I don't know why I still do it. All my relatives in the Old Country, which is much more Catholic, don't give up shit and think I'm weird. Especially since I haven't so much as been to a mass in a decade.
Probably not the worst of ideas to have like a yearly check as to whether you can live without drugs tbh
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it's what i (mostly) use it for as a "your family is mostly Irish, so of course you're a Catholic" Catholic
ascetic impulse is very powerful. herman hesse broke my brain
Oh, thanks for the reminder! The one time I observed Lent I ended up quitting non-anonymous social media for good which was a huge boon to my mental health, so I'll have to see if I can think of another good Lenten sacrifice.
edit: :reddit-logo: it is! None of the subs I spend time in offer anything fulfilling, and I end up mindlessly scrolling way too much, as well as sustaining massive psychic damage from the barrage of terrible takes. Also going to try to generally restrict my phone usage in the hopes that I'll do some fulfilling/productive things, or at the very least do some marginally less soul-sucking things like watching decent TV shows or doing crosswords.
The only reason i am still a practicing Catholic is because of liberation theology and the guerilla movements it inspired from the 60s-80s in Central America, where I'm from.
The roman Catholic Church is full of shit tho, but what the people in my countries do with their faith is nothing short of good praxis.
I once read about an Irish Catholic based religion that incorporated liberation theology, i would easily convert if this was a mass movement here in the US or Latin America.
Not Catholic but attempted a THC break yesterday and failed. It's like I can be bored and high or bored and sober
lol i have this problem every time i quit. like yes i can drop it without a problem but then i'm even more bored.
I'm definitely more irritable and restless anytime I take a tolerance break.
I am doing the same and even gave myself an ash mark with my weed ash lol
Anyone else going far enough to do a fast? I am obstaining from eating till sundown just for today
that's just the cultural puritanism of america infecting your catholic heritage.
