SafeHouse Podcast

Season 1 Episode 11

Busting Addiction and Its Myths

The purpose of Safehouse podcast is to help families learn the truth about addiction and alcoholism so that they can take the right action to help the addict they love and to help themselves at this critical time in their lives. Exposing the truth about addiction and alcoholism also requires that we bust the myths surrounding both addiction/alcoholism and the recovery process.

Your problem is my problem

Season 1 – Episode 11

In this episode, I want to talk more about co-dependency, why it happens, how you end up replacing your own agenda of self-care with the other person’s neediness, and how it is absolutely essential for your own sanity to address it.

A few days before I was married, a long time ago, the reverend sat with my bride to be and myself to give us some pre-marital advice and he said something I have remembered to this day because it cut through the usual bland admonishments of dos and don’ts. This was supposed to be a prenup counselling session, and he seemed sincere and knowledgeable.

This is what he stated that has stuck with me all these years. Don’t forget to give of yourself, but be careful that you do not give yourself away.

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