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: 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 19 Sep 2023
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 12 Sep 2023
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 05 Sep 2023
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 29 Aug 2023
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 22 Aug 2023
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 15 Aug 2023
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 08 Aug 2023
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Why Didn’t You Let Me Die?
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 01 Aug 2023
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: You Don’t Float
From overdose to loss of relationships, children, jobs, and homes—parents witness so much. It is accepting our powerless nature in a war we are not in that is a challenge. It feels like it’s our war …
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Tue 25 Jul 2023
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Exposed
There is always a point of desperation when things turn, and surrender becomes inevitable. Journey through me from point A to Z on a road we never imagined we’d be in and a situation that takes every…
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Tue 04 Jul 2023
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Spoken Word – Breaking Addiction’s Hold (A Parent’s Release)
The journey from holding on so tight out of fear to letting go out of love- for you. The challenge of letting them make their decisions and accepting you have no control.
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Tue 20 Jun 2023
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Confrontation with Self
This episode is a reflection back to the time just before I began my recovery. There is anger, bitterness, pain, acceptance, and resolve here. I began to confront some hard truth within myself, and i…
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Tue 23 May 2023
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Hope Will Exist Again – Active Recovery
Recovery is possible! I will never doubt that. Our minds are stronger than any addiction, even substance use. The brain can be healed by new mindsets and thought patterns. Are you willing to do the w…
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Tue 09 May 2023
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: A Short Note on Faith and Family Addiction
If you are lost watching your loved one battling substance use, please take a great minute to remember 1) You’re not alone. 2) God has your back far better than anyone else 3) Peace is possible throu…
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Tue 09 May 2023
AUTHENTIC TRUTHS IN ADDICTION: Surviving their Addiction – Learning to Live Again
Those living in addiction are alive, but they’re not LIVING! Are you? This is a harsh truth. It’s not easy to go on with life when they’re stuck fighting chronic substance use. You have to choose how…
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Tue 25 Apr 2023
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