Why Intervention Podcast

Words are powerful, especially during early recovery. Building connections with someone struggling with recovery can either make or break their progress.

For today's episode, Chris and Danny discuss how behaviors like gambling can lead to other problems, especially those under the influence. They talk about how being under the influence works and the powerlessness that comes with it.

Chris and Danny also share about the hope and recovery that is possible, even after struggling for years. With the power of transformation in recovery, coupled with connection, words, and encouragement from the people around them, any person dealing with these problems can find themselves on the road to recovery.

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• https://whyintervention.com/
• https://twitter.com/whyintervention
• https://www.facebook.com/whyintervention/?ref=br_rs Highlights
• Admitting that you are powerless
• Dangers of getting hooked on casinos
• The most popular saying about the 12-step program
• The dangers of relapses and how you can avoid them
• Why should you take it one day at a time?
• Overcoming adversity in recovery
• First things first: Do the next right thing
• Consequences of not dealing with the problem
• The power of language on the road to recovery
• Benefits of attending recovery meetings and 12-step fellowships
• Identification of AA's
• The consequences of not following the directions of a 12-step program
• The power of words in early recovery
• Connecting with the person who's in the deep, dark hole.
• Stick around for the miracle in recovery
• Happiness is an inside job

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In the recovery world, it is often said that the first drink gets you drunk. This means that once someone with trouble dealing with alcohol or drugs takes that first one, they are unable to stop. This is because addiction is an illness, and the first drink sets off a chain of events that the person cannot control. This is just one of the concepts people in early recovery need to grasp.

For today's episode, Chris and Danny discuss 27 sayings that people who get sober are astonished by. They talk about how these sayings can be impactful and helpful for people in recovery, and how they can also be helpful for families of loved ones with addiction.

The conversation discusses the various things that people in recovery hear that are helpful to them. These things can give insights into what is going on in the mind of a loved one struggling with addiction. The conversation also points out that addiction does not have to define a person.

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• https://whyintervention.com/
• https://twitter.com/whyintervention
• https://www.facebook.com/whyintervention/?ref=br_rs Highlights
• The most powerful things that impacted Chris when in the process of recovery
• First step in recovery: Understanding the "One is Too Many" principle
• Dangers of relying too much on alcohol
• How quitting can change your life
• Going through a 7-day detox
• The power of positive sayings in recovery
• When is the right time to strike a conversation during an intervention?
• Why is it so hard to quit?
• Dangers of denial: Why accepting your situation is crucial for your loved ones
• Importance of seeking treatment
• Dangers of enabling an alcoholic or addict
• Benefits of running as a part of the treatment
• Ways that people approach recovery
• Importance of replacement in alcohol recovery
• How revealing your secrets can help you heal
• What to expect with Part 2

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Chris and Danny discuss multiple ways families can get help for their loved ones, some of which are outside traditional norms and expectations. They talk about how the podcast is the best way to get information out to families and how it is helpful for families with loved ones who need intervention. They also share their plans for the future and how they hope to help even more people in the coming years.

In addition to this, Chris and Danny also cite the various interventions they have conducted over the past year and how these can be helpful for families with members who are struggling. They describe how interventions can be used to preemptively take action to help a loved one get treatment, and how in some cases, an intervention may need to be more urgent.

The Why Intervention Podcast is aimed at helping family and friends feel supported and encouraged that recovery from addiction is possible, for themselves as well as their loved ones. You'll hear how to affect positive change in their life and help your loved one begin a successful recovery. Host Christopher Doyle shares his insights, talks with experts, and interviews people who have gone through recovery.

Links and Resources from this Episode

• https://whyintervention.com/
• https://twitter.com/whyintervention
• https://www.facebook.com/whyintervention/?ref=br_rs
• Never Split The Difference by Chris Voss Highlights
• Benefits of listening to the Why Intervention Podcast
• Intervention options for your loved ones who need help
• The importance of urgency in getting an intervention
• Why should you start and ask for help?
• Family's role in intervention
• Various ways on how you can help a loved one
• Difference between a 12-Step Program and a more formal intervention with families involved
• Tips for a successful family intervention
• What is it like hiring a professional interventionist?
• Selecting the right treatment center
• Success stories of going on interventions
• What you need to know if you'll send a loved one on a treatment center
• Dangers of relapse in recovery
• Options for dealing with a loved one's abuse problem
• Intervention or family coaching: Which one to choose?
• The power of family dynamics in recovery
• Magic words for seizing a moment of clarity

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If a family member is dealing with addiction, what should the other family members do? Should they immediately take them to rehab or should they start a family conversation?

Christopher welcomes Amanda E. White, Licensed Therapist and creator of the popular Instagram page @therapyforwomen to talk not only about dealing with substance abuse but how her family helped her get over her addiction problem. She gives Christopher a glimpse of the past: How it all started by experimenting to handle her eating disorder to full-on relying on drugs and how intervention and therapy aided her to get where she is today.

The Why Intervention Podcast is aimed at helping family and friends feel supported and encouraged that recovery from addiction is possible, for themselves as well as their loved ones. You'll hear how to affect positive change in their life and help your loved one begin a successful recovery. Host Christopher Doyle shares his insights, talks with experts, and interviews people who have gone through recovery.

Links and Resources from this Episode

• https://whyintervention.com/
• https://twitter.com/whyintervention
• https://www.facebook.com/whyintervention/?ref=br_rs
• Connect with Amanda E. White
• https://therapyforwomencenter.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/therapyforwomen/ Show Notes
• Experiences working with families as a therapist. - 1:46
• Her motivations to study in the field. - 2:19
• If you're a people pleaser, you're probably a parent pleaser. - 4:37
• How she started experimenting. - 6:48
• Studying to be a therapist to help with her eating disorder. - 7:36
• What's driving it? - 12:28
• How often do they disregard or not take the possibility of addiction? - 16:01
• Her parents were aware of the alcohol and drug problems and what they did in response. - 20:56
• What's behind their disbelief? - 22:39
• Years it took her to figure everything out. - 29:44
• What happened next after failing the 30-day challenge? - 35:07
• Approach if addiction is present with something else. - 37:44
• How she lovingly explains to clients that they need to own their own shit. - 40:28
• Where is the guilt coming from? - 45:07
• The beauty of having an intervention. - 54:44

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Many people don't really understand why other people become addicted to alcohol, substances, or drugs. But if a loved one is suffering from it, what's the best thing to do in this situation?

Christopher and Danny talk about the very definition of addiction and how addiction can cause a rift in relationships. They share how as a family member, you can give the help that they desperately need. They also reiterate the importance of utilizing a family: Not only seeking the help of a professional but having a conversation with your loved one matters.

The Why Intervention Podcast is aimed at helping family and friends feel supported and encouraged that recovery from addiction is possible, for themselves as well as their loved ones. You'll hear how to affect positive change in their life and help your loved one begin a successful recovery. Host Christopher Doyle shares his insights, talks with experts, and interviews people who have gone through recovery.

Links and Resources from this Episode

• https://whyintervention.com/
• https://twitter.com/whyintervention
• https://www.facebook.com/whyintervention/?ref=br_rs
• The Outsider by Stephen King
• The Outsider Series Show Notes
• Using a tool when it comes to explaining to immediate families as if you're dealing with three different people and that you're talking to a person dealing with addiction. - 0:44
• The three ways to look at it. - 1:22
• Story of the person who got drunk for the first time. - 4:23
• The key metaphor that is helpful for people in recovery. - 7:48
• The power of choice. - 12:11
• For us, a lot of freedom is gonna come when we finally come to grips with this. When we finally understand it. - 14:54
• The very definition of addiction. - 18:02
• It's a losing battle: Even if you win the fight, you lose. - 27:52 Is the survivor remorseful? - 34:31
• How many people in recovery know that they can't do this anymore? - 35:04
• As a family member or a loved one, should you always have a conversation with the survivor? - 39:55
• The "less is more" approach. - 44:41
• Trying to figure things out on your own is exhausting. - 48:46
• What sparked Chris' intention to begin with the transformation and recovery. - 52:00
• Final thoughts. - 54:24

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It is difficult for a parent to know that their child is dealing with addiction. With the many misconceptions surrounding addiction that can prevent a parent from helping their child's substance abuse, you might wonder "What can I do?"

Christopher invites Cathy Taughinbaugh to talk about the CRAFT program. She shares that as a parent, you can deal with your kids struggling with addiction through better communication by saying the words that they want to hear in order to take the right actions. According to Cathy, it's a judgment call oftentimes for parents. Always remember: It's different for every family, what works for others may not work for you.

The Why Intervention Podcast is aimed at helping family and friends feel supported and encouraged that recovery from addiction is possible, for themselves as well as their loved ones. You'll hear how to affect positive change in their life and help your loved one begin a successful recovery. Host Christopher Doyle shares his insights, talks with experts, and interviews people who have gone through recovery.

Links and Resources from this Episode

• https://whyintervention.com/
• https://twitter.com/whyintervention
• https://www.facebook.com/whyintervention/?ref=br_rs
• Connect with Cathy Taughinbaugh
• https://cathytaughinbaugh.com/ Show Notes
• How Cathy became aware that there's something going on connected to substance abuse. - 1:54
• An experience when she was surprised, but at the same time, she's trying to minimize things trying to figure things out - 4:51
• Initiating an intuitive conversation with her daughter. - 8:08
• Next steps she made after the conversation. - 10:32
• What drew her to become a certified parent coach? - 13:04
• What parents are missing. - 19:44
• The conversation and communication pieces are big. - 22:07
• Mom's role with a child dealing with addiction. - 26:40
• How did she come to an understanding of drinking responsibly? - 27:50
• Tactics she's practicing and teaching others when it comes to the communication piece for better communication. - 32:35
• Part of the program where parents are struggling with the most. - 35:59
• Can the program address get better at being able to take those actions? - 41:09
• Where to contact Cathy and how to get free resources - 52:27

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As a family member, what can you do to help someone go through the road of recovery?

Christopher and Danny discuss the different approaches that family members can do to help push a loved one to the road of recovery. They also shared the different enemies that most people trying to stay sober face. According to Christopher and Danny, as a family member and loved one: You can change aspects of this that can make monumental changes for the future.

The Why Intervention Podcast is aimed at helping family and friends feel supported and encouraged that recovery from addiction is possible, for themselves as well as their loved ones. You'll hear how to affect positive change in their life and help your loved one begin a successful recovery. Host Christopher Doyle shares his insights, talks with experts, and interviews people who have gone through recovery.

Links and Resources from this Episode

• Bridge of Spies
• https://whyintervention.com/
• https://twitter.com/whyintervention
• https://www.facebook.com/whyintervention/?ref=br_rs Show Notes
• How Christopher acted when he was still not sober. - 2:06
• Danny's biggest enemy during recovery. - 5:58
• Recovery involves patience and tolerance. - 7:58
• Life-changing moment: The Bridge of Spy reference. - 8:56
• For family members, the initial thing that needs to happen is to get to a place where I can accept the things that I can't change. - 13:16
• You can develop courage so that you can take action on the things that you can change. The things that you can influence. - 18:48
• You can be done and not try to fix it and not try to control it and also find the courage to change the things that you can in this situation. - 24:11
• The soft intervention or slow play. - 32:52
• As a loved one, what's the best approach? - 37:17
• A person's recovery from addiction begins when someone close to them says, "That's it, I'm done. I have had enough. You have to do something about this or else.." - 44:16

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If a person is struggling with alcohol or drug addiction, every member of the family is affected. But as a loved one, how can you help them recover?

Christopher welcomes Darren Prince to know more about his story. In this emotional yet inspirational talk with Darren, he shares his journey from struggling and succumbing to addiction to helping and guiding others by burying the hatchet and getting through addiction.

The Why Intervention Podcast is aimed at helping family and friends feel supported and encouraged that recovery from addiction is possible, for themselves as well as their loved ones. You'll hear how to affect positive change in their life and help your loved one begin a successful recovery. Host Christopher Doyle shares his insights, talks with experts, and interviews people who have gone through recovery.

Links and Resources from this Episode

• https://whyintervention.com/
• https://twitter.com/whyintervention
• https://www.facebook.com/whyintervention/?ref=br_rs
• Connect with Darren Prince
• https://aiminghighfoundation.org/
• https://www.instagram.com/agent_dp/ Show Notes
• Who is Darren Prince? - 0:31
• The motivation for writing Aiming High. - 1:19
• Reasons why he succumbed to addiction. 5:40
• Did he get support from other people? - 12:47
• The realization: Admitting that there's a problem. - 16:45
• Did he find himself calling an interventionist or having to be involved in an intervention? - 19:18
• Starting with the Aiming High Foundation. - 33:45
• In the moment of argument, it's better to feel alright and right. That's where the strength comes from. - 36:55
• How long did it take Darren to get out of the fog of his old mindset? - 37:34
• Tangible difference between the success of business back then to his business now that he's sober. - 39:15
• In the past, does Darren think it will be possible for his family or someone around him to say something or do something that might have gotten through to him and help him? - 44:01

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Is helping your loved one struggling with addiction financially a good step to make? You might think you are, but you're not. You may be acting as an enabler.

Being an enabler surrounds the talk between Christopher and Danny. They shared different scenarios as to how family members can act as enablers in the life of a person with active addiction. They also talked about the role of a family in helping a person struggling with addiction to seek treatment and retaliation.

The Why Intervention Podcast is aimed at helping family and friends feel supported and encouraged that recovery from addiction is possible, for themselves as well as their loved ones. You'll hear how to affect positive change in their life and help your loved one begin a successful recovery. Host Christopher Doyle shares his insights, talks with experts, and interviews people who have gone through recovery.

Links and Resources from this Episode

• ADHD 2.0 by Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey
• https://whyintervention.com/
• https://twitter.com/whyintervention
• https://www.facebook.com/whyintervention/?ref=br_rs Show Notes
• Why is it called "Stop Dreaming"? - 1:39
• Hope is not a game plan. - 4:33
• For family members, there is a solution beyond talking and venting about the addiction war stories. - 9:40
• If the willingness is present, we can send the person in recovery to talk with a person who's struggling, and that works wonderfully. However, if the person is unwilling, which is 90% of the time, then you need to have the family on board. -14:32
• Story of enabling as a descriptor and not as a villainous term. - 19:06
• Parents subsidize their addicted child, in different ways, shapes, and forms. - 29:25
• Inability to go to treatments because of jobs. - 32:19
• People with addictions are thinking about wanting to stop all the time. - 38:24
• How do you get your loved ones to go from where they are now to the inpatient treatment program? - 46:33
• Properly place the blame on the addiction and not on your addicted loved one. - 56:24
• There are going to be things that you can do in order to help move your loved one in the direction of getting help. - 1:07:20
• For people who are feeling as though there's nothing you can do because you're always told that there's nothing you can do, that is wrong. There is something you can do. It just takes a bit of professional guidance. - 1:08:11

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Is there hope for a person dealing with addiction? Yes, there's hope for a person struggling and dealing with substance, drugs, or alcohol abuse: And it starts with themselves and their families.

Chris welcomes Heidi Le to answer the important question: How can you start healing from addiction? Heidi discusses how music helped her escape the problems starting at her home and how addiction affected not only her father but also the whole family. She also shares different stories that she experienced as a family member of someone dealing with addiction and their journey of healing and recovery.

The Why Intervention Podcast is aimed at helping family and friends feel supported and encouraged that recovery from addiction is possible, for themselves as well as their loved ones. You'll hear how to affect positive change in their life and help your loved one begin a successful recovery. Host Christopher Doyle shares his insights, talks with experts, and interviews people who have gone through recovery.

Links and Resources from this Episode

• https://whyintervention.com/
• https://twitter.com/whyintervention
• https://www.facebook.com/whyintervention/?ref=br_rs
• Codependent No More
• Connect with Heidi Le:
• https://heidilemusic.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/HeidiLeMusic
• https://twitter.com/HeidiLeMusic
• https://www.instagram.com/heidilemusic/ Show Notes
• Who is Heidi Le? - 0:31
• How long has Heidi been a rock chick? - 1:42
• Music was an escape for me. - 11:19
• The turmoil at home. - 12:53
• Shifting from pain. - 21:50
• Codependency is linked to addiction. - 28:35
• Respecting other people's journey: It steals people's dignity to be telling them what they need to do. - 35:48
• The difference between relapsing pre-recovery and the last relapse. - 37:14
• Recovery begins with you: The recovery that you'll have is the very best shot that your loved one is going to have at re-engaging with recovery or getting started in recovery. - 40:07
• The two intervention types of conversations Heidi tried with her father. - 50:36
• Tools that helped with the journey of recovery. - 55:28
• Keep in mind: What are the things that are of value to your family member, not just you. - 58:54
• Where can people connect with Heidi? - 1:05:58
• The greatest thing that happened to Heidi, being in recovery today. - 1:07:24
• Thoughts and prayers for Heidi, her father, and her family. - 1:09:48

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