Hosted by Dominique Dajer · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 25 episodes
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For siblings and families navigating a loved one's addiction or substance use. For Love of Recovery features real sibling stories, mental health professionals, and recovery advocates helping you support a loved one without losing yourself. Host Dominique Dajer shares her own journey supporting her brother through addiction and recovery, and the lessons learned about boundaries, letting go, and what it really means to love someone through it.Topics: sibling addiction, family roles, enabling, harm reduction, boundaries, recovery, parentification, and generational trauma.New episode monthly
Dominique Dajer hosts For Love of Recovery, a health show with 25 episodes published.
When someone you love is struggling with addiction, it's easy to feel like you only have two options: fix it or walk away. But there's a third path—and it starts with understanding that while you can't force recovery, yo
When one child is struggling with addiction, the fear and focus can consume everything — but what happens to the other kids in the house, the siblings who are angry, the ones who seem fine but aren't? In this episode, Ka
Is Al-Anon and 12-Step the best approach for families navigating their loved one’s addiction? The pressure to issue ultimatums or cut them off entirely can feel like the only path forward. But what if the advice you've b
This episode is for anyone navigating a sibling's addiction, early sobriety, or the complicated road of family recovery. A year ago, I wasn't sure where my brother Justin would be today — or if he'd make it to his 21st b
Addiction is hard. But the stories we tell about it can make it even harder. When someone you love is struggling with substance use, the questions feel endless: Do they deserve my love right now? Am I enabling them? Shou
If your sibling is sober, or you’ve finally put those boundaries up, but you still feel on edge, you’re not alone. Many siblings experience lingering anxiety after addiction—even when life finally feels calm. The chaos m
What does it mean to grieve a parent who is still alive—but was never able to show up the way you needed? In this episode, Marci Hopkins shares how childhood abuse, emotional neglect, and a parent’s addiction quietly sha
What if everything you’ve been taught about recovery is wrong? What if the thing your family fears —medication—might actually be the one thing that could help save your loved one’s life? You might recognize names like me
“How’s your brother? How are your parents?” Sound familiar? If you’ve ever felt like people are quick to ask about the loved one struggling with substance use—but rarely ask how you’re doing—you’re not alone. Or maybe th
“How’s your brother?" "How are your parents?” Sound familiar? If you’ve ever felt like people are quick to ask about your loved one struggling with substance use—but rarely ask how you’re doing—you’re not alone. Or maybe
What does it really mean to love someone through addiction — and how do we move beyond the idea that rehab is the only way forward? The answer is rarely simple. We want to show up, to help, to protect — but sometimes our
What happens to the child who’s always told to “be good” while all the attention goes to their sibling? They grow up invisible. They become the Glass Child. In the third and final episode of our Parentification Series, I
What if the version of you that kept your family functioning — the fixer, the peacemaker, the one who never asked for anything — isn't the version you want to be anymore? Psychotherapist Kate Nichols joins Dominique to u
If you were the kid who held it all together—the one who comforted your parent, kept your sibling safe, made things feel normal when they absolutely weren’t—this episode is for you. In the first episode of our Parentific
Brock Bevell spent years as an undercover cop — then became the person he used to arrest. After a career-ending injury led to opioid addiction, he lost everything before finding his way to recovery. In this episode, Broc
You've probably heard the myths: that offering housing, food, or money to someone struggling with addiction just “enables” them. That people using suboxone or methadone aren’t ready to make a “real change.” But what if t
I used to think stepping up for my brother meant taking control — managing his choices, absorbing his consequences, and being available every time things fell apart. What I didn't realize was that playing "mom" wasn't pr
When someone "gets sober" or begins their recovery journey, we want to believe everything will fall back into place. But the truth? Recovery is M E S S Y. Relationships don’t magically heal overnight. Trust isn’t instant
Sibling estrangement can create grief like no other, especially when addiction is part of the equation. In this episode, Fern Schumer Chapman, journalist and author of Brothers, Sisters, Strangers and The Sibling Estrang
Feeling torn between “tough love” and showing support? What if the answer is not choosing between helping or detaching, but finding a balance? In this episode, Molly Sinclair, takes us through her journey of navigating h
Joseph Green
MBA · LMSvoice
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Marci Hopkins
TV personality, recovery advocate, author
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Whitney Goodman
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