1st & 3rd Meeting of Oshkosh

1st & 3rd Meeting of Oshkosh We meet on the first and third Wednesday of every month. Our speakers focus on the 1st and 3rd steps of the AA 12 Step Recovery Program.

03/31/2026

1st & 3rd Meeting of Oshkosh
Our next meeting is Wednesday, April 1.

Jim B. will be our guest speaker.

Please join us. The 1st & 3rd Meeting is open to all.

03/16/2026

Often, we may plateau on our recovery journey. This is when we experience renewed temptations because we have grown in positive habits and acquired new tools but have not yet conquered our pride. Pride is, in truth, the biggest stumbling block for addicts. This is just as true at the start of our re...

03/15/2026

When I first came to a recovery program I was brought to it by a very caring woman who saw the pain I was going through. She stressed the need for having a sponsor and suggested that I listen and find someone with a length of sobriety whom I respected. There was an old-timer, named […]

03/11/2026

Every 12-step novice is familiar with the term “surrender” and its significance for finding recovery. However, as often as the word is used in recovery groups, the word itself does not appear in any of the Twelve Steps. I’ve spent decades in recovery and attended thousands of meetings, yet for...

What a powerful witness share by Jason last night.Our next meeting will be Wednesday March 4th. 6:30PMPlease come and j...
02/19/2026

What a powerful witness share by Jason last night.

Our next meeting will be Wednesday March 4th. 6:30PM

Please come and join us. We are open to everyone who has an addiction or vice overpowering their life.

Our next meeting is Wednesday February 18th.Jason S. will be our guest speaker.Please join us. Our meetings are for anyo...
02/17/2026

Our next meeting is Wednesday February 18th.
Jason S. will be our guest speaker.

Please join us. Our meetings are for anyone who has some battles and anxieties in life. You are among friends.

02/04/2026

I’m an addict. But you can’t tell by looking at me. I don’t have needle marks and I don’t smell of alcohol. I’m not a compulsive gambler or a shopper, either. I’m a food addict. And I hide it well. Most of my family members and work associates are unaware of my addiction. I’ve read [.....

02/01/2026

The phone rang. I was 23 years old and hadn’t heard from my friend Sara in five years. We grew up together. “What have you been up to?” Sara asked. “Well, I’ve had a life-changing experience and I’ve become a born-again Christian!” I exclaimed, waiting for the usual awkward silence. I ...

02/01/2026

Here is Father Carr's Place 2B WISH LIST for February. Please consider helping us with a few items. Thank you!

01/12/2026

1. Every priest regularly hears this sin confessed. He will not be shocked at all.

2. If you intentionally viewed po*******hy in any form, you must confess that you viewed po*******hy and how many times. If po*******hy was accompanied by ma********on, you must confess that, too, along with the number of times (to the best of your memory).

3.. "I keep confessing this over and over again." The Church requires for confession a sincere contrition for sins committed, a desire to sin no more, and a firm purpose of amendment of one’s life. P**nography is a sin that people confess repeatedly, and that can be discouraging. However, it is important not to despair and to keep going to confession. On a Catholic Answers Live call, a man who struggled with po*******hy and mentioned it in all of his confessions at the time spoke with Matt Fradd, who said,

"In order to have the contrition needed for absolution, we do not need to twist our mind in such a way that we are convinced we will never fall again. We can confess that we have fallen to something, and so long as our will desires never to fall to it again, even though we may recognize that we likely will fall to it again, it is still a valid confession, and you are forgiven."
(https://www.catholic.com/video/ive-confessed-this-1000-times)

4. One temptation for those who fall once is thinking, “I fell and I cannot get to confession for several days. I might as well do it again before I go to confession.” One problem with this, among others, is that it can easily turn into presumption of God’s mercy. If this temptation is given into, it should also be mentioned in confession.

5. Although confession grants forgiveness of sins, confession alone is often not enough for someone with a habit to overcome po*******hy use. To make progress, it needs to be discussed with loved ones and possibly a therapist. The seal of confession is a gift, but if the person who has developed a habit of viewing po*******hy talks about it only in confession, the habit can remain a secret; and the sin of po*******hy thrives in shame and secrecy.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/4qKKrMh

01/09/2026

For a long period of time in my own recovery, I found myself trapped in a “plateau” of sorts. I would fall, go to Confession, and be good for about a week. Hardly would a temptation enter my mind, then suddenly it was like a switch was flipped, and I would fall again. It was […]

11/29/2025

In Episode 17 of the Catholic in Recovery podcast, Scott Weeman and Father Sean Kilcawley discuss common misunderstandings Catholics have about 12-step recovery, emphasizing how faith and recovery can work together. They address various misconceptions, such as the idea that 12-step recovery is not ....

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