Coming Out of the Fog (and a few announcements)

*Edit: I will be taking an extended break from writing. Please keep me in prayer.  

Hello everyone,

I imagine there are some new readers in the past week visiting Pater Familias for the first time after the contraception talk on Catholic Feedback. If so, welcome! 

Up until earlier this week I had been posting a new post every day and now I feel a little bad that my last new post was five days ago. That being said, there are 450+ posts to read as you like, from the past six or so years. If you're new, pace yourself! haha. 

You can also subscribe to receive new posts by email (but you can only see that box on the web version, not mobile). You can search by keyword on the web version of the site as well for specific topics ('sex' 'tradition' 'marriage' 'rosary' 'saint' etc) and that will produce every blog post with that keyword.

Also, I do apologize, as I have been in a bit of a grit-and-spit battle the past few days as I went cold turkey off my nicotine pouches (this was a step down from smoking to vaping to dipping to pouches to, well, now nothing at all). Mostly, I have been sleeping a hell of a lot, and pacing a lot during the detox, but overall now with three days under my belt I think I am through the worst of it, and hope to emerge from the fog with some renewed focus to write. 25 year habits die hard, with lots of falters along the years, but I still take to heart St. Paul's words "All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient. All things are lawful to me, but I will not be brought under the power of any" (1 Cor 6:12). 

Keep me in your prayers, please. Anybody's who has been through it knows its no cake walk, but grace and grit can go a long way. No way but through. Ven Matt Talbot, pray for us!

Thank you in advance, and happy reading.