediscovered in the heart of the sacraments. In The Twelve Steps and the Sacraments, Weeman candidly tackles the struggle he and other addicts have with getting to know intimately the unnamed Higher Power of recovery. He shares stories of his compulsion to find a personal relationship with God and how his tentative steps back to the Catholic Church opened new doors of healing and brought him surprising joy as he came to know Christ in the sacraments. Weeman entered sobriety from alcohol and drugs on October 10, 2011, and he's made it his full-time ministry to help others who struggle with various types of addiction to find spiritual wholeness through Catholic in Recovery, an organization he founded and directs. He tells us how: Baptism helps you admit powerlessness over an unmanageable problem, face your desperate need for God, and choose to believe in and submit to God's mercy.Reconciliation affirms and strengthens the hard work

More importantly, Weeman will help you see the Twelve Steps more clearly in the Light of Christ." --Marcus Grodi, Founder and president of The Coming Home Network International "At last, a book that orients the wisdom of Twelve-Step recovery toward the grace of the sacraments and vice versa. McElroy, Bishop of San Diego "In the eight decades since their initial formulation by a handful of alcoholics with the help of a few clergymen, the Twelve Steps have aided countless numbers of women and men with various addictions overcome their unhealthy attachments and go on to lead happy, healthy, and productive lives in their homes, in society and in their places of worship. Part memo