Joy Amid The Sorrow

Published: Feb. 11, 2022, 8 a.m.

In this podcast, we discuss how authentic joy has been destroyed by addiction in the home, and what the person who cares for an addict or alcoholic can do to recover their sanity and discover the joy that comes with it.

We learn that:

  1. Living with an alcoholic or addict will suck all the oxygen and joy out of your life no matter how hard you try to get it back.
  2. You discover at some point, perhaps by the suggestion of a friend or professional counsellor, that you are as powerless over the disease of addiction or alcoholism as is your loved one.
  3. That's where you learn - I hope in an Al-Anon meeting - that you are not alone, that there are thousands of people, mostly women, facing the very same challenges as are you.
  4. You will learn to change your thinking and attitude and see your loved one as a sick person just as deserving of love as you are. You will learn the art of a loving detachment from his disease. You will finally find the joy you deserve, even amid sorrow.