How Do We Help People with Addiction? (Stephanie Wittels Wachs)

How Do We Help People with Addiction? (Stephanie Wittels Wachs)

From Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen by Elise Loehnen

August 27, 2026 · 54 min · Episode 310

About this episode

Elise Loehnen interviews Stephanie Wittels Wachs about addiction and the resources available to help those affected.

“ I think these resources are good because it gives you the language and the tools to do something that doesn’t necessarily feel right,” says Stephanie Wittels Wachs, author of Last Day. Steph also hosts a podcast by the same name and is the cofounder and CEO of Lemonada Media (the podcast network I’ve been with for the last year or so). I’m so grateful to Steph for sharing a more nuanced and compassionate perspective on addiction, and for creating a vital guide for living with addiction, for connecting with loved ones who have this disease, for saving more lives—and for evolving our culture more broadly, which is so needed. Also for the warmth and humor with which Steph does this all! I’ve covered addiction a lot on Pulling the Thread, so I’m compiling all the resources (including Steph’s book) in the show notes on my site: eliseloehnen.com. Get 50% off Monarch, the all-in-one financial tool, at monarch.com with code THREAD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Host: Elise Loehnen

Guest: Stephanie Wittels Wachs

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Organizations: Lemonada Media

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Books & works: Last Day

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