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zoloft and prozac	jim c	Tuesday, January 4, 2005
Question: Hello, Thanks for creating this website, it has been very helpful. I hope God Blessess you for helping everyone for free. I thought that was interesting how you told people who have sexual addictions they may need zoloft. Are you and your staff trying to play a joke on someone. In one of your posts you say one must want the truth and one must love the truth(I'm not sure of your exact words or of the post, sorry if I'm misquoting you). Are you really telling the truth. Isn't sexual additions like all sin ,caused by the lack of the holy spirit or lack of grace dwelling in their souls(heart). How can Zoloft bring back the spirit of grace to their souls? By the way I heard of a priest who sets a bottle of prozac in the tabernacle next to the chalice. Then when he goes to get the chalice during mass, he first reaches in takes a prozac pill, then gets the chalice and says mass(consecrates the host etc). He says this takes the edge off while he says mass. ONce he takes his prozac he has no more craving for alchol and if a beuatiful woman is sitting in the front pew it doesn't bother him. I was wondering if you heard of this and want to pass this information on to any priest if you know it is true? Maybe you or Joe already are on prozac. Maybe you and your whole staff could benefit by trying it? But I don't know. ONly heard this from one Priest. Like you and your staff probably only tell the truth on this website I'm telling the truth and just trying to help. God Bless Hope this helps
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM Dear Jim: No, I am not joking. Sexual addictions and all addictions have a bio-chemical element. This does not mean that sin is not sin, it only means that once a person chooses to sin in this way to the point that it becomes an addiction, that a bio-chemical element in the brain is triggered. Drugs like Zoloft correct the chemical imbalances in the brain so as to make it easier to control oneself. It does not eliminate the problem, but does help to take off the compulsive edge to make it easier to use the grace of God to exercise self-discipline. Regardless of addiction, sin is still sin. God bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum

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zoloft and prozac

jim c

Tuesday, January 4, 2005

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Hello,

Thanks for creating this website, it has been very helpful. I hope God Blessess you for helping everyone for free.

I thought that was interesting how you told people who have sexual addictions they may need zoloft. Are you and your staff trying to play a joke on someone. In one of your posts you say one must want the truth and one must love the truth(I'm not sure of your exact words or of the post, sorry if I'm misquoting you). Are you really telling the truth.

Isn't sexual additions like all sin ,caused by the lack of the holy spirit or lack of grace dwelling in their souls(heart). How can Zoloft bring back the spirit of grace to their souls?

By the way I heard of a priest who sets a bottle of prozac in the tabernacle next to the chalice. Then when he goes to get the chalice during mass, he first reaches in takes a prozac pill, then gets the chalice and says mass(consecrates the host etc). He says this takes the edge off while he says mass. ONce he takes his prozac he has no more craving for alchol and if a beuatiful woman is sitting in the front pew it doesn't bother him. I was wondering if you heard of this and want to pass this information on to any priest if you know it is true? Maybe you or Joe already are on prozac. Maybe you and your whole staff could benefit by trying it? But I don't know. ONly heard this from one Priest. Like you and your staff probably only tell the truth on this website I'm telling the truth and just trying to help.
God Bless
Hope this helps

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM

Dear Jim:

No, I am not joking. Sexual addictions and all addictions have a bio-chemical element. This does not mean that sin is not sin, it only means that once a person chooses to sin in this way to the point that it becomes an addiction, that a bio-chemical element in the brain is triggered.

Drugs like Zoloft correct the chemical imbalances in the brain so as to make it easier to control oneself. It does not eliminate the problem, but does help to take off the compulsive edge to make it easier to use the grace of God to exercise self-discipline.

Regardless of addiction, sin is still sin.

God bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

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