Welcome to 2024! If you're listening to this, you may have a child in recovery, in the chaos of substance use, or you are engaged with a Treatment professional to help your child. Here are Resources for you, as a Parent, to continue your own growth which is the best thing you can do as you support your child's journey through addiction.

Resources
4:10 - Local Al Anon Groups & Meetings
5:00 - Social Media Challenges: the mistake of perceiving your children as a Family Asset instead of an individual, the easy route of comparing your Family to the "perfect Families" portrayed on Social Media.
7:00 - Understanding the dysfunction we as Parents bring to the Family system.
7:40 - A commitment to doing your own work to understand yourself and avoid the Blind Spots of self-awareness.
8:25 - The value an Al-Anon Group can offer specific to treatment resources
9:20 - How to understand what a Treatment Center's focus is on and determining if that program is good for your child.
10:00 - Books and Podcasts, Evoke Therapy, Hopestream, Buddy C Tao of our Understanding, and the references available on my 'Educational Resources page on the Siblinghood of Recovery site.
10:515 - Networking with Other Parents who are in the same position, i.e., have a child in treatment or is working through a child with substance use disorder.

12:00 - Resources Recap
1) Go to 12 Step Meetings
2) Network at 12 Step Meetings
3) Manage Social Media seeking to filter healthy input into your brain
4) Separate your Self from your Child
5) Understand the Dysfunction You are bringing to the Family System
6) Stop thinking Other Families are Perfect (now!)
7) Commit to dealing and healing your own dysfunction
8) Vet any Therapist you plan to engage with for your Child
9) Research Treatment Centers to ensure it is a fit for your Child
10) Books (read) and Podcasts (listen) can further educate you for your Journey
11) Get a Lifeline, someone you can call, when you are freaking out to help talk you out of your Anxiety tree

Thank you for listening and please visit www.siblinghoodofrecovery.com for free resources, links to organizations, groups and individuals who can offer help in the Journey of Recovery towards healing from substance use disorders. If you like this Podcast, please leave a rating on wherever you're listening. It will help to get the word out.

If there is one message I can leave you with, the best you can offer your loved one battling addiction is love and a healthier you.

Walk gently, my friend.