This document discusses freedom and overcoming addiction from a Catholic perspective. It provides teachings on freedom from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, stating that true freedom exists in service to what is good. It then offers seven steps to achieve freedom: 1) discover true needs, 2) focus on ambitions not addictions, 3) love both sinner and saint within, 4) shape one's outer world before it shapes you, 5) redefine oneself, 6) reject toxic faith, and 7) take charge of one's life rather than blame others. The overall message is that through addressing core needs, focusing on goodness, and embracing one's true self and God's love, one can overcome addiction and live freely.

2. Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created, and You shall renew the face of the earth.

3. O God, who has taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant that by the gift of the same Spirit, we may be always truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolation through Christ our Lord. Amen.

5. FREEDOM

7. Freedomaccording to the Catechism of the Catholic Church1731 Freedom is the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and so to perform deliberate actions on one's own responsibility. By free will one shapes one's own life. Human freedom is a force for growth and maturity in truth and goodness; it attains its perfection when directed toward God, our beatitude.

8. Freedomaccording to the Catechism of the Catholic Church1732 As long as freedom has not bound itself definitively to its ultimate good which is God, there is the possibility of choosing between good and evil, and thus of growing in perfection or of failing and sinning. This freedom characterizes properly human acts. It is the basis of praise or blame, merit or reproach.

9. Freedomaccording to the Catechism of the Catholic Church1733 The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes. There is no true freedom except in the service of what is good and just. The choice to disobey and do evil is an abuse of freedom and leads to "the slavery of sin." (Rom 6:17)

10. Are you free?

11. You can be FREE

12. 1. Discover What You Really Need

13. Do you have a hidden addiction?

14. addiction– any action thatyou do it repeatedlycan’t stop doing, andharmful to your life.

15. Why do you have hidden addiction(s) ???- empty love tank

16. The Ways of Getting Ridof AddictionsSpontaneous MaturitySpiritual ConversionGo Back to Your PastDeal with the Present12-Step Group ApproachPractical Approach

17. Walk Towards Your Freedom Now

18. 2. FOCUS ON YOUR AMBITION,Not on Your Addiction

19. Anatomy of an AddictionReal NeedPainful FeelingsAddiction

20. What you focus on,grows!

21. The Illogical ThinkingThat We All DoGenesis 25:29-34

22. M.A.G.I.C. DreamsM: MeasurableA: AmbitiousG: GodlyI: ImaginativeC: Complete

23. Wise Exchange, Anyone?

24. 3. Love the Sinner and Saint Within

25. Loving God, Loving Myself

26. Judas Iscariot:saint???

27. #1 on Loving Yourself:Forgive Yourself

28. Jeremiah 31:34Isaiah 43:251 John 1:9

29. REAL SINS orIMAGINED SINS ???

30. Prayer of FreedomA Prayer for God’s ForgivenessLord, forgive me now, in Jesus’ name. Forgive me for all my sins and failures. I believe You love me. I believe that Your love is bigger than my sins and failures. Today, I receive Your forgiveness. Thank you for loving me.

31. A Proclamation for Self-ForgivenessToday, I make a choice to forgive ME.I know that God has forgiven me. I don’t have to be perfect for me to love ME. I am a very good person because God made me very good. As God loves me, so do I love ME. I no longer need to condemn ME. I am forgiven by God, and I forgive ME, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

32. #2 on Loving Yourself:Accept Your Weaknesses

33. “You don’t have to be perfect to be loved.”

34. #3 on Loving Yourself:Feel Your Feelings

35. “Feelings are the windows of the soul.”

36. “When you feel your feelings before the Presence of God’s love, in the end, you still do what God wants you to do.”

37. #4 on Loving Yourself:Trust Your Needs

38. What isdraining you?

39. Celebrate Your Goodness!Remind yourself that you’re a saint within.

40. 4. Shape Your Outer World Before It Shapes You

41. The Two Most Powerful Forces That Shape Your Life:RELATIONSHIPSMEDIA

42. #1 on Shaping the Outer World:Say NO to Toxic People

43. #2 on Shaping the Outer World:Say YES to TERRIFIC People

44. #3 on Shaping the Outer World:Control Your Media!

45. Are You the Good Samaritan?Mark 2:20

46. 5. RedefineYourself!Unless you change yourself-portrait, your life will never change!

47. Check the Self-Portrait in YourHeart1. Getyour self-portrait fromGod.2. Focus youreyes on your divine self-portrait.3. No matterwhathappens, nevergive up your divine self-portrait.

48. 6. GetRid of ToxicFaithDistorted Image of God: He’s JudgmentalDistorted Understanding of Faithfulness:You’re LegalisticDistorted Image of Self: You Feel CondemnedDistorted Faith: You Practice Hyper FaithDistorted Faith System:You Become Spiritually Abused

49. ChooseREAL FAITHToxic Faith – imagines God as a Judge that condemns and forces us to follow Him, using threats and intimidation.Real Faith – imagines God as patiently waiting for His child to leave his “cave” so He could give Him his needs, to be blessed and loved.

50. 7. Take Charge!

51. Three Favorite Beings to Blame:1. anotherperson2. the devil3. God

52. LearnedHelplessness &Learned Power

53. ALLOW LOVE TO HEAL YOU…