Do you spend a lot of time thinking about the worst case scenario in your marriage? I sure did. In this episode we will talk about some of the worst case scenarios that hold us hostage. I'll also discuss... What if it doesn’t happen? What if it does happen? And what if you just stay in a holding pattern for an extended period of time? --------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
My guest for this episode is Tanya Gioia, a Family Recovery Coach and host of the 'Sober on Purpose' podcast. Tanya and I discuss financial infidelity, which is something that affects most marriages where addiction is involved due to the addict's continual need for substances. We'll outline exactly what financial infidelity is, how it shows up, what to do if it is happening in your relationship, and how to protect yourself going forward. We also discuss not one but TWO awesome opportunities for you to get lots of *free* help during the month of October through events that Tanya and I are hosting. You don't want to miss this one! --------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
In this episode I am speaking with one of my Secret Sisters Circle members about her journey as the wife of an alcoholic. I think you will find SO many relatable shares in this episode. I hope it encourages you and helps you feel less alone, knowing that others can relate to *so* many of the things that you are going through. If you'd like to join us in the Secret Sisters Circle (or just learn more about it) just head to marriedtoaddiction.com/secret-sisters-membership --------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
Are you unknowingly setting yourself up for more pain, heartache and frustration as the wife of an alcoholic? Sometimes along this journey we end up inadvertently doing things that actually make it even harder for us. In this episode I will share with you three things you might be doing to set yourself up, and we will talk about how they might be harming you. If you are currently doing any of these things please know that you are not alone! I did literally all of them when my husband was deep in addiction. But my hope with this episode is that it will shed some light for you and spare you some additional heartache going forward. --------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
Sure wish I could've found someone to give me a dollar every time I said that back when my husband was deep in addiction! I would be rolling in the dough. It seemed so obvious to me back then. Most of my problems stemmed from my husband's drinking. Therefore if he stopped drinking so would my problems. In this episode we will talk about the BIG problem with this way of thinking. I'll also give you some important shifts you can make towards a mindset that will serve you much better. --------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
Obviously we focus mostly on alcoholism here on the podcast because that is the type of addiction that I walked through personally with my husband. But what about other types of addiction? How do they differ and how are they the same? Is there anything that we as wives need to do differently depending on what our husband is addicted to? We'll talk about all of that in this episode. --------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
Triggers. As wives of alcoholics we experience them daily. Sometimes even multiple times a day. They affect us to or core: emotionally, mentally, and many times even physically. (Ever felt sick to your stomach when you realize your husband has been drinking?) They also affect what we *do*. And sometimes we do things that are not in our best interest because of our triggers. So in this episode I will give you some best practices for dealing with your triggers. This is important guidance for every wife of an alcoholic. --------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
Staying stuck in the negativity of being married to an alcoholic is a place where most wives stay, at least for a while. I mean, it's understandable....this is a really hard thing to go through. And it's hard not to find yourself drowning in the difficulty of it all. Problem is that when we stay there it *poisons* us. And the longer you stay there the worse it gets. But HOW can we not stay stuck in negativity when most everything in our lives feels negative due to our husband's drinking. I'll offer you some tips on how to do just that in this episode. --------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
Let's talk about silence. When is it good? When is it bad? And how can we know the difference? In this episode I'll talk about the value...and danger...of intentionally using silence in your relationship with your alcoholic husband. -------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
It can feel like the last thing we are concerned about as the wife of an alcoholic....caring for ourselves. We are usually so caught up in our husband's life that we feel like we just *don't* have the time or energy to worry about us. But as a result we fall deeper and deeper into a pit of neglect, ending up a shell of our former selves. And when you add that to all of the emotional trauma we are experiencing in our day-to-day lives it is truly a recipe for disaster. In this episode we will talk about what 'making yourself a priority' means, what it *is* and what it *isn't*, and I'll give you three simple steps to get you started. -------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
Hope. It feels like all we have sometimes as wives of alcoholics. And sometimes we don't even have that. In this episode I will share a shift that you need to make where hope is concerned. And it's a *really* important one. ------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
That 'stuck' feeling is the worst, isn't it? You're not happy where you are, but you don't feel like you can do anything about it. But what if I told you that's not the case? In this episode I'll talk about why we feel stuck, where those feeling really come from, and exactly what you can do about it. Also....please plan to join me for my upcoming FREE online event called 'How to Get Off of the Addiction Rollercoaster' beginning April 8th, 2024! You can save your seat right here: Register for free ------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
Does your head feel really loud right now? Does it seem that the more you look for answers the more confused you get? In this episode I will talk about how our search for clarity as wives of alcoholics can actually make us more confused instead. I'll also give you some direction on a different way to approach things that will likely feel SO much better than what you have been doing. ------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
Should you just 'wait it out' in your marriage if you don't feel like you have clear direction from God? Not always. In this episode I talk about five different scenarios in which you should strongly consider a change. In these cases there is too much at stake, so it is probably best to make a change first, and then wait for divine direction from there. ------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
In this third part of our three-part series on how we have to navigate our way through this a bit differently as Christian wives of alcoholics we are talking about the shame and isolation that can make its way into our lives. We can begin to feel like we have nowhere to turn, and that we can't even talk to anyone at our church in a lot of cases, which keeps us in hiding. Because of this we often feel like there is no support system for us as Christian wives of alcoholics. So please tune in as I discuss how this plays out, and what we can do about it. ------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
This is the second episode in a three-part series about how this journey as the wife of an alcoholic is different for us as women of faith. In this episode I talk about how we can encounter some confusion around our faith. I'll also discuss the other types of difficult feelings we can come up against where our faith is concerned, and what to do with those feelings. This is an important one. Please tune in. ------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
This episode begins a three-part series on navigating your husband's addiction as a Christian wife. I feel that we come up against some additional challenges when we are in this position as a woman of faith, and I think it's important to talk about those challenges. In this episode I will discuss balancing forgiveness and empathy with boundaries. This can be a tricky line to walk, so I hope this episode sheds some helpful light on the subject for you. ------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer, including free resources, please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
Oh, the holidays. They can seem pretty lackluster as the wife of an alcoholic. For some of us they are the most difficult time of the whole year. And for many of us, no one even knows what we are going through which can make it all seem that much harder. So first of all....I SEE YOU. I know firsthand how hard this time of year can be. But I also want you to know that the holiday season doesn't have to be just another casualty of your husband's addiction. There are ways to make it feel a lot easier. Trust me when I say that you can still experience peace, and even joy, this season. Even now, in the midst of what you're going through. In this episode we will talk about how to do just that. ------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer, including free resources, please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
You hear it on airplanes all the time: 'Put your mask on first'. But what does that mean for us as as the wife of an alcoholic? In this episode we talk about why 'putting our mask on first' is so important, how it can help us and those around us, and ways you can start. If you don't feel like you can breathe right now then please listen to this episode. ------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer, including free resources, please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.
So your husband has decided to attempt sobriety. You thought you'd be blissfully happy when this time came, but are instead finding parts of it challenging, or even annoying. In this episode we will talk about things we need to keep in mind if our husband is trying to stop drinking. It's important for every wife to give this one a listen, even if your husband isn't currently at this point. ------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: This podcast is pre-recorded, so not all offers mentioned/listed will be currently available. 👉🏻For a current list of everything that Married to Addiction has to offer, including free resources, please click here to visit the MTA 'Everything Page'. 💗To get my Boundaries Mini Course click right here. 💗To join the Secret Sisters Circle (my group for Christian wives of alcoholics) click right here. 💗To get my 30 day online on-demand program click right here.