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What do you do when love and safety collide at home—especially when a child struggling with addiction becomes violent?

Families navigating addiction often face an impossible tension: the desire to support their loved one’s recovery while also ensuring their own safety and peace. When emotional or physical abuse enters the home, the situation becomes even more complex—and many parents feel torn between protecting their child’s future and protecting themselves.

• Discover real-world strategies for handling violent behavior at home without abandoning your loved one.
• Learn how tools like non-criminal protective orders can provide safety without criminalising your child.
• Hear firsthand how one parent's experience—and access to the right support—helped restore calm and clarity during a time of chaos.

Press play to hear compassionate, practical advice on setting safe boundaries with a loved one in addiction—without losing hope.

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Loving someone with a drug or alcohol problem can feel exhausting — the worry, the guilt, the sleepless nights. It wears you down.

Family Hope Support offers one-to-one support sessions grounded in real lived experience. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction.

🎉: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. — use code FAMILYHOPE at checkout.

👉 Claim your discount at familyhopesupport.com and start feeling less alone. You don’t have to do this by yourself.

This podcast provides practical guidance and support for families navigating the challenges of substance abuse disorder, offering insights from addiction recovery experts, family therapy, and support groups like Al-Anon and Family Drug Support, with a focus on understanding how to help and support loved ones dealing with addiction, including heroin addiction, through counselling and treatment options.

DISCLAIMER

Every family is different — if you’re supporting someone through addiction, please make decisions that are right for you, ideally in consultation with qualified professionals and appropriate support networks.

NEW Announcement: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction. familyhopesupport.com

Are you burning out while trying to care for someone battling addiction, illness, or trauma—and wondering how much longer you can hold on?

When you're constantly in fight-or-flight trying to protect or support someone you love, it’s easy to ignore your own breaking point. This episode shines a light on the emotional, physical, and mental toll caregiving can take—especially when substance use or chronic illness is involved—and offers realistic tools to recognize and reverse burnout before it costs you everything.

• Learn how to identify the earliest physical and emotional signs of burnout before they escalate.
• Discover easy, affordable nervous system regulation tools like cold therapy, tapping, and box breathing.
• Hear Carrie Severson’s powerful story of reclaiming her self-worth and sanity during her husband's cancer journey—and how you can do the same.

Press play to learn how to protect your energy, reconnect with your body, and build the inner strength to keep going—even when life doesn’t let up.

🌱 Family Hope Support — Special Offer for Podcast Listeners

Loving someone with a drug or alcohol problem can feel exhausting — the worry, the guilt, the sleepless nights. It wears you down.

Family Hope Support offers one-to-one support sessions grounded in real lived experience. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction.

🎉: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. — use code FAMILYHOPE at checkout.

👉 Claim your discount at familyhopesupport.com and start feeling less alone. You don’t have to do this by yourself.

This podcast provides practical guidance and support for families navigating the challenges of substance abuse disorder, offering insights from addiction recovery experts, family therapy, and support groups like Al-Anon and Family Drug Support, with a focus on understanding how to help and support loved ones dealing with addiction, including heroin addiction, through counselling and treatment options.

DISCLAIMER

Every family is different — if you’re supporting someone through addiction, please make decisions that are right for you, ideally in consultation with qualified professionals and appropriate support networks.

NEW Announcement: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction. familyhopesupport.com

Can you really protect your home and your heart without cutting your loved one off completely?

When chaos takes over the household due to a loved one’s substance use, many families feel forced into an all-or-nothing decision: either tolerate the chaos or kick them out entirely. But these black-and-white choices often do more harm than good—especially when safety and love are both at stake.

• Discover why clear boundaries are a more powerful tool than ultimatums when it comes to managing chaos and staying connected.
• Hear real-life examples of families who found creative solutions that prioritized safety without severing ties.
• Learn why the term “enabling” can be harmful—and what compassionate support actually looks like.

If you're struggling to balance love, safety, and sanity in your home, listen to this episode to explore practical and empowering alternatives to “kick them out” thinking.

🌱 Family Hope Support — Special Offer for Podcast Listeners

Loving someone with a drug or alcohol problem can feel exhausting — the worry, the guilt, the sleepless nights. It wears you down.

Family Hope Support offers one-to-one support sessions grounded in real lived experience. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction.

🎉: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. — use code FAMILYHOPE at checkout.

👉 Claim your discount at familyhopesupport.com and start feeling less alone. You don’t have to do this by yourself.

This podcast provides practical guidance and support for families navigating the challenges of substance abuse disorder, offering insights from addiction recovery experts, family therapy, and support groups like Al-Anon and Family Drug Support, with a focus on understanding how to help and support loved ones dealing with addiction, including heroin addiction, through counselling and treatment options.

DISCLAIMER

Every family is different — if you’re supporting someone through addiction, please make decisions that are right for you, ideally in consultation with qualified professionals and appropriate support networks.

NEW Announcement: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction. familyhopesupport.com

What if the key to helping your loved one with addiction isn’t tough love or blame—but compassion, boundaries, and curiosity?

Families often carry guilt, shame, and confusion when facing a child’s or partner’s substance use. But what if addiction isn’t a direct result of parenting, and there’s a more effective way to approach it? This episode explores how understanding the deeper reasons behind substance use can transform painful cycles of conflict into opportunities for healing and connection.

By listening to this conversation, you will discover:

• Why addiction is not simply caused by parenting, and how releasing guilt can shift family dynamics.
• How shame, fear, and unmet needs fuel substance use—and why curiosity can open the door to safer conversations.
• The difference between acceptance and approval, and how compassion combined with clear boundaries creates conditions for real change.

Press play now to learn how to support your loved one without shame and create a healthier path forward for your whole family.

🌱 Family Hope Support — Special Offer for Podcast Listeners

Loving someone with a drug or alcohol problem can feel exhausting — the worry, the guilt, the sleepless nights. It wears you down.

Family Hope Support offers one-to-one support sessions grounded in real lived experience. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction.

🎉: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. — use code FAMILYHOPE at checkout.

👉 Claim your discount at familyhopesupport.com and start feeling less alone. You don’t have to do this by yourself.

This podcast provides practical guidance and support for families navigating the challenges of substance abuse disorder, offering insights from addiction recovery experts, family therapy, and support groups like Al-Anon and Family Drug Support, with a focus on understanding how to help and support loved ones dealing with addiction, including heroin addiction, through counselling and treatment options.

DISCLAIMER

Every family is different — if you’re supporting someone through addiction, please make decisions that are right for you, ideally in consultation with qualified professionals and appropriate support networks.

NEW Announcement: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction. familyhopesupport.com

Are you torn between kicking your loved one out or letting them stay, unsure which decision will actually help—or harm—them?

When you're living with a child or family member struggling with substance use, it's easy to feel trapped between two painful options. The chaos, emotional exhaustion, and outside pressure can push you toward black-and-white thinking. But what if there’s a third way—one that allows you to protect your home and your heart?

• Learn why the popular "tough love" approach and waiting for "rock bottom" can actually make things worse.
• Discover practical, compassionate middle-path strategies that honor both your boundaries and your connection.
• Understand how self-care can transform your decision-making from reactive and fear-based to grounded and resilient.

If you’re searching for a more hopeful way to support your loved one without losing yourself, press play now and hear real solutions from lived experience.

🌱 Family Hope Support — Special Offer for Podcast Listeners

Loving someone with a drug or alcohol problem can feel exhausting — the worry, the guilt, the sleepless nights. It wears you down.

Family Hope Support offers one-to-one support sessions grounded in real lived experience. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction.

🎉: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. — use code FAMILYHOPE at checkout.

👉 Claim your discount at familyhopesupport.com and start feeling less alone. You don’t have to do this by yourself.

This podcast provides practical guidance and support for families navigating the challenges of substance abuse disorder, offering insights from addiction recovery experts, family therapy, and support groups like Al-Anon and Family Drug Support, with a focus on understanding how to help and support loved ones dealing with addiction, including heroin addiction, through counselling and treatment options.

DISCLAIMER

Every family is different — if you’re supporting someone through addiction, please make decisions that are right for you, ideally in consultation with qualified professionals and appropriate support networks.

NEW Announcement: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction. familyhopesupport.com

When your loved one is struggling with addiction, the idea of setting boundaries can feel impossible. You want to keep your home safe, protect your own well-being, and still hold on to the relationship. This episode helps you understand how boundaries can stop being a constant battle and start becoming a lifeline for your sanity, safety, and connection.

• You’ll learn the difference between boundaries that punish and boundaries that protect.
• You’ll discover how to set limits that come from a place of calm, not anger or ultimatums.
• You’ll gain practical ways to create boundaries you can actually live with—while keeping the relationship with your child alive.

Press play now to learn how to set boundaries that protect your peace, preserve connection, and give you back a sense of control in your family’s recovery journey.

🌱 Family Hope Support — Special Offer for Podcast Listeners

Loving someone with a drug or alcohol problem can feel exhausting — the worry, the guilt, the sleepless nights. It wears you down.

Family Hope Support offers one-to-one support sessions grounded in real lived experience. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction.

🎉: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. — use code FAMILYHOPE at checkout.

👉 Claim your discount at familyhopesupport.com and start feeling less alone. You don’t have to do this by yourself.

This podcast provides practical guidance and support for families navigating the challenges of substance abuse disorder, offering insights from addiction recovery experts, family therapy, and support groups like Al-Anon and Family Drug Support, with a focus on understanding how to help and support loved ones dealing with addiction, including heroin addiction, through counselling and treatment options.

DISCLAIMER

Every family is different — if you’re supporting someone through addiction, please make decisions that are right for you, ideally in consultation with qualified professionals and appropriate support networks.

NEW Announcement: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction. familyhopesupport.com

Are you unknowingly pushing your loved one further away in their recovery journey?

When someone you care about is struggling with substance use, it’s natural to want to “fix” things—but pushing often creates resistance. This episode explores a more effective and compassionate approach: motivational interviewing, a way of connecting that builds trust, respect, and openness while encouraging real change.

• Discover the four essential skills of motivational interviewing—open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summarizing—and how to use them at home.
• Learn how these skills align with Indigenous wisdom to support healing in a natural, culturally respectful way.
• Understand why affirming your loved one’s character, not just their actions, can ignite genuine motivation for recovery.

Listen now to learn practical, relationship-strengthening strategies you can start using today to support your loved one’s recovery with empathy and respect.

Book mentioned on episode: Motivational Interviewing https://www.amazon.com.au/Motivational-Interviewing-Helping-People-Change/dp/146255279X

🌱 Family Hope Support — Special Offer for Podcast Listeners

Loving someone with a drug or alcohol problem can feel exhausting — the worry, the guilt, the sleepless nights. It wears you down.

Family Hope Support offers one-to-one support sessions grounded in real lived experience. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction.

🎉: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. — use code FAMILYHOPE at checkout.

👉 Claim your discount at familyhopesupport.com and start feeling less alone. You don’t have to do this by yourself.

This podcast provides practical guidance and support for families navigating the challenges of substance abuse disorder, offering insights from addiction recovery experts, family therapy, and support groups like Al-Anon and Family Drug Support, with a focus on understanding how to help and support loved ones dealing with addiction, including heroin addiction, through counselling and treatment options.

DISCLAIMER

Every family is different — if you’re supporting someone through addiction, please make decisions that are right for you, ideally in consultation with qualified professionals and appropriate support networks.

NEW Announcement: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction. familyhopesupport.com

Are you running on empty while trying to care for someone you love?

When you’re constantly giving your time, energy, and heart to support someone else, it’s easy to forget that your own wellbeing matters. But just like a car can’t run without fuel, neither can you — and pushing through on fumes only leads to burnout and breakdown.

• Discover why pausing for even a single deep breath can begin to restore your strength.
• Learn simple ways to “top up your tank” in everyday moments without guilt.
• Understand how caring for yourself actually helps you love others more fully.

Press play now to find out how to refill your own tank so you can keep showing up with strength, clarity, and compassion when it matters most.

🌱 Family Hope Support — Special Offer for Podcast Listeners

Loving someone with a drug or alcohol problem can feel exhausting — the worry, the guilt, the sleepless nights. It wears you down.

Family Hope Support offers one-to-one support sessions grounded in real lived experience. Finally get the care & help you need to navigate a loved one's addiction.

🎉: Family Support Listeners Get 30% off every one-to-one support session with Paul King. — use code FAMILYHOPE at checkout.

👉 Claim your discount at familyhopesupport.com and start feeling less alone. You don’t have to do this by yourself.

This podcast provides practical guidance and support for families navigating the challenges of substance abuse disorder, offering insights from addiction recovery experts, family therapy, and support groups like Al-Anon and Family Drug Support, with a focus on understanding how to help and support loved ones dealing with addiction, including heroin addiction, through counselling and treatment options.

DISCLAIMER

Every family is different — if you’re supporting someone through addiction, please make decisions that are right for you, ideally in consultation with qualified professionals and appropriate support networks.