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What happens when your child's experimentation with substances spirals into a 15-year battle with addiction? How do you navigate the impossible choices between tough love and enabling? And most importantly, how do you maintain your own sanity through the chaos?
Paul King, host of "Family Support in Addiction Recovery," takes us through his real life journey supporting his daughter from her early teenage drinking through heroin addiction, multiple overdoses, and beyond. With raw honesty, Paul recounts the moment he found himself chasing his 15-year-old daughter down the street with a golf club at 3 AM—a desperate parent making all the wrong moves with the best intentions.
The conversation explores the devastating concept of "anticipatory grief"—feeling like your child is dying every day while still alive—and the counterintuitive discovery that self-care isn't selfish but essential. "The best thing you can do for your child is look after yourself," Paul shares, advice that initially seemed impossible but ultimately transformed his ability to provide meaningful support.
Through stories of trauma, relapse, and hard-won wisdom, Paul offers practical guidance on separating the person from their addiction-driven behaviors. His message delivers hope without sugar-coating the reality: you can't control anyone else's journey, but you can learn to maintain emotional balance instead of riding the roller coaster of crisis. For anyone with a loved one battling addiction, this episode provides compassionate insight from someone who's walked the path and found a way forward.
Ready to shift your approach to supporting someone through addiction? Listen now and discover why controlling your emotional reactions might be more powerful than trying to control the addict.
Family Support in Addiction Recovery, Paul King-Podcast Host
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He has some fantastic episodes!!!
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We have the power to make our own daily, "Breakfast of Choices"
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Facebook: Jo Summers
Instagram: @Summersjol
Facebook Support: Breakfast of Choices
Curriculum and Mentorship: F.L.Y. First Love Yourself
Website: Breakfastofchoices.com
Urbanedencmty.com (Oklahoma Addiction and Recovery Resources) Treatment, Sober Living, Meetings. Shout out to the founder, of this phenomenal website... Kristy Da Rosa!
National suicide prevention and crisis, hotline number 988
National domestic violence hotline:
800–799–7233
National hotline for substance abuse, and addiction:
844–289–0879
National mental health hotline:
866–903–3787
National child health and child abuse hotline:
800–422-4453 (1.800.4.A.CHILD)
CoDa.org
12. Step recovery program for codependency.
National Gambling Hotline 800-522-4700