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Special Guest: Mia Tracy, LCSW.
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Special Guest: Heather Ingram, PsyD.
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Special Guest: Christopher Morris.
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Special Guest: Skye Hilton.
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Special Guest: Valerie Silveira.
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Special Guest: Dr. Evelyn Higgins.
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Special Guest: Lisa Gennosa.
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Special Guest: Ashleigh Nowakowski.
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Special Guest: Dr. Peg O'Connor.
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Special Guest: Lisa Davidson, LCDC.
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Special Guests: Heather Ingram, PsyD and Shannon Malish, LCSW-S.
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\nMerrit hosts his own podcast "Recovery Road" and is the author of "Lost Innocence: My Journey From Addiction to Recovery".
We interview Abigail Seymour, who specializes in family law around addiction, especially the tricky waters of child custody. She offers insight for people in recovery, their co-parents, and other family members who find themselves suddenly thrust into these difficult issues. She also shares what drew her to this work and what inspires her to keep going.
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\n\nMy Life in Recovery
Special Guest: Dr. Al Mooney.
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","summary":"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 interviews with people in recovery around this topic.","date_published":"2021-02-26T08:00:00.000-06:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/346d6726-f664-45a8-a1e0-cfc22c841e3c/9cbea562-3fe4-46e0-9db6-8f16ebdacc8d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":76866036,"duration_in_seconds":2402}]},{"id":"83ce53f1-96a9-4bf7-bf3c-e518f243d2b2","title":"Episode 13: A. S.: A Story of Finding Freedom","url":"https://addictionandthefamily.fireside.fm/13","content_text":"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. Edwards talks about her journey through all this, and how she is finding her own recovery. She explores how family patterns repeated themselves and what she has been doing to change this, including working on a memoir of her experiences.","content_html":"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. Edwards talks about her journey through all this, and how she is finding her own recovery. She explores how family patterns repeated themselves and what she has been doing to change this, including working on a memoir of her experiences.
","summary":"Having grown up in a household devastated by alcoholism, she never thought she would marry someone with an addiction. In this in-depth interview, she talks about her journey through all this, and how she is finding her own recovery. ","date_published":"2021-01-29T08:00:00.000-06:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/346d6726-f664-45a8-a1e0-cfc22c841e3c/83ce53f1-96a9-4bf7-bf3c-e518f243d2b2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":95425932,"duration_in_seconds":2982}]},{"id":"b56d6585-fccb-4ba8-b51e-a79e8926f743","title":"Episode 12: Gratitude","url":"https://addictionandthefamily.fireside.fm/12","content_text":"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 Kira leads a gratitude meditation. Includes \"person on the street\" interviews about gratitude with both family members and people in recovery from addiction.","content_html":"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 Kira leads a gratitude meditation. Includes "person on the street" interviews about gratitude with both family members and people in recovery from addiction.
","summary":"All about gratitude: We look at benefits of gratitude, where it's hard around active addiction, how to have more of it, its place in recovery, and then Kira leads a gratitude meditation. ","date_published":"2020-12-22T08:00:00.000-06:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/346d6726-f664-45a8-a1e0-cfc22c841e3c/b56d6585-fccb-4ba8-b51e-a79e8926f743.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":61600495,"duration_in_seconds":1925}]},{"id":"c8150ed8-81ea-43d7-9f27-646845284fa2","title":"Episode 11: Jack D: Overcoming Loss","url":"https://addictionandthefamily.fireside.fm/11","content_text":"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 letters after his son died of an overdose. He discusses his recovery journey and how the letters became his book \"Overdose: Letters from Dad.\" He talks about the things that helped him most and how he still feels connected to his son many years later. ","content_html":"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 letters after his son died of an overdose. He discusses his recovery journey and how the letters became his book "Overdose: Letters from Dad." He talks about the things that helped him most and how he still feels connected to his son many years later.
","summary":"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 letters after his son overdosed. He discusses his recovery journey and how the letters became his book \"Overdose: Letters from Dad.\"","date_published":"2020-11-27T08:00:00.000-06:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/346d6726-f664-45a8-a1e0-cfc22c841e3c/c8150ed8-81ea-43d7-9f27-646845284fa2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":85761879,"duration_in_seconds":2680}]},{"id":"a0f43735-75a7-4e43-a921-fa6cc2a25020","title":"Episode 10: Dr. Jason Powers: Resilience","url":"https://addictionandthefamily.fireside.fm/10","content_text":"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 psychology expert Dr. Jason Powers offers his insights.Special Guest: Dr. Jason Powers .","content_html":"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 psychology expert Dr. Jason Powers offers his insights.
Special Guest: Dr. Jason Powers .
","summary":"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 psychology expert Dr. Jason Powers offers his insights.","date_published":"2020-10-30T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/346d6726-f664-45a8-a1e0-cfc22c841e3c/a0f43735-75a7-4e43-a921-fa6cc2a25020.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":63170350,"duration_in_seconds":1974}]},{"id":"dd1dfa13-5d1c-44df-8073-8e385ceeadeb","title":"Episode 9: Jules and Izzy: A Mother-Daughter Story","url":"https://addictionandthefamily.fireside.fm/9","content_text":"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 in-depth and emotional interview. See firsthand how addiction can affect a family, and how to find deeper levels of healing. ","content_html":"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 in-depth and emotional interview. See firsthand how addiction can affect a family, and how to find deeper levels of healing.
","summary":"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 in-depth and emotional interview. See firsthand how addiction can affect a family, and how to find deeper levels of healing. ","date_published":"2020-09-25T13:45:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/346d6726-f664-45a8-a1e0-cfc22c841e3c/dd1dfa13-5d1c-44df-8073-8e385ceeadeb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":79938036,"duration_in_seconds":2498}]},{"id":"543f2551-adb7-463d-9604-f83ef3c5fd07","title":"Episode 8: The Relapse Epsiode","url":"https://addictionandthefamily.fireside.fm/8","content_text":"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 old behaviors is a pitfall for families, too. We ask people in recovery if relapse is really part of recovery.","content_html":"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 old behaviors is a pitfall for families, too. We ask people in recovery if relapse is really part of recovery.
","summary":"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 old behaviors is a pitfall for families, too. We ask people in recovery if relapse is really part of recovery.","date_published":"2020-08-28T09:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/346d6726-f664-45a8-a1e0-cfc22c841e3c/543f2551-adb7-463d-9604-f83ef3c5fd07.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":63629269,"duration_in_seconds":1988}]},{"id":"f586fd3e-aca5-495b-97b6-067fb7c19afe","title":"Episode 7: How Change Happens","url":"https://addictionandthefamily.fireside.fm/7","content_text":"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 experience of people talking about different stages in their recovery journey. ","content_html":"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 experience of people talking about different stages in their recovery journey.
","summary":"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 experience of people talking about different stages in their recovery journey. ","date_published":"2020-07-26T06:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/346d6726-f664-45a8-a1e0-cfc22c841e3c/f586fd3e-aca5-495b-97b6-067fb7c19afe.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":88757811,"duration_in_seconds":2773}]},{"id":"7f6a25d7-e397-455b-b58d-615f66947890","title":"Episode 6: Lauren O: Finding Peace as an Adult Child of Addiction","url":"https://addictionandthefamily.fireside.fm/6","content_text":"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 and what she wants to tell her kids as they grow up. We discuss what family members can and can't do to help if they see this in their own families. The episode includes brief interviews with others in recovery about what helped them most in dealing with family members struggling with addiction. ","content_html":"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 and what she wants to tell her kids as they grow up. We discuss what family members can and can't do to help if they see this in their own families. The episode includes brief interviews with others in recovery about what helped them most in dealing with family members struggling with addiction.
","summary":"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 and what she wants to tell her kids as they grow up. We discuss what family members can and can't do to help if they see this in their own families. ","date_published":"2020-06-26T08:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/346d6726-f664-45a8-a1e0-cfc22c841e3c/7f6a25d7-e397-455b-b58d-615f66947890.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":80578350,"duration_in_seconds":2518}]},{"id":"5f3bde71-25e0-4eab-bdef-54081ce5c6fb","title":"Episode 5: Addiction and the Brain","url":"https://addictionandthefamily.fireside.fm/5","content_text":"In this episode, we explore the neuroscience of addiction through an entertaining and informative presentation given at a family workshop. We learn why addiction is called a disease, what's happening in the brain, and common risk factors. ","content_html":"In this episode, we explore the neuroscience of addiction through an entertaining and informative presentation given at a family workshop. We learn why addiction is called a disease, what's happening in the brain, and common risk factors.
","summary":"In this episode, we explore the neuroscience of addiction through an entertaining and informative presentation given at a family workshop. We learn why addiction is called a disease, what's happening in the brain, and common risk factors.","date_published":"2020-05-22T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/346d6726-f664-45a8-a1e0-cfc22c841e3c/5f3bde71-25e0-4eab-bdef-54081ce5c6fb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":97682075,"duration_in_seconds":4070}]},{"id":"f3dd67de-5967-4ce3-9e76-670dd5ab43b5","title":"Episode 4: Jay and Mirah: Relationships in Early Recovery","url":"https://addictionandthefamily.fireside.fm/4","content_text":"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 to address, and that the same recovery tools could help her, too. This episode features and in-depth interview in which they explore all of the ups and downs of being married in early sobriety. We also hear \"person on the street\" interviews about the issues of relationships in early recovery but also what is great about relationships in recovery. Kira and Casey reflect on their own years in recovery together. ","content_html":"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 to address, and that the same recovery tools could help her, too. This episode features and in-depth interview in which they explore all of the ups and downs of being married in early sobriety. We also hear "person on the street" interviews about the issues of relationships in early recovery but also what is great about relationships in recovery. Kira and Casey reflect on their own years in recovery together.
","summary":"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 to address, and that the same recovery tools could help her, too. This episode features and in-depth interview in which they explore all of the ups and downs of being married in early sobriety. ","date_published":"2020-04-24T15:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/346d6726-f664-45a8-a1e0-cfc22c841e3c/f3dd67de-5967-4ce3-9e76-670dd5ab43b5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":88002141,"duration_in_seconds":2750}]},{"id":"3e65b11e-4694-4982-aaca-338dfbaa3719","title":"Episode 3: Recovery in the time of COVID-19","url":"https://addictionandthefamily.fireside.fm/3","content_text":"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 find greater peace and understanding. We include \"person on the street\" brief interviews in which we ask people to talk about their struggles and where they find hope during this difficult time.","content_html":"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 find greater peace and understanding. We include "person on the street" brief interviews in which we ask people to talk about their struggles and where they find hope during this difficult time.
","summary":"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 find greater peace and understanding. We include \"person on the street\" brief interviews in which we ask people to talk about their struggles and where they find hope during this difficult time.","date_published":"2020-04-17T08:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/346d6726-f664-45a8-a1e0-cfc22c841e3c/3e65b11e-4694-4982-aaca-338dfbaa3719.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":66177984,"duration_in_seconds":2068}]},{"id":"462a1642-00d3-4aa3-8a75-d91d692671a8","title":"Episode 2: Addiction 101","url":"https://addictionandthefamily.fireside.fm/2","content_text":"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 InMindOut Emotional Wellness Centers, and look at addiction from a scientific perspective, all to help families find greater peace and understanding around this difficult but vital subject. We include \"person on the street\" breif interviews in which we ask people to define addiction (it's harder than it seems) and where they find hope around addiction. Special Guest: Heather Ingram, PsyD.","content_html":"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 InMindOut Emotional Wellness Centers, and look at addiction from a scientific perspective, all to help families find greater peace and understanding around this difficult but vital subject. We include "person on the street" breif interviews in which we ask people to define addiction (it's harder than it seems) and where they find hope around addiction.
Special Guest: Heather Ingram, PsyD.
","summary":"In this episode, we look at some of the basics of addiction, what it is and what it isn't, discuss addiction with psychologist Dr. Heather Ingram, and look at addiction from a scientific perspective, all to help families find greater peace and understanding around this difficult but vital subject. ","date_published":"2020-03-20T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/346d6726-f664-45a8-a1e0-cfc22c841e3c/462a1642-00d3-4aa3-8a75-d91d692671a8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":71618141,"duration_in_seconds":2238}]},{"id":"00c5829b-cbd5-4039-8733-4b7917a5b992","title":"Episode 1: Recovery and the Family","url":"https://addictionandthefamily.fireside.fm/1","content_text":"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 this podcast, there’s a good chance that you and others in your family have been affected by addiction. That means that everyone in the family needs to recover from the effects of that situation. If you think about it, you may have spent a lot of time waiting for your loved one to change, or perhaps trying to make that change happen for them. You probably didn’t get very far by trying to force them to change, but you have a pretty good shot at getting yourself to start healing. ","content_html":"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 this podcast, there’s a good chance that you and others in your family have been affected by addiction. That means that everyone in the family needs to recover from the effects of that situation. If you think about it, you may have spent a lot of time waiting for your loved one to change, or perhaps trying to make that change happen for them. You probably didn’t get very far by trying to force them to change, but you have a pretty good shot at getting yourself to start healing.
","summary":"We explore how you as a family member of someone with addiction can find help for yourself and your family. We look at why families need recovery, yet may have never considered this, and we give some ideas about how they can find it. We hear from a family member like some of you, who has found and strengthened his own recovery through the years of his son’s struggles with addiction and related behaviors. Finally, we address one of the questions that family members so often ask: “What can I do to help?” ","date_published":"2020-02-23T18:00:00.000-06:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/346d6726-f664-45a8-a1e0-cfc22c841e3c/00c5829b-cbd5-4039-8733-4b7917a5b992.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":48258402,"duration_in_seconds":1508}]}]}