#12202 What Can I Do If My Child Struggles with Alcohol Addiction? - Scott Weeman

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🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

If you suspect your child has a drinking problem, you’re not alone. We share Catholic resources, signs to look for, and how parents can respond with both love and accountability—while staying rooted in faith.

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Questions Covered:

14:23 – Do you have resources available in Spanish? Is CIR a supplement or replacement for other 12 step programs?
19:45 – I’m in recovery and just want to encourage others. I went to Mass, gym and meetings everyday.
24:15 – What resources do you have that we can use? My wife and I think my son has a drinking problem?
34:04 – The last 7 years of my marriage I discovered my husband had a sex addiction. I eventually filed for divorce. What is known about this kind of addiction and its correlation to abuse?
42:33 – I’m recovering but being exposed to new age theology through recovery programs. How do we address this?
48:18 – I’m on methadone and having a hard time quitting. I’m having a hard time convincing myself this is a sin.

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0:11.5	Learn more at realestateforlife.org. I love it when our next guest is here.
0:32.5	Welcome back to Kathy Hans was live.
0:34.1	I'm Cy Kelly, your host, and Scott Weiman's here.
0:36.7	And Scott's doing,
0:43.7	I think, some of the greatest work in the apostolets of the Catholic Church right now,
0:49.6	really important. He's the founder of a very, very important apostolate, and helping many people use the sacraments and the treasures of the Catholic Church in their recovery from addiction
0:59.3	and obsession and afflictions of all kinds.
1:03.1	And you're welcome to call.
1:05.2	Listen, you don't have to be Catholic.
1:06.6	You don't have to be Christian.
1:08.5	Scott's here to help.
1:10.5	And if you've got questions about addiction and recovery, you are welcome to call 8883-1-8-7-884.
1:18.4	Scott is the author of The Twelve Steps and the Sacraments, A Catholic Journey Through Recovery.
1:25.3	He's the founder of Catholic in Recovery, and he's got a new book.
1:28.9	We'll talk about momentarily. First of all, Scott Weiman, welcome.
1:32.6	Yeah, pleasure to be with you, Cy. It's always great. How are you? I'm very well, thank you,
1:36.3	very well. And it's always great when you're here, because we get to have conversations of a
1:42.3	different kind than usual. And I, and there's always somebody that
1:47.5	finds help when you're here. So thanks for being here with us, Scott. Yeah, always a pleasure.
1:53.6	How's everything going at Catholic and Recovery? Maybe I should just let you give the pitch to start
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