Displaying items 1-10 of 79 in total of Addiction and the Family with the tag "addiction".
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Deepening Recovery with Lisa DeMario
July 24th, 2026 | 36 mins 16 secs
12 step, acoa, addiction, adult children of alcoholics uplifting, al-anon, alanon, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, coda, families anonymous, family, hope, nar-anon, naranon, narcotics anonymous, recovery, self-help, smart recovery, uplifting
We talk with Lisa DeMario, author of the book "Notes From the Middle", in which she explores what happens as people transition from early recovery into a deeper, more stable recovery, including the upheaval and re-evaluation that can go with this process.
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Episode 78: Positive Self-Talk
June 26th, 2026 | 34 mins 38 secs
12 step, acoa, addiction, adult children of alcoholics uplifting, al-anon, alanon, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, coda, families anonymous, family, hope, nar-anon, naranon, narcotics anonymous, recovery, self-help, smart recovery, uplifting
We explore the importance and power of positive self-talk to help people in recovery from addiction, including how it can help family members in their own recovery.
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Episode 77: Breaking the Family Pattern of Enabling, with Jules S
May 29th, 2026 | 41 mins 16 secs
12 step, acoa, addiction, adult children of alcoholics uplifting, al-anon, alanon, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, coda, families anonymous, family, hope, nar-anon, naranon, narcotics anonymous, recovery, self-help, smart recovery, uplifting
Jules returns to the podcast to talk about her family's history of unhealthy enabling, how it impacted her addiction and recovery, and then how she is helping to change the pattern in her family and the families of the clients she helps every day at Windmill.
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Episode 76: Finding Grace and Healing as a Wife and Mother, with Emily Redondo
April 24th, 2026 | 49 mins 46 secs
12 step, acoa, addiction, adult children of alcoholics uplifting, al-anon, alanon, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, coda, families anonymous, family, hope, motherhood, nar-anon, naranon, narcotics anonymous, recovery, self-help, smart recovery, uplifting
Emily Redondo talks about how she has dealt with years of addiction, how this impacted her self-image as a wife, mother, and person in recovery, and her new book, "Wife, Mother, Drunk."
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Episode 75: Trauma and Addiction
March 27th, 2026 | 35 mins 16 secs
12 step, acoa, addiction, adult children of alcoholics uplifting, al-anon, alanon, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, coda, families anonymous, family, hope, nar-anon, naranon, narcotics anonymous, recovery, self-help, smart recovery, uplifting
We take a dive into the nature of trauma and how it impacts us, especially in relation to addiction. We look at how we can recover from both trauma and addiction.
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Episode 74: Sharing and Healing Without Shame, with Donna Marston
February 27th, 2026 | 54 mins 40 secs
12 step, acoa, addiction, adult children of alcoholics uplifting, al-anon, alanon, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, coda, families anonymous, family, hope, nar-anon, naranon, narcotics anonymous, recovery, self-help, smart recovery, uplifting
A dynamic conversation with Donna Marston, who helps family members find their own recovery in the face of a loved one's addiction, drawing on years of experience and her own journey as a mother of someone with an addiction.
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Episode 73: A Minister’s Take on the 12 Steps, with John Ortberg
January 23rd, 2026 | 54 mins 36 secs
12 step, acoa, addiction, adult children of alcoholics uplifting, al-anon, alanon, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, coda, families anonymous, family, hope, nar-anon, naranon, narcotics anonymous, recovery, self-help, smart recovery, uplifting
We interview acclaimed minister and author John Ortberg in a wonderful conversation about the 12 Steps, the nature of faith, and how spirituality plays such a vital part in so many people's recovery.
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Episode 72: The Year in Recovery 2025
December 26th, 2025 | 55 mins 44 secs
12 step, acoa, addiction, adult children of alcoholics uplifting, al-anon, alanon, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, coda, families anonymous, family, hope, nar-anon, naranon, narcotics anonymous, recovery, self-help, smart recovery, uplifting
We look at some of the highlights of recovery in 2025, as well as some of the challenges of the holiday season for ourselves and some of our previous guests.
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Episode 71: Sarah K: A Family Reunited by Recovery
November 28th, 2025 | 40 mins 26 secs
12 step, acoa, addiction, adult children of alcoholics uplifting, al-anon, alanon, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, coda, families anonymous, family, hope, nar-anon, naranon, narcotics anonymous, recovery, self-help, smart recovery, uplifting
Sarah K and her two teenagers talk about their experience of Sarah's addiction and recovery, exploring how both the active addiction and recovery have affected them.
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Episode 70: Finding Joy in the Divine Traumedy, with Dr. Nicki Monti
October 24th, 2025 | 44 mins 44 secs
12 step, acoa, addiction, adult children of alcoholics uplifting, al-anon, alanon, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, coda, families anonymous, family, hope, nar-anon, naranon, narcotics anonymous, recovery, self-help, smart recovery, uplifting
We talk with the amazing Dr. Nicki Monti, whose indomitable spirit shines through in this wide-ranging conversation about all things recovery.