Triumph Through Addiction!
Living joy through creativity, movement, and community, gently woven into the sacramental life of the Church.
What is Triumph Through Addiction?
Triumph Through Addiction is a recovery-focused mission shaped by lived experience, for people affected by addiction, whether personally or through someone they love.We create spaces of hope and healing through creativity, movement, honest conversation, and community. This includes storytelling, podcasts, vlogs, creative videos, music, karaoke, sport, and shared life.For those who wish, this journey is also rooted in the sacramental life of the Catholic Church, where grace, mercy, and renewal are continually offered.
A short Testimony from bullying to Hope
My story from Drugs,to being liberated by God!
A written testimony for GNI (Gay N.Ireland) Magazine! P65
A spiritual tool that has helped ancor me in Faith!
A little education on the types of drugs out there and their effects etc.
Medjugorje- A place where, I was introduced to the love of Our Father, GOD
Since 1981 and continuing to the present day, Medjugorje has been a place of reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary. She has appeared there calling the world to a change of heart, a change of life, and a return to God. In a particular way, she comes in these times to draw souls back to the sacraments and back to her Son, because the world has become distracted and has forgotten the importance of prayer.She reminds people that prayer is not an escape from life, but an opening of the heart to the work of the Holy Spirit. Through prayer, the Holy Spirit softens hearts, brings truth, and leads people into a life of peace rooted in God. She comes as the Queen of Peace, inviting those who are willing to allow the Holy Spirit to reshape their lives from within.The apparitions began with six children in 1981, who at the time were between the ages of nine and their early teens. Medjugorje has now been present for over forty four years, and during that time many people have encountered Mary, many have encountered Jesus, and many have encountered God our Father through the gentle and persistent work of the Holy Spirit.People have experienced profound inner healing there, healing of the heart, the mind, and the soul. There have also been physical healings, but above all Medjugorje teaches an interior life of prayer, where the Holy Spirit draws a person into deeper communion with God and gradually reorders their life towards Him. The children themselves were chosen as simple witnesses, living examples of a life formed by prayer, faith, and openness to the Holy Spirit.When I went to Medjugorje, my life was changed. As some of you may already know from the testimonies I have shared, both spoken and written, that encounter marked a turning point in my life, as I began to experience the quiet but powerful work of the Holy Spirit in my own heart.If you would like to know more about Medjugorje, please visit the links below.
A Little video we made in Medjugorje to give you some flavor!
What can we really offer you?
A Listening ear.A Lived story.A Journey rooted in faith, recovery, and hope.Can help with prayer and a sacred space to offload your worries and burdens.
Points of contact:
Another Ministry that I copilot alongside the pilot Micheal Moloney is an outreach to the LGBT community:
Stories from life on the road!
Coffee With The Holy Spirit!After work I was exhausted, tired, and if I’m honest, left to my own devices I would’ve just gone home, lay down, and disappeared into myself a bit.But I felt that nudge in prayer to go and get a coffee and something to eat. I didn’t want to, but when I get that kind of prompting, I try to follow it.I ended up chatting with someone who’s searching, very spiritual, and had walked into a church a few weeks ago completely shaken. He said every time he goes in, he feels this strange tingling, this energy, and it scared him at first. I told him, gently, that Jesus is truly present there, and what he’s feeling is real. After that, he calmed down. He said it actually feels good, just unfamiliar.As we spoke more, he opened up about experiencing Jesus, even having a vision, and knowing He is real. I couldn’t help but smile because I know that too. I’ve experienced Him, and I know He’s alive and drawing people to Himself in ways we don’t expect.And even today, earlier in work, a customer mentioned she had recently visited a church. It just made me think how God is quietly moving in people’s lives all the time.So let’s keep praying for the people we meet. You never know what our prayers are doing, or how a small word, a simple witness, can plant a seed. Sometimes you even get to see a glimpse of it growing.God is great.
God can use any medium to communicate!I used to look for the spectacular things of God. The big moments like in Scripture: Moses, the burning bush and God parting the read sea through him, the angels at the birth of Jesus, the star over Bethlehem. I think for a long time I was looking for those kinds of dramatic signs.But over time I’ve learned something different. God often works through simplicity.Last night I went out for a bike ride. Nothing dramatic, just a simple ride. Yet I felt the Holy Spirit gently guiding me, almost like He was my steering wheel. I ended up going to watch a film, and something opened up in my heart. I couldn’t stop crying, but it felt like healing. It felt like grace.Through the story of the main character it struck me that we are all like the main characters in our own God-given story. But the difference is that God is the author. And if we allow Him to become our leader, our Father, our everything, He helps us face the antagonists in our lives, the wounds, the obstacles, the struggles we carry. With His grace we can unmask them and overcome them.It’s in moments like this that God reaches down to us like a father with a loving embrace. And when that happens, we don’t want to escape. We just want to remain there.His love is what He wants to give us more than anything.For years I searched for the spectacular, but I’m learning that God often speaks through the small and simple things. A bike ride. A film. A quiet moment. The little threads that make up the tapestry of life.God is the master of creation, the master of creativity, and the master of our destiny.For God’s goal for us is to be one with Him, in relationship with Him. And He can reach us anywhere, in any place, in any situation, and through any medium.
Jesus randomly sets up a meeting with a soul who is LGBT and has a drugs past like mine lol!So last night I went to Adoration, and I was actually giving out to Jesus a bit. I told Him I was bored and that I wanted to be put to use, that I wanted to do something. And then this really smiley, chirpy, flamboyant character walks into the church. We got chatting and, in his funny way, he told me to move over and said, “Sit down beside me.”And that was it. We were alone in Adoration, sitting there talking in front of the very presence of Jesus.We started sharing stories, our love of God, and then deeper stuff came out. He shared about his battles with addiction, and I shared parts of my own journey. He had spent years in Barcelona, so I told him what happened to me there. And what struck me was that he didn’t doubt it or question it. He had experienced similar things himself. There was no explaining or defending. Just understanding.And somehow, through that honesty and transparency, there was healing. For both of us. Not because we fixed each other, but because God’s grace was working right there in the middle of it.We got comfortable. We laughed. We had a giggle. And it felt right. Peaceful. Free.Then I picked up the courage to invite him to the Charismatic prayer meeting in Westminster Cathedral. He’s Church of England and had never been inside the Catholic Cathedral before. So we went together and honestly, we had a ball.I started explaining the Mass to him, just naturally. What happens at Mass. What it means. How it’s the most powerful prayer we have. How heaven meets earth there. How the Mass is Calvary outside of time. That it’s not a replay, but the same sacrifice of Jesus made present. That when you’re at Mass, you’re standing at the foot of the Cross, with the saints and angels, right there with Him.I told him about the Offertory. How that’s the moment to give everything. All the worries, the stresses, the people you’re carrying in your heart. How our guardian angel brings those prayers to God then. And how powerful that moment is.And I told him about the Consecration. How the priest is used as an instrument by the Holy Spirit, and how the bread and wine really become the Body and Blood of Jesus.He was blown away. Properly overwhelmed, in a good way.What surprised me most was that I spoke with confidence. And I know that’s not me. That’s Jesus. That’s Him forming me through prayer, Adoration, and the catechism course. I could see how He had prepared me without me even realising it.By the end of the night, we’d become friends. And who knows where it’ll go. Maybe more Masses together. Maybe more prayer. I’m just putting it back in God’s hands and keeping it in prayer.But that’s how the Holy Spirit works. This is how souls are led to Jesus. Not by pushing, not by arguing, but by encounter. By showing up. By being honest. And letting God do what only God can do.
Following the guidance of The Holy Spirit in Soho!Just reflecting.Having gone through addiction myself, I see it everywhere now. A lot of people are battling something. And even when life looks normal on the outside, there can still be a fight going on underneath.For me, I know I’m blessed.I have the sacraments. I have grace. I have prayer. I have community. I have people I can be honest with. I have outlets like sport, creativity, and spaces where I can actually face my anger, frustration, and weakness instead of running from it.That’s my anchor.But not everyone has that. Or not everyone has found it yet.And I notice that especially when I’m out evangelising. St Patrick’s Day was no different. I was with Michael, and the people I kept being drawn to were those struggling with addiction.There was one girl outside a bar. We stopped and spoke to her and her friends. When we offered a Miraculous Medal, she joked, “Is this cocaine?” but then she opened up.She said she felt stuck in a cycle. Drinking, drugs, sex, and then deeper into things she knew weren’t good for her. And she said something that stayed with me. She wanted to stop, but didn’t know how.And I recognised that.Not in a judgemental way, but in a real way. I’ve known that place. Wanting freedom but not knowing how to get there.So I just shared honestly. I told her a bit of my story. I told her that for me, faith, prayer, and the sacraments have become my anchor. That I still have struggles, but I’m not alone in them anymore.That I talk to God honestly. And through that, I can open up to others too.And that grace isn’t just an idea. It’s real. It flows through prayer, through the sacraments, through Adoration, and even through the people around us who support us.We’re not meant to do this alone.Even Jesus walked with others. He had people around Him. Community isn’t something new, it’s part of how we’re made.And through Him, through His death and resurrection, our struggles aren’t wasted. They can be redeemed. We can be healed. We can grow. We can be changed.That’s the hope.I didn’t have all the answers for her. I couldn’t fix everything in that moment. But I could be there. I could listen. I could share. I could point her towards something more.She took a photo of my website before we left. Maybe she’ll reach out, maybe she won’t.But a seed was planted.And sometimes that’s enough.
