Arnold shares what he has learned during his 50 years in AA, how his family was affected before and after his wife found her own recovery, and what family members can do when faced with addiction.

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We look at the idea of emotional sobriety, how it applies for family members as well as those with addictions, why it's important for everyone, and how to enhance it in your life. We feature an interview with Teresa, who has over 30 years in recovery and was one of our first role models for emotional sobriety.

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Dr. Al Mooney entered family recovery at age 10, when his parents got sober. Sixty years later, he reflects on how this experience shaped him and led to a lifetime of helping others to recover.

For more on Dr. Mooney's work, check out of his books, both available on Amazon:

The Recovery Book

My Life in Recovery

Special Guest: Dr. Al Mooney.

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Links:

• The Recovery Book
• My Life in Recovery

This episode mark the 1st anniversary of our podcast, so we discuss why anniversaries and milestones are such a big deal in recovery, and hear two great interviews with people in recovery around this topic. David is a man in recovery whose interview happened in a special day in his recovery. He talks about his journey so far, and how his recovery has impacted his relationships, including with his father who passed away last year. Brian and Tamara talk about the various anniversaries and milestones so far as a couple both in recovery, and what anniversaries and milestones they are looking forward to in the new year.

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Having grown up in a household devastated by alcoholism, she never thought she would marry someone with an addiction. In this in-depth interview, author A. S. Edwards talks about her journey through all this, and how she is finding her own recovery. She explores how family patterns repeated themselves and what she has been doing to change this, including working on a memoir of her experiences.

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All about gratitidue: We look at the benefits of gratitude, where it's hard around active addiction, how to have more of it, its place in recovery, and then Kira leads a gratitude meditation. Includes "person on the street" interviews about gratitude with both family members and people in recovery from addiction.

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For most people, death is the end of a relationship. In a moving interview, author Jack Dison talks about continuing his relationship to his son by writing him letters after his son died of an overdose. He discusses his recovery journey and how the letters became his book "Overdose: Letters from Dad." He talks about the things that helped him most and how he still feels connected to his son many years later.

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We examine the vital human trait of resilience, how it shows up in recovery, how to recognize it, and how to get better at it. Recovery pioneer and positive psychology expert Dr. Jason Powers offers his insights.

Special Guest: Dr. Jason Powers .

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13-year-old Izzy has heard her mother, Jules, tell her story of addiction and recovery, but they have never talked through Izzy's side of things until this in-depth and emotional interview. See firsthand how addiction can affect a family, and how to find deeper levels of healing.

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