In this week’s Safe Home Podcast, Beth talks with Tracy Struckman, an Indiana-based recovery coach who has 8 years of recovery from a destructive  heroin addiction. She now helps others who are struggling with addiction to find long-term recovery.  She is just completing her licensure to become a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and she does online consulting and workshops for people who struggle with addiction as well as their families.

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RESOURCES:

Tracy’s information:

• Website: https://www.tracystruckman.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tracystruckman
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracy_struckman/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBYggEaAtEaoDdxLu0NzCiw
• LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/Tracystruckman

Other Resources:

• Other Parents Like Me -  https://www.facebook.com/other.parents.like.me
• Heather Ross - Life Coaching for Parents of Addicted Teens: https://heatherrosscoaching.com/
• Find a Tele-Therapist: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/online-counseling

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Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao

Cover art by Joseph Nakao, photo by Beth Syverson

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TIME STAMPS:

1:35 Tracy’s childhood and adolescence and background of her heroin addiction

3:35 The addiction process - alcohol→marijuana→then heroin

5:41 Fentanyl’s dangers and access to Narcan to prevent overdose deaths

10:19 Addiction as a symptom of an underlying problem

13:32 Tracy’s rock bottom

14:57 A chance of rehabilitation in the criminal justice system?

16:23 What happened to cause Tracy to become sober

19:00 Tracy’s parenting and Tracy’s parents

25:10 What Tracy wishes would have happened differently when she was a teen

27:30 What is a Recovery Coach?

31:23 How parents can shift their focus off their kids and onto themselves

33:27 How is Recovery Coaching structured logistically?

36:22 Parents, don’t blame yourself!

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