Every chain is forged the same way. And every chain breaks the same way, too. The screen. The bottle. The needle and the pill. The bet. The endless scroll. The table. A person. The chains are different, but the trap is one, and so is the way out. The Broken Chain refuses the false choice between therapy and faith. Here the confessional and the clinic work together: the workings of addiction explained in plain language a tired reader can follow; the roots and wounds beneath the chain; the spiritual side handled honestly, without fear and without showmanship; a practical war plan for the first ninety days; what to do on the morning after a fall; and a word to the family who love someone in chains. And through it all walk the saints and holy men who wore these very chains: Augustine, Venerable Matt Talbot, Mark Ji Tianxiang, Camillus de Lellis, Mary of Egypt, Margaret of Cortona, Carlo Acutis. Proof that no fall is final. Written by a Catholic pastoral counsellor out of many years of listening to people fighting these struggles in secret, this book is for the one still behind the curtain, for the one fighting through the first ninety days, and for everyone who loves them. You are not a disgrace. There is hope. Includes a complete workbook of chapter assignments and a collection of the book's prayers.