When Your Loved One is an Alcoholic or Addict

About this episode

This episode discusses how to support loved ones in recovery from addiction while maintaining personal boundaries and faith.

When someone you love is in recovery, the pressure can feel overwhelming. You want to say and do the right thing, hoping to prevent a setback, yet beneath that is a quiet fear that you might make things worse. In this episode, Carol talks with Caroline Beidler, author of When You Love Someone in Recovery , about how to walk alongside someone without losing yourself, addressing the tension many families feel between wanting to help and fearing they might hurt. Caroline reframes a powerful truth: God never asked you to control someone else’s healing. He invites you to love faithfully, set wise boundaries, and trust Him with what you cannot control. If you’ve been carrying guilt or living with ongoing fear, this conversation brings clarity on support versus enabling—and the freedom to love without trying to control the outcome. Resource discussed: When You Love Someone in Recovery: A Hopeful Guide to Understanding Addiction by Caroline Beidler Connect with Caroline Beidler: On her website On Instagram On Facebook Follow her writing on Amazon Find Carol McCracken: On her website  On Facebook On Instagram Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and…

People in this episode

Host: Carol

Guest: Caroline Beidler

Topics covered

• addiction
• recovery
• support
• boundaries
• faith

Keywords

• alcoholism
• addiction
• support
• enabling
• faith
• boundaries
• recovery

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: When You Love Someone in Recovery

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