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Ep204 – Love, Loss & Forgiveness with Bhavini

  • August 14, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Death, Family, Forgiveness, Guilt, Marriage, Mental Health, Pain

It’s the story of a romantic courtship and the rekindling of a spark felt when they were in their youth. Bhavini loved him and wanted so badly for it to work that she ignored the…

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Ep201 – Alcoholic Parenting: Teaching Dishonesty, Fear & Hatred

  • July 24, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Kids, Teens

Ep200 was Cathryn’s story. Sheri’s and Matt’s insightful and intelligent daughter shared her experiences of growing up with high-functioning alcoholism, and she revealed things on that episode that shocked Matt and confirmed Sheri’s sadness. On…

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Ep200 – Our Daughter, Cathryn

  • July 17, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Kids, Suicide, Teens

What better way to honor our bicentennial episode than with the most special guest in the history of the podcast, Sheri’s and Matt’s daughter. Cathryn describes in painful detail what it is like to grow…

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Ep194 – Vacation Anxiety and Trauma

  • June 5, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Gaslighting, Kids, Marriage, Recovery, Sobriety, Trauma, Vacation

The bathing suits, blue ocean waves and smiling faces posted to social media don’t tell the true story of vacations for families experiencing alcohol addiction or early sobriety. The truth behind the strained smiles is…

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Ep181 – Put the Shovel Down with Amber Hollingsworth

  • March 6, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Family, Intimacy, Marriage, Recovery

She is an addiction counselor who values the role of the family in the addiction recovery process. She shares a wealth of resources on her Hope for Families website. But many of our listeners know…

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Ep178 – The Parents Alcoholism (and Recovery) Made Us

  • February 13, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Kids, No Judgement, Recovery, Teens

Sheri and Matt are eager to break some of the generational patterns that resulted in underlying causes of addiction for Matt. In this episode, the couple talks about the habits, instinctual reactions and mannerisms that…

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Ep177 – Writing the Trauma Out with Liz

  • February 6, 2023
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Family, Kids, Marriage, Recovery

When she found her husband drinking alcohol with their underage kids, the scene triggered an unexpectedly life-changing response. At first, Liz thought it was the last straw. After writing and processing, she realized the present-day…

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Ep170 – Generational Trauma: Breaking the Cycle

  • December 19, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Family, Holidays, Kids, Mental Health, Teens

Sheri and Matt knew they would hand down important lessons about faith and work ethic and loyalty and love of family to their kids. What they didn’t initially know was that they would also hand…

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Ep164 – Communication Mistakes with Our Kids and Why We Keep Trying

  • November 7, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Communication, Family, Kids, Recovery, Teens

At the heart of all relationship struggles we will find communication challenges. On this episode, Sheri and Matt recall all the communication mistakes they have made with their kids. Some of it was a direct…

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Ep151 – New Hope after Death with Suzy Jahn

  • August 8, 2022
  • Tagged as: Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Death, Family, Health, Marriage, Recovery

The official cause of death was, “Complications of chronic ethanolism.” We all knew Suzy’s husband Matt was struggling and relapsing, but no one is ever really ready for death by alcohol. Suzy Jahn joins Sheri…

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