Authentic Truths in Addiction
One mother’s unique story, one similar story of millions, millions of lives lost. This is the raw truth of how addiction impacts one person who uses and those who watch the destruction unfold.
Taken directly from her personal writing, each episode walks the journey of substance use from a perspective of intense pain, frustration, and deep desire for intervention, recovery, and life!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Episodes
- 99
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: It Can’t Be Me
This Christian momma is tired—but here sits another experience in the travels of addiction. I learned it can’t be me; I can’t save, fix, or carry the weight of an addiction I don’t have.
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Tue 03 Dec 2024
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: To Become (Aftermath of Addiction)
Today, I took part in what is called ‘Five Minute Friday’—A writing challenge that gives you a keyword that you are to take five minutes to write on.
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Tue 12 Nov 2024
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Totally Wrecked
God saves lives. Over and over, I watch Him perform miracles in the life of someone who often plays with death.
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Tue 05 Nov 2024
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Drowning in their Addiction
This episode talks about realizing nothing you say helps; nothing you do changes things. It reflects on that moment you begin to sink emotionally.
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Tue 29 Oct 2024
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Six Steps to Freedom
If you’re struggling to move out of their addiction, start with these few steps! You deserve peace and freedom, but it will take work to get there.
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Tue 22 Oct 2024
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Who Failed?
One day, you wake up to a child you don’t know. A person who no longer lives outside of addiction. Your reflection screams at you, “What have you done?”… Every parent with a child in addiction wonder…
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Tue 15 Oct 2024
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Quick Reflections – “Letting Go vs Giving Up”
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Tue 08 Oct 2024
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Sinful Truth
Do we call sin, "sin," in addiction? Are we afraid to offend? Why? People deal with sin every day, in every setting. There is no judgment here—I Promise! Just some basic insight from experience and t…
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Tue 01 Oct 2024
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Desperations Call
We are in the fight for our lives against addiction, and it is time to come out of the closet and speak out for those we love most.
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Tue 24 Sep 2024
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Tears Fell Today
An emotional encounter in prayer, hope, faith, and truth. Recording could not stop the tears from falling. This podcast is a journey through the life of addiction from the perspective of a mother.
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Tue 17 Sep 2024
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: The Reality of Living Grief
It is a grief like no other. Living grief never has an opportunity to say goodbye because it is a tragedy within "active addiction."
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Tue 10 Sep 2024
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Bitterness Bites
Ahhh.. bitterness. Resentment we hold onto against people or situations that rob our peace. (If we allow it) It took me months to work through this round, but I’ve made it to the other side, and you …
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Tue 03 Sep 2024
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: The Day Their Addiction Took Me Down
Finding yourself in a place of hopelessness and fighting for the will to carry on. Addiction is a tough road for those living it- the person struggling with substance use and the family who loves the…
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Tue 27 Aug 2024
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Moving Out
This episode is about the unfamiliar space between the empty nest and raising grandchildren. I reflect on the challenge of letting go and moving in a purpose I never saw coming.
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Tue 20 Aug 2024
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Choose Freedom
We don’t have to live as prisoners to what we have experienced in our past. Many people have overcome these obstacles, and I know you can, too. Freedom is yours.
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Tue 13 Aug 2024
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Authentic Truths in Addiction – “Homeless Hell”
We are in the fight for our lives against addiction, and it is time to come out of the closet and speak out for those we love most. For me, this has been an eye-opening experience in knowledge, faith…
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Tue 06 Aug 2024
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: A Letter to My Child in Addiction
Have you had to change how you dealt with your loved one's addiction and the impact it had on your life? Do you feel misunderstood in your decisions? You are not alone.
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Tue 30 Jul 2024
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Supporting Families through Addiction
We know it’s a hard task to stand beside us, and we know it isn’t easy to continue to listen to the same stories, but we appreciate you!
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Tue 23 Jul 2024
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Why Didn’t You Let Me Die? (Part 2)
One mother was in the misfire of a battle to save her child’s life. One moment, one experience, one question that haunts me to this day. Journey along a glimpse of addiction on one of the worst days …
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Tue 16 Jul 2024
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