ok I have something that has been bothering me and I would like your opinions.
I have a friend who was an alcoholic and was in recovery. he is now in his second or third year at the seminary to become a priest. He drinks and gave me his AA book and i guess is forgetting that it ever happened.
my question to you is what are your feelings about this? and should I talk to him? should I say something? because I kind of have a problem with this.
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"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
I don't think you ever stop being an alcoholic or addict. If he had enough of a problem with drinking that he went to AA meetings, he will probably end up with a problem again when he drinks again. So, you should be bothered by his apparently self-destructive behavior. But should you do or say anything about it? That is another question. I don't have any control over whether other people drink or use drugs. The best thing I can do to help others is to stay clean and be a good example of a recovering addict. If they ask me about NA and my program, I can share that. I can help them get to a meeting if they want to go. But I try not to pry into other people's affairs or push the program on them. NA is a program of attraction, not promotion.
If he is an alcoholic than sooner or later his drinking will spiral out of control. I don't see anything wrong with you telling him that you are concerned. That's what friends are for.
alcoholism is fairly common amongst priests, and so is recovery. I'm one of the few people to be married in the Catholic Church.....twice. . Both by alcoholic priests, one sober, one not so much. lol
. Both by alcoholic priests, one sober, one not so much. lol
