Ruth, a "recovering family member" has spent years working a program to heal and recover from the effects of the alcoholism and addiction in those around her. She shares her tumultuous story of overcoming patterns of family madness, and relationship choices that led her to relationships with the same alcoholic types of men. Ruth lays the groundwork for how she came out of it, and gives hope that we all can come out of our patterns and pathologies to live lives that are happy, joyous and free!

Beau openly shares his experience with an addicted daughter, and how the madness of her life was his "ticket" into the rooms of support. Hear this once desperate father's take on what recovery can do for a family in crisis.

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In this episode Beau openly tells how he found his way into a program of peace and "emotional sobriety" after losing his mind in the midst of his daughter's heroin addiction. Beau went from trying everything he could come up with to fix the problem, to chasing a drug dealer with a bat, to surrendering to the work his family needed to recover. Great information in this episode!

In this episode Ruth describes the work she did to break free of family pathology that led her to repeat destructive cycles. Anyone can come out of unhappy marriages and the misery of addicted children, it all begins with you. Ruth's story is evidence that if one person in the family works to become healthy, the family situation is bound to improve.

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