In this week’s Safe Home Podcast, Beth talks with Tracy Struckman, an Indiana-based recovery coach who has 8 years of recovery from a destructive heroin addiction. She now helps others who are struggling with addiction to find long-term recovery. She is just completing her licensure to become a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and she does online consulting and workshops for people who struggle with addiction as well as their families.
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TIME STAMPS:
1:35 Tracy’s childhood and adolescence and background of her heroin addiction
3:35 The addiction process - alcohol→marijuana→then heroin
5:41 Fentanyl’s dangers and access to Narcan to prevent overdose deaths
10:19 Addiction as a symptom of an underlying problem
13:32 Tracy’s rock bottom
14:57 A chance of rehabilitation in the criminal justice system?
16:23 What happened to cause Tracy to become sober
19:00 Tracy’s parenting and Tracy’s parents
25:10 What Tracy wishes would have happened differently when she was a teen
27:30 What is a Recovery Coach?
31:23 How parents can shift their focus off their kids and onto themselves
33:27 How is Recovery Coaching structured logistically?
36:22 Parents, don’t blame yourself!
