SafeHouse Podcast

Season 4 Episode 06

Busting Addiction and Its Myths

The purpose of our 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.

Interview with Tomas – Waking Up, Now & The Future

Season 4 – Episode 06

This is part 2 of Adventures with Tomas of Germany; the story of what it was like, what happened and what life is like for him now.

B: You spoke in the previous episode about how you bottomed out and decided to seek help. I would like to have you take us on your personal road to recovery. This is especially important to hear from a young, vital 30-something male.

Examples: who were the people who helped you along the way? Did you go into treatment and if so, how did that help you? Did you relapse (and almost everyone does) and why?

T: I bottomed out to the point where I was frozen in fear and didn’t really know what was happening to me. I suspected that the alcohol and drugs had something to do with my paralysis. I did not go to treatment, but I did go to some AA and NA meetings and got help from my friends who taught me to surrender. Not fight on my own.

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