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Addiction and the Family
Addiction and the Family is a podcast by and for family members of anyone with an addiction. We are working to bring experience, strength, and realistic hope so that you and your family can find recovery together. We do this through interviews with family members, people in recovery, and professionals who work with addiction every day. We also bring you research-backed information and practical ideas born of real-life experience. We are currently publishing on a monthly basis, with new episodes…
Episodes
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 22: Abigail: Addiction, the Family, and the Law
We interview Abigail Seymour, who specializes in family law around addiction, especially the tricky waters of child custody. She offers insight for people in…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 21: Creating Happiness
In this episode, we look at various ways you can create happiness through the tools of positive recovery, including PERMA, a focus on strengths, resilience…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 20: Ashley: Letting Go of Codependent Patterns
We interview Ashley, who traces the roots of her codependent patterns back to childhood, who married someone with addiction, and who learned to let these…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 19: Effective Communication and Boundaries
In this episode, we look at how to have more effective communication and boundaries. We learn about communication styles, how to tell which one is your…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 18: Arnold: Reflections on a Lifetime in Recovery
Arnold shares what he has learned during his 50 years in AA, how his family was affected before and after his wife found her own recovery, and what family…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 16: Emotional Sobriety
We look at the idea of emotional sobriety, how it applies for family members as well as those with addictions, why it's important for everyone, and how to…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 15: Al M: 60 Years of Recovery as a Family Member
Dr. Al Mooney entered family recovery at age 10, when his parents got sober. Sixty years later, he reflects on how this experience shaped him and led to a…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 14: Anniversaries and Milestones
This episode mark the 1st anniversary of our podcast, so we discuss why anniversaries and milestones are such a big deal in recovery, and hear two great…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 13: A. S.: A Story of Finding Freedom
Having grown up in a household devastated by alcoholism, she never thought she would marry someone with an addiction. In this in-depth interview, author A. S…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 12: Gratitude
All about gratitidue: We look at the benefits of gratitude, where it's hard around active addiction, how to have more of it, its place in recovery, and then…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 11: Jack D: Overcoming Loss
For most people, death is the end of a relationship. In a moving interview, author Jack Dison talks about continuing his relationship to his son by writing him…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 10: Dr. Jason Powers: Resilience
We examine the vital human trait of resilience, how it shows up in recovery, how to recognize it, and how to get better at it. Recovery pioneer and positive…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 9: Jules and Izzy: A Mother-Daughter Story
13-year-old Izzy has heard her mother, Jules, tell her story of addiction and recovery, but they have never talked through Izzy's side of things until this…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 8: The Relapse Epsiode
We take on the "R" word. We see what relapse is, how it happens, and what family can and can't do about it – including how to prepare. We see that relapse into…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 7: How Change Happens
In this episode, we explore how people make changes in their lives, such as finding and sustaining recovery. We hear not only theory, but also the personal…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 6: Lauren O: Finding Peace as an Adult Child of Addiction
We talk to Lauren, an adult child of addiction, about her experience and how she is finding greater peace today. We hear how she is changing family patterns…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 5: Addiction and the Brain
In this episode, we explore the neuroscience of addiction through an entertaining and informative presentation given at a family workshop. We learn why…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 4: Jay and Mirah: Relationships in Early Recovery
One went to treatment, two found recovery. When Jay went to treatment, her wife Mirah attended the family program and discovered that she had issues she needed…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 3: Recovery in the time of COVID-19
In this special episode, we look at how recovery is being affected by COVID-19 and where people are finding hope, all to help families and people in recovery…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 2: Addiction 101
In this episode, we'll look at some of the basics of addiction, what it is and what it isn't, discuss addiction with psychologist Dr. Heather Ingram of…
- Addiction and the Family
Episode 1: Recovery and the Family
If you’re like a lot of people, you may be thinking, “Why do I need recovery? I’m not the one with a problem!” That may be true, but if you are listening to…