SafeHouse Podcast

Season 6 Episode 01

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.

Interview with Frank – Part 1

Season 6 – Episode 01

Welcome to a brand-new season of Busting Addiction and Its Myths. This is Episode #1 of Season Six.

Frank, a personal friend of this writer, has seen much over the course of his life. At the age of 65, he recalls here the countless times his life has been affected by drug and alcohol abuse, from his childhood until this very day.

He starts with his early years:

“My early life in Ottawa, Ontario, was actually happy. I had a lot of personal freedom to run around the neighborhood and in those days, no one worried about being safe. You would come home at dusk and mom was there waiting with a nice supper to enjoy with my family. I have one older brother whose story I will share in a moment.

My young life was upended at the age of about ten when my father took up with another woman. It ripped my family apart. I had assumed, wrongly, that my dad loved my mom and I never thought about what went on behind the scenes.

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