• EP 73: Forget Tough Love: Sometimes Addiction Support Looks Like Boiling the Kettle
    Aug 14 2025

    NEW Announcement: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction. familyhopesupport.com

    When everything feels broken, could a simple cup of tea be the most powerful act of love?

    In the midst of addiction recovery, parents often face overwhelming emotions, fractured relationships, and moments of deep helplessness. This episode explores how a single, quiet act of kindness can cut through the chaos—and reconnect you to the heart of what matters most.

    • Learn how small, compassionate gestures can help rebuild trust without words.
    • Discover the emotional strength that comes from simply showing up—even when nothing feels fixable.
    • Feel seen and supported through a raw, honest story that reflects your own lived experience.

    Press play to be reminded that even in the darkest moments, you still have the power to be present—and that matters more than you know.

    🌱 Family Hope Support — Special Offer for Podcast Listeners

    Loving someone with a drug or alcohol problem can feel exhausting — the worry, the guilt, the sleepless nights. It wears you down.

    Family Hope Support offers one-to-one support sessions grounded in real lived experience. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction.

    🎉: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. — use code FAMILYHOPE at checkout.

    👉 Claim your discount at familyhopesupport.com and start feeling less alone. You don’t have to do this by yourself.

    This podcast provides practical guidance and support for families navigating the challenges of substance abuse disorder, offering insights from addiction recovery experts, family therapy, and support groups like Al-Anon and Family Drug Support, with a focus on understanding how to help and support loved ones dealing with addiction, including heroin addiction, through counselling and treatment options.

    DISCLAIMER

    Every family is different — if you’re supporting someone through addiction, please make decisions that are right for you, ideally in consultation with qualified professionals and appropriate support networks.

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    2 min
  • EP 72: The Hardest Kind of Grief: Loving a Child Lost to Addiction’s Shadow
    Aug 12 2025

    NEW Announcement: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction. familyhopesupport.com

    Have you ever mourned a version of your child that never existed—grieving not a death, but the dreams addiction silently stole?

    When a loved one struggles with addiction, parents often find themselves clinging to an imagined future, while feeling lost in a present filled with uncertainty. This episode explores the emotional toll of ambiguous grief and how true acceptance—not denial or approval—can help parents heal while staying connected.

    • Discover what ambiguous grief is and how it uniquely affects families facing addiction.
    • Learn why letting go of the life you envisioned for your child can restore emotional peace.
    • Hear how practicing real acceptance—not fantasy—can rebuild trust, improve relationships, and lighten your emotional load.

    Listen now to uncover the quiet strength of acceptance and begin healing from the hardest kind of grief—loving a child lost to addiction’s shadow.

    🌱 Family Hope Support — Special Offer for Podcast Listeners

    Loving someone with a drug or alcohol problem can feel exhausting — the worry, the guilt, the sleepless nights. It wears you down.

    Family Hope Support offers one-to-one support sessions grounded in real lived experience. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction.

    🎉: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. — use code FAMILYHOPE at checkout.

    👉 Claim your discount at familyhopesupport.com and start feeling less alone. You don’t have to do this by yourself.

    This podcast provides practical guidance and support for families navigating the challenges of substance abuse disorder, offering insights from addiction recovery experts, family therapy, and support groups like Al-Anon and Family Drug Support, with a focus on understanding how to help and support loved ones dealing with addiction, including heroin addiction, through counselling and treatment options.

    DISCLAIMER

    Every family is different — if you’re supporting someone through addiction, please make decisions that are right for you, ideally in consultation with qualified professionals and appropriate support networks.

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    7 min
  • EP 71: Letting Addicts Use at Home with Substance Abuse Disorder—Is It Compassion or Enabling?
    Aug 10 2025

    NEW Announcement: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction. familyhopesupport.com

    Is letting your child use substances at home saving their life—or enabling their addiction?

    As a parent navigating the heartbreaking reality of a child's substance use, you're often torn between tough love and compassion. This episode explores a question many fear to ask out loud: can safe use at home actually prevent overdose deaths in today’s fentanyl-ravaged landscape?

    • Discover how harm reduction strategies like safe spaces and naloxone can be life-saving tools rather than acts of denial.
    • Learn why open, shame-free conversations may do more to reduce substance use than rigid abstinence demands.
    • Gain insight into how acceptance, education, and personalized boundaries can empower your family to survive and grow through the chaos.

    Press play to learn how compassion and informed choices can be powerful tools in keeping your child alive and connected.

    🌱 Family Hope Support — Special Offer for Podcast Listeners

    Loving someone with a drug or alcohol problem can feel exhausting — the worry, the guilt, the sleepless nights. It wears you down.

    Family Hope Support offers one-to-one support sessions grounded in real lived experience. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction.

    🎉: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. — use code FAMILYHOPE at checkout.

    👉 Claim your discount at familyhopesupport.com and start feeling less alone. You don’t have to do this by yourself.

    This podcast provides practical guidance and support for families navigating the challenges of substance abuse disorder, offering insights from addiction recovery experts, family therapy, and support groups like Al-Anon and Family Drug Support, with a focus on understanding how to help and support loved ones dealing with addiction, including heroin addiction, through counselling and treatment options.

    DISCLAIMER

    Every family is different — if you’re supporting someone through addiction, please make decisions that are right for you, ideally in consultation with qualified professionals and appropriate support networks.

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    19 min
  • EP 70: The Quiet Truth About Addiction: Love, Safety, and Survival
    Aug 7 2025

    NEW Announcement: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction. familyhopesupport.com

    Is letting your child use drugs at home an act of failure—or could it be a radical act of love?

    If you're a parent grappling with a child's substance use, you're likely facing the painful tension between tough love and keeping them safe. This episode challenges common assumptions and offers a compassionate perspective on harm reduction, showing how it can serve not only as a survival strategy but as a profound expression of care.

    • Learn why setting safe boundaries at home might be the key to preserving connection and safety.
    • Discover how reframing harm reduction can shift you from guilt to empowered compassion.

    Hear a raw, honest story of one father's transformation from fear to hope in supporting his child through addiction.

    Press play to uncover how one small shift in perspective could help you support your child and yourself with more love, safety, and strength.

    🌱 Family Hope Support — Special Offer for Podcast Listeners

    Loving someone with a drug or alcohol problem can feel exhausting — the worry, the guilt, the sleepless nights. It wears you down.

    Family Hope Support offers one-to-one support sessions grounded in real lived experience. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction.

    🎉: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. — use code FAMILYHOPE at checkout.

    👉 Claim your discount at familyhopesupport.com and start feeling less alone. You don’t have to do this by yourself.

    This podcast provides practical guidance and support for families navigating the challenges of substance abuse disorder, offering insights from addiction recovery experts, family therapy, and support groups like Al-Anon and Family Drug Support, with a focus on understanding how to help and support loved ones dealing with addiction, including heroin addiction, through counselling and treatment options.

    DISCLAIMER

    Every family is different — if you’re supporting someone through addiction, please make decisions that are right for you, ideally in consultation with qualified professionals and appropriate support networks

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    3 min
  • EP 69: Are You Enabling or Protecting? Rethinking Harm Reduction for Families of Addicts
    Aug 5 2025

    NEW Announcement: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction. familyhopesupport.com

    Are you helping your child survive—or unknowingly enabling their addiction? Discover the fine line and what it really means for families of addicts.

    If you're a parent wrestling with fear, confusion, and the desperate desire to keep your child alive amid addiction, this episode will challenge and empower you. Learn how rethinking harm reduction can offer not just hope, but a safer way forward.

    • Understand the real meaning of harm reduction and how it can save lives, not just prolong addiction.
    • Learn how to set boundaries that protect your entire family without turning your back on your struggling child.
    • Hear a raw, personal story that illuminates the risks and realities of allowing drug use at home—and how to make that choice with clarity and care.

    Listen now to gain life-saving insight and practical strategies for protecting your child while keeping your family safe and connected.

    🌱 Family Hope Support — Special Offer for Podcast Listeners

    Loving someone with a drug or alcohol problem can feel exhausting — the worry, the guilt, the sleepless nights. It wears you down.

    Family Hope Support offers one-to-one support sessions grounded in real lived experience. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction.

    🎉: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. — use code FAMILYHOPE at checkout.

    👉 Claim your discount at familyhopesupport.com and start feeling less alone. You don’t have to do this by yourself.

    This podcast provides practical guidance and support for families navigating the challenges of substance abuse disorder, offering insights from addiction recovery experts, family therapy, and support groups like Al-Anon and Family Drug Support, with a focus on understanding how to help and support loved ones dealing with addiction, including heroin addiction, through counselling and treatment options.

    DISCLAIMER

    Every family is different — if you’re supporting someone through addiction, please make decisions that are right for you, ideally in consultation with qualified professionals and appropriate support networks.

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    12 min
  • EP 68: Are You Enabling or Protecting? The Controversial Truth About Supporting Addicts at Home
    Aug 3 2025

    NEW Announcement: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction. familyhopesupport.com

    Are you truly helping your loved one struggling with addiction—or unknowingly enabling them?

    If you're navigating the heartbreak of substance use within your family, you're not alone. This episode dives into the fine line between protecting and enabling, and how harm reduction can be a life-saving strategy that challenges the stigma surrounding addiction.

    • Discover why harm reduction is often misunderstood—and how it can actually keep your loved one alive long enough to recover.
    • Learn how to support younger siblings in the home without hiding the truth or feeding the shame.
    • Understand the impact of stigma on families and how compassionate, informed choices can change the dynamic and lead to better outcomes.

    Listen now to learn how to shift from fear to informed compassion and support your loved one’s recovery with strength and clarity.

    🌱 Family Hope Support — Special Offer for Podcast Listeners

    Loving someone with a drug or alcohol problem can feel exhausting — the worry, the guilt, the sleepless nights. It wears you down.

    Family Hope Support offers one-to-one support sessions grounded in real lived experience. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction.

    🎉: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. — use code FAMILYHOPE at checkout.

    👉 Claim your discount at familyhopesupport.com and start feeling less alone. You don’t have to do this by yourself.

    Resources Mentioned in This Episode

    • Hello Kate: A grief support platform co-founded by Justin Phillips
    • Opioid Training: Opioid education and harm reduction courses from Overdose Lifeline.
    • CRAFT Model: A family approach to support loved ones with substance use without enabling.
    • Aaron’s Place: A recovery home for men, created in memory of Justin’s son.

    This podcast provides practical guidance and support for families navigating the challenges of substance abuse disorder, offering insights from addiction recovery experts, family therapy, and support groups like Al-Anon and Family Drug Support, with a focus on understanding how to help and support loved ones dealing with addiction, including heroin addiction, through counselling and treatment options.

    DISCLAIMER

    Every family is different — if you’re supporting someone through addiction, please make decisions that are right for you, ideally in consultation with qualified professionals and appropriate support networks.

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    18 min
  • EP 67: The Silent Street: Why Staying Connected Matters in Addiction Recovery
    Jul 31 2025

    NEW Announcement: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction. familyhopesupport.com

    Have you ever wondered if a simple “I’m thinking of you” could save someone from drowning in silence during their child’s addiction battle?

    When your child is struggling with substance use, it can feel like the entire world goes quiet, leaving you alone with your fear and shame. But this episode shows why even the smallest gesture of connection can pierce that heavy silence and offer hope, reminding families they are seen, supported, and not alone in their journey.

    • Discover how a single, genuine moment of connection can break the crushing silence parents feel during a child’s substance use.
    • Learn why you don’t need perfect words to make a difference, just the courage to let someone know you care.
    • Feel encouraged to take small actions that keep you and others breathing and connected, even in the chaos of addiction recovery.

    Press play to discover how one small act of connection can bring hope and breath back to families navigating addiction recovery.

    🌱 Family Hope Support — Special Offer for Podcast Listeners

    Loving someone with a drug or alcohol problem can feel exhausting — the worry, the guilt, the sleepless nights. It wears you down.

    Family Hope Support offers one-to-one support sessions grounded in real lived experience. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction.

    🎉: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. — use code FAMILYHOPE at checkout.

    👉 Claim your discount at familyhopesupport.com and start feeling less alone. You don’t have to do this by yourself.

    This podcast provides practical guidance and support for families navigating the challenges of substance abuse disorder, offering insights from addiction recovery experts, family therapy, and support groups like Al-Anon and Family Drug Support, with a focus on understanding how to help and support loved ones dealing with addiction, including heroin addiction, through counselling and treatment options.

    DISCLAIMER

    Every family is different — if you’re supporting someone through addiction, please make decisions that are right for you, ideally in consultation with qualified professionals and appropriate support networks.

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    3 min
  • EP 66: The Hidden Reason Addicts Lie, Steal, and Sell Their Bodies
    Jul 29 2025

    NEW Announcement: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction. familyhopesupport.com

    What if the system itself is forcing your loved one into lying, stealing, and selling their body just to survive?

    If you’re a parent or partner of someone using drugs, you’ve likely faced the heartbreak of watching them take desperate actions that don’t reflect who they truly are. This episode explores how the war on drugs and criminalization fuel these harmful cycles, and how seeing addiction as a health issue rather than a crime could change everything for your family.

    • Understand the hidden link between criminalization, desperation, and the survival behaviors that break families apart.
    • Learn how decriminalization and harm reduction can reduce trauma and open paths toward real recovery for your loved one.
    • Gain insight into how holding compassion while maintaining boundaries can keep you grounded while supporting your family through addiction challenges.

    Press play now to discover how rethinking addiction as a health issue, not a crime, could be the first step toward healing your family.

    🌱 Family Hope Support — Special Offer for Podcast Listeners

    Loving someone with a drug or alcohol problem can feel exhausting — the worry, the guilt, the sleepless nights. It wears you down.

    Family Hope Support offers one-to-one support sessions grounded in real lived experience. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction.

    🎉: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. — use code FAMILYHOPE at checkout.

    👉 Claim your discount at familyhopesupport.com and start feeling less alone. You don’t have to do this by yourself.

    This podcast provides practical guidance and support for families navigating the challenges of substance abuse disorder, offering insights from addiction recovery experts, family therapy, and support groups like Al-Anon and Family Drug Support, with a focus on understanding how to help and support loved ones dealing with addiction, including heroin addiction, through counselling and treatment options.

    DISCLAIMER

    Every family is different — if you’re supporting someone through addiction, please make decisions that are right for you, ideally in consultation with qualified professionals and appropriate support networks.

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    12 min