E503 How Addiction Affects the Whole Family | Substance Use Prevention Month

Dr. Jennifer Baker, president and founder of Good Dads, talks about addiction and how it can affect the WHOLE family (not just the person struggling with dependency). October is Substance Abuse Prevention Month, and we'll be talking about addiction all this month with different guests. Show Notes "Today, we are going to introduce this topic of the month [addiction] by talking about the impact on families." (1:00) "What will happen is a lot of people with justify the degree of their life matched with the degree of their alcoholism and there really is no degree, you're either an alcoholic or you're not." (7:04) "It doesn't discriminate on sex, age, your career, how much money you make, it doesn't discriminate at all. And that's with drug and alcohol addiction." (8:14) "Their behavior is unpredictable." (15:18) [Family dynamics] "The family hero is the one that distracts from their parents drinking, by their exceptionally responsible and high performing behavior. The second one though, who's going to compete with that?... So this kid is often the rebel." (22:28) Resources: Sign up for our newsletter and never miss a podcast! The Good Dads blog gooddads.com