The Addictions No One Talks About: Pride, Money, The Solo-Hero Trap

With Special Guest Rob Hays

Scott Weeman sits down with Nick Madden to break down the addictions hiding inside ambition. Over the last decade, Scott built Catholic in Recovery — pairing the 12 steps of recovery with the sacraments — and in this conversation he names the patterns founders rationalize most: pride, the need for control and information, and money. He and Nick get honest about why a high tolerance for risk makes founders 'a little bit more susceptible to addictive behaviors,' why no one recovers on a winning streak, and how the first three steps ('I can't, God can, I oughta let him') translate surrender into something a leader can actually use.

For Catholic business owners, it's a practical, anti-hustle conversation about leading without splitting your faith from your work: a simple money self-test (if you're hiding it from your spouse or your key shareholders, 'that's a big red alert'), why being lean 'can't last forever,' how to scale leadership so 'volunteers are hearing or learning from volunteers,' and why community — including people who get no benefit from your success — is what keeps a founder whole.

ABOUT ROB HAYS
Scott Weeman is the founder and Executive Director of Catholic in Recovery, a national nonprofit he has built over the last decade that bridges 12-step recovery and the sacraments, and he is the author of 'The Twelve Steps and the Sacraments.' (Verify bio details before publish.)