Married to Addiction

Do you feel like you have only two options as the wife of an alcoholic?

1. Stay and be miserable until your husband gets sober

2. Leave

If you're like I was then neither of those is what you want.

Truth is those aren't your only options.

There are actually four different ways that being married to an alcoholic can play out, and we will talk about those in today's episode.

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The Bible says 'Faith without works is dead'.

But what does that really mean? And how do we know exactly what is our part in a situation, and what is God's part?

I was fuzzy on that for a good long while.

But discernment here is especially important for the wife of an alcoholic, so in this episode we are talking about how to find the line between faith and works, and how to do each part correctly.

There is actually a pretty simple way to tell if your 'faith and works' are in proper balance. 

Tune in to this episode to learn how.

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👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please⁠⁠⁠ ⁠click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) ⁠⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program ⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠.

Way back in Episode 4 we talked about some critical mindset shifts for the wife of an alcoholic, and that has since become my most listened to episode ever. 

That being the case I knew it must've resonated with many of my listeners, so I wanted to do a follow up episode.

In this episode I will share with you five MORE critical mindset shifts for the wife of an alcoholic. 

These are all things that I frequently see women being tripped up by, which ultimately makes things harder for them. 

But it doesn't have to be that way.

Please tune into this episode to see if any of these things are continuously running through YOUR mind, and get some guidance on what to do if they are.

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PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available.

👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please⁠⁠⁠ ⁠click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) ⁠⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program ⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠.

Dark. It was so dark. 

I was constantly bound by feelings of oppression. And that's exactly how the enemy wanted it.

I now know that there is another way.

In this episode we'll talk about getting out from under living in dark places, EVEN IF we are going through really hard things.

If you are feeling overwhelmed by the weight of it all, then I really hope you give this episode a listen. 

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PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available.

👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please⁠⁠⁠ ⁠click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) ⁠⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program ⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠.

In this episode I chat with Amy LaRue from Finding Hope. 

Amy is a fellow wife of an alcoholic with a story to share that sounds like many of our own: a story of confusion, fear, and isolation.

But her story didn't end there. 

She is now the Coordinator for Finding Hope, an organization that supports families of addicted loved ones, and she has such a beautiful testimony to share of how God used it all for good!

Please tune in to hear my talk with Amy, and get filled up with encouragement and hope.

How to connect with Amy:

Web: www.findinghope.today

Email: [email protected]

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PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available.

👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please⁠⁠⁠ ⁠click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) ⁠⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program ⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠.

Do you feel like you're not getting your needs met because your husband is addicted?

I already know the answer to that, because it is probably the same as mine was.

When you're the wife of an alcoholic it often feels like you're hanging by a thread.

And NO, you don't feel like ANY of your needs are being met. In fact you usually just drag through your days feeling hollow and empty.

If that sounds like you, then this pre-Valentine's Day episode is for you. 

Because it doesn't have to be that way.

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PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available.

👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please⁠⁠⁠ ⁠click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) ⁠⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program ⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠.

In the last episode we talked about understanding addiction as a disease, and how that can lead us to empathy.

In this episode we will talk about how to not let empathy lead you into enabling.

This can be a tricky line sometimes.

So how do we effectively stay on the mercy side of the line without drifting over into the enabling side?

Tune in to hear the one important thing you can do that will make it so much easier. 

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PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available.

👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please⁠⁠⁠ ⁠click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) ⁠⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program ⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠.

I think one of the hardest things for wives of alcoholics is that we just don't understand our husband's addiction, which makes it that much harder to handle it.

How much of it is a choice, and how much of it is something they truly are powerless over?

In this episode we will discuss addiction as a disease. 

You'll get some insight into what is actually happening to our addicted husbands, as well as some guidance on what to do with that information.

You'll also get some direction from God's Word as well.

This one is really important. I hope you listen.

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PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available.

👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please⁠⁠⁠ ⁠click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) ⁠⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program ⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠.

This is a loaded subject, because reaction to this from wives of alcoholics usually runs the gamut from 'I HATE alcohol and would never touch it!' to 'Why should I have to change MY drinking habits because HE has a drinking problem?'

So today we're going to dive into this head-on.

I'll share a few things I think are important to consider when making this decision for yourself.

We'll also talk about some ways that alcohol affects our side of things that you might not have thought about.

And I'll share what I consider to be the #1 reason why you need to give this some serious thought.

PS: Be sure to listen to the postscript I added to the episode for anyone whose husband is currently in recovery.

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PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available.

👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please⁠⁠⁠ ⁠click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) ⁠⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program ⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠.

When we marry our husbands we usually don't have any indication that we will be married to an alcoholic. And if we do, we usually don't think it's 'that bad'.

But one of the main problems with alcoholism is that it is a progressive disease, meaning that it gets worse over time.

Unfortunately that is also what happens to most alcoholic relationships as well.

In this episode we will talk about what that progression looks like, and what you absolutely MUST be doing as the relationship with the alcoholic progresses and/or deteriorates.

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PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available.

👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please⁠⁠⁠ ⁠click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) ⁠⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program ⁠⁠⁠click right here⁠⁠⁠.