Episode 37 - Interview with Kevin Petersen, Founder of the Chronic Hope Institute

In this Episode I interview Kevin Petersen, Founder of the Chronic Hope Institute,  and author of Chronic Hope: Parenting the Addicted Child and Chronic Hope: Families & Addiction, both providing an integrated, holistic approach to healing families in crisis due to addiction and codependency.

Kevin established The Chronic Hope Institute in 2020 with a mission to increase education on addiction and its impact on the family system. Today I share Kevin's knowledge and insight in to how Families can begin a planned approach to healing the crisis and chaos that comes with addiction.

1:30 - ACA, Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families
2:15 - Chronic Hope Institute home page
3:45 - Books Kevin has published, see links above
4:30 - How parents contribute to the chaos surrounding a child's addiction challenges
5:00 - Kevin's three-phased process when introducing Parents to the Family System
5:30 - Phase 1: putting the fire out
6:00 - "Fixing your kid" involves you, no doubt
6:30 - Coaching during the Boundary setting process
7:15 - Boundaries during the tenuous year(s) of 17 and 18
8:30 - How Kevin's Institute helps Parents while their child is in Treatment before, during and after
10:15 - Phase 2: now it's time for the Family System to start healing
11:40 - Healing addiction is similar to a company investing in a Consultant to change a failed system
13:00 - Group buy-ins to fix the system
14:00 - Healthy Families and Kevin's upcoming t-shirt(s)! Love this...
14:45 - Juggling work, community, insurance, treatment
15:00 - Okay... had to let my Boxer in the room, as he is Co-Dependent (Vet diagnosed)
15:45 - Who is really in to address the system?
18:15 - Knowing who is going to do the work: Family of Origin Trauma
19:00 - Acknowledging the role in the Family System: the RESPONSE to addiction
20:15 - Why is the resistance to healing the Family System so strong some times?
21:00 - Moms and enmeshment
21:20 - You're only as happy as your happiest kid
21:30 - CoDependents Anonymous (the "go to CoDa right now" comment)
22:30 - Balancing helping, loving, and co-dependency
23:15 - It truly DOES depend on what the addiction is on, the difference between alcoholism verses opioid addiction
24:05 - When to call Kevin and organizations like the Chronic Institute of Hope: the Family will start a Plan
25:10 - Phase 3: now we talk about how YOU, Parent, have contributed (and this may take a long time)
25:45 - Family Relapsing: how the Family fears can contribute to a Family System Relapse
27:00 - How CoDependency and Family of Origin health and healing can be much more complicated than sobriety
28:05 - The difference between Manipulation and Control and Help
29:05 - Boundaries at different ages
29:30 - Slipping into older patterns of dysfunction
30:00 - Kevin's contacts, resources, and how you

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.