The role that spirituality can play in recovery from addiction is poorly understood. Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung described alcoholism as a ‘spiritual disease’ that demanded a spiritual awakening. How do you have a spiritual awakening, however? How, when you are suffering with addiction, do you find time in everyday life for spirituality?
In Freedom from the Prison of Addiction, Martina Killeavy marries the genius of St Ignatius to the famous Twelve-Step Programme of Alcoholics Anonymous. The result is that a pattern of gratitude, an ability to stay anchored in the present and a facility to find God in all things enters daily life. In that pattern of gratitude and that relationship with God is one path to freedom.
Preface by Greg Boyle SJ - 5
Introduction - 7
What are the Spiritual Exercises? - 14
What is the Twelve-Step Programme? - 15
Preparation and Prayer before Each Reflection - 16
Reflection 1: St Ignatius and the Spiritual Exercises - 19
Reflection 2: Your Image of God - 25
Reflection 3: The Negative Forces of Sin in the World - 31
Reflection 4: Despite My Sinfulness, I am Loved by God - 40
Reflection 5: God's Mercy and Healing - 48
Reflection 6: love of God and Love of Self - 53
Reflection 7: The Passion and Death of Jesus - 61
Reflection 8: The Call of the King - 67
Reflection 9: Saying yes to God: The Response of Mary - 75
Reflection 10: Temptations - 80
Reflection 11: The Resurrection of Jesus - 88
Reflection 12: so, What Do YOU Want? - 92
Afterword by Peter McVerry SJ - 100
Appendix 1: Summary of Reflections - 105
Appendix 2: The Way of the Cross: A Prison Perspective, Led by Pope Francis, Good Friday 2020 - 109
About Dialogue for Diversity and the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice - 128
