22: Seeing through the wreckage of addiction with Dr. Louise Stanger
“I firmly believe that unless the family begins to change, there will be no change”
Despite growing up within a family beset with mental illness, Dr. Louise Stanger is an accomplished individual in the recovery field. She is an author, a speaker, a professor, mother, grandmother, widow and above all these roles she is a licensed clinician.
In this episode Dr. Louise Stanger speaks of her passion for the family; not just her family but for all families and their role in the process of recovery. Here you will get a preview of her 12 step solution, her beliefs about addiction and all about reattaching neuro texts from addiction to health and wellness.
Highlights:
01:08 Meet Louise
04:43 The 12 step solution
10:00 Shifting the attention to the family’s part in addiction
18:33 The power of speaking from the heart
30:00 Letting go of someone who can’t help
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In this episode, @louisestanger1 Dr. Louise Stanger talks with Jeff about how the whole family has a part in the recovery process of an addicted loved one.
Connect With Louise
Website: https://www.allaboutinterventions.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlouisestanger/
Facebook: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlouisestanger/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wzyofweho/
Twitter: @louisestanger1
Telephone:(619) 507-1699
Quotes:
“Family has always been my passion, and I think you get passion also by virtue of who you are and how you were brought up”
“Seeing how families can be ravaged or held hostage by mental health, substance abuse, chronic pain and other maladies led me to my passion for working with families and helping them rewrite their stories”
“More part of the solution and less attached to the problem”
“I firmly believe that unless the family begins to change, there will be no change”
“Addiction can be an attachment disorder, it changes our brain chemistry…changes how we relate to people, places, things, thoughts, feelings and actions…part of getting treatment, is helping those neuro texts reattach to health and wellness”
“That wreckage is a gift so they can get help”
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Transcriptions
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