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How Loved Ones Fuel Addiction
How Your Addicted Loved One Strategically Fuels Their Addiction
Ever feel like your addicted loved one knows exactly how to push your buttons? In this episode, weâll break down how people in active addiction often...
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Why Functional Alcoholics Stay Stuck in Denial (And How to Break Through)
Breaking Through Denial with a Functional Alcoholic
Living with a functional alcoholic can be confusing and exhausting. On the outside, they may look like theyâve got it all togetherâholding down a job and handling...
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Recovery That Sticks: 4 Signs You're Doing It Right
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Podcast Summary: The 4 Key Signs of Solid Recovery
Are you wondering if youâre truly on the path to recovery? In this episode, Amber breaks down the four key signs of solid recovery â the kind that goes far beyond...
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Things You Can Do Today to Stunt Addiction
Breaking the Cycle of Negative Engagement
In this episode, weâre digging into one of the most common traps families fall into when dealing with addictionânegative engagement. Youâll learn how to spot the subtle ways...
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Transforming Pain into Power: Healing Betrayal Trauma
Betrayal trauma can hit like an emotional wrecking ballâshattering trust, shaking relationships, and leaving you doubting yourself. But healing is possible. In this powerful episode, I sit down with betrayal trauma...
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Feeling Tired From Helping Someone With Addiction? Watch This!
Loving someone with an addiction can feel like living in a never-ending rinse and repeat cycleâexhausted, stuck, and unsure what to do next. In this episode, we dig into the hidden ârealitiesâ that keep families...
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Why do I keep relapsing on alcohol over and over again?
Why You Keep Drinking (And How to Finally Stop the Cycle) Why do you do fine for a bitâŚthen the wheels fall off? This episode breaks down the relapse loopâthe trigger, the promise, the rationalizationâand shows you...
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How Your Brain Tricks You Into Justifying Bad Habits.
Your brain is a master of tricksâand sometimes its biggest game is keeping you stuck in the very habits you want to break. In this episode, we dive into the sneaky ways your mind works against you, using...
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Boundaries Demystified: Clearing Up the Confusion
Do you struggle with recognizing when you need boundariesâor feel like you just canât hold onto them once you set them? Youâre not alone.
In this episode, weâre digging into:
Why boundaries can feel so confusing and...
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The Difference Between Those Who Overcome Addiction and Those Who Donât
Why Most Recovery Plans Fail (and How to Build One That Lasts)
Why do so many recovery plans fall apart? In this episode, Iâm breaking down the key ingredients to creating a recovery plan that actually worksâand...
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Itâs Not CodependencyâItâs Betrayal Trauma
Have you ever been called too emotional, clingy, or even codependent because of the way you responded to a loved oneâs addiction or betrayal? Hereâs the truth: emotional reactivity in those situations isnât...
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The Hidden Struggle: Inside the Life of High-Functioning Addicts
The Secret Life of High-Functioning Addiction
On the surface, high-functioning alcoholics and addicts seem to have it all togetherâsuccessful careers, stable families, and a polished exterior. But behind closed doors,...
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