Episode 57 - Tracy, a Recovery Mom: Lessons Learned, Resources shared and the Gift her Daughter's Recovery brought to the Family Artwork

Siblinghood of Recovery

When I found out my son was deep in the throes of Substance Use Disorder (SUD), chaos became the norm. As each step became more challenging, the information on SUDs, treatment, healing, and basically everything that comes with an SUD Family crisis, became overwhelming. Inundated with so much information, I felt like I had crossed space and time and landed in a new world. I actually had: I had entered the world of Recovery. My goal through this Podcast is to condense what I learned into small increments, and provide anyone willing to listen a message of hope. The world of Recovery is filled with parents, children, and family members who walk together. We share what we learn, listen with heart, and provide a community of support. We are a Siblinghood of Recovery.

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Episode 57 - Tracy, a Recovery Mom: Lessons Learned, Resources shared and the Gift her Daughter's Recovery brought to the Family

February 19, 2024

Welcome to a Mom's Recovery Journey. Tracy offers a rich perspective on how Wilderness Treatment not only changed her daughter's life but positively impacted the entire Family System. The goal, as always, is to share experience, resources, and connection. We hope you'll find information here to help your own Recovery Journey.

1:40 - Tracy's Journey: the Pandemic's impact on her daughter's anxiety, depression, and safety.
3:30 - What Tracy would say to her 2020-self.
4:45 - Decision making with and without fear.
6:30 - Researching Residential Treatment Center (RTC): how to utilize communities, parents, interviewing the RTC Therapist, and creating your own foundation of personal support.
7:30 - How Al Anon and AA Meetings can heal the Family System.
10:10 - How an Educational Consultant can facilitate RTC engagement.
12:30 - Tracy's experience with the Oasis Treatment Center in Utah and Transport Companies.
15:00 - RTC research: go deeper than the reviews.
16:00 - What RTC's can teach parents about Self-Regulation and Self-Care.
20:00 - Discovering how what we lack impacts our children.
22:00 - How our children become a mirror and we can't just "fix" the mirror(see Episode 36 with Kevin Johnson).
23:30 - The shift from chaos to healing for Tracy's Family at Open Sky Wilderness.
25:00 - The Family Quest experience.
28:00 - Regulation in the Treatment Center industry.
29:15 - Wilderness Treatment Center costs, insurance, Scholarships like Sky's the Limit Fund, and negotiating the daily rate.
30:15 - Preventative Care cost vs RTC costs.
32:30 - Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families The Loving Parent Guidebook and how this can break down Family System dysfunction.
33:15 - How Therapy is becoming more common, even with the NFL recommending BetterHelp .
35:30 - Tracy's recommended resources, Brad Reedy's Finding You Podcast, and books, The Audacity to be You and The Journey of the Heroic Parent. Krissy Pozatek's The Parallel Process. Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.'s book Parenting from the Inside Out. Tim R. Thayne PhD.'s book Not by Chance.

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.

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Angie Reno

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