Red Roof Recovery show

S2E7: Forgiving Deception

S2E7:  Deception.  It's something that family members of those who are challenged with mental health disorders like addiction come to accept.  People who are suffering with SUD (substance use disorder) lie about their addictions.  The lies contribute to the guilt and shame that we carry into our recovery.
On a previous episode, my husband shared his feelings about what it was like to live with the deception from someone he loved while, at the same time, watching me slowly kill myself every day with drug and alcohol addictions.
On this episode, he poses a few questions that he hoped would help him understand the thought process of someone with destructive addictive behaviours.

S2E6: Addiction & Our Loved Ones

S2E6:  How does addiction affect our loved ones?
Tanya talks to her husband of 30 years about what it was like for him to watch her slowly killing herself everyday with her addictions to alcohol and other drugs.
 

S2E5: How to You Help Someone with Addictions?

S2E5:  Tanya's husband of 30 years shares how her addictions to drugs and alcohol affected his life and their relationship.  Lance becomes emotional when he explains why he had to make a decision to stop trying to help.

S2E4: Stoicism and Mentorship

S2E4:  Mentorship and stoicism are the topics on this episode of the Red Roof Recovery show.

S2E3: REBT from Dr. Walter Matweychuk

S2E3:  REBT is a distinct form of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT).  Dr. Walter Matweychuk is a specialist in REBT (rational emotive behaviour therapy), and shares his insights on this problem-focused therapy that can be applied effectively to mental health disorders like addictions.

S2E2: What is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy?

S2E2:  Tanya is a big proponent of Rational Emotive and other Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (thinking therapies), which she credits with helping her remain free from addictions. 

S2E1: Four Keys to Access our Higher Consciousness

S2E1:  Special guest, Tammy Bannon, is an NLP specialist who joins us to talk about the four keys to access our Higher Consciousness.

S1E12: How to Deal with Negative Emotions

S1E12:  Depressed?  Feeling anxious, hopeless, frustrated?
Each episode covers topics and solutions on a variety of mental health disorders, including addictions.

S1E11: Depression & Addiction

S1E11:  How is addiction connected with depression?  On this episode, Tanya describes how she self medicated her depression with alcohol and other drugs until "getting" SMART (Self-Management And Recovery Training).
Learning how to overcome and manage mental health disorders, including addictions, anxiety, and depression are topics on every episode of Red Roof Recovery.

S1E10: Best Therapies

S1E10:  The Red Roof Recovery show that covers topics on a variety of "tools" of recovery that are evidence based and focused around self empowerment with things like CBT, REBT, DBT, mindfulness, and lots of positive reinforcement.