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Stop Trying to Fix Your Addicted Loved One—Do This Instead

Send us Fan Mail What if the key to helping your addicted loved one isn’t doing more—but learning when to stop pushing, fixing, and rescuing? In this episode, Jason ans

Your Story Isn’t Boring. You’re Just Telling It Wrong. (Here's How)

Send us Fan Mail Why do some stories move people—and others make their eyes glaze over? For years, Jason Coombs thought the problem was his story. Maybe it wasn’t inte

What I Wish Someone Told Me Before My First 4 Rehabs

Send us Fan Mail Getting sober is important. But what if getting sober isn’t actually the goal? In this episode, Jason Coombs shares what he believes was missing durin

Stop Trying to Convince Them to Change… Do This Instead

Send us Fan Mail How do you help someone change when they don’t believe they need to? In this episode of Brick House, Jason breaks down the connection between the Stage

The Biggest Mistake Families Make When Their Addicted Loved One Won’t Change

Send us Fan Mail If you love someone struggling with addiction, you've probably wrestled with this question: How do I stay loving and supportive without rescuing t

Your Loved One Won’t Get Help. Here’s What You Can Do.

Send us Fan Mail What do you do when your loved one desperately needs help—but refuses to admit there’s a problem? In this Q&A episode, Jason Coombs tackles some of the

How to Get Your Life Back by Stopping the Fight Against Your Loved One’s Addiction

Send us Fan Mail “I should have caught it sooner.” For parents and spouses of an addicted loved one, that thought can create years of guilt, shame, hypervigilance, and

Every Text Feels Like a Relapse: How Addiction Traps Families in Constant Fear

Send us Fan Mail When you love someone struggling with addiction, every buzz, missed call, and stretch of silence can feel like a possible emergency. Before long, your

What to Do When Someone You Love Relapses: Don’t Make These 5 Mistakes

Send us Fan Mail Your loved one relapsed. Now what? For many families, relapse immediately triggers panic, anger, lectures, threats, silent treatment, or another round

This One Recovery Principle Changed My Education, Finances, and Entire Life

Send us Fan Mail What does a spiritual awakening actually look like? For most people, it isn’t dramatic. It may be a Tuesday afternoon when you suddenly realize you hav

The 12-Step Framework for Families Who Feel Stuck

Send us Fan Mail What if your loved one doesn’t change right away? What if they’re still struggling, still making choices you don’t understand, and still leaving you wo

The One Question That Can Repair Broken Trust

Send us Fan Mail What if the words “I’m sorry” are not enough? In this episode of Brick House, Jason Coombs walks through one of the most powerful parts of recovery: ma

Amends Are Not Apologies: Finding Real Repair After Addiction

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Brick House Podcast, Jason Coombs shares a powerful conversation from just outside Yellowstone, beginning with a personal story a

The Question That Could Change Everything With Your Addicted Loved One

Send us Fan Mail When you love someone struggling with addiction, even a simple conversation can feel like walking into a courtroom, a battlefield, or a trap. You want

If Recovery Feels Impossible, Listen to This Before You Give Up

Send us Fan Mail What if the biggest mistake families make in addiction recovery is focusing on the wrong mountain? In this episode, Jason shares a deeply personal refl

Masterclass: You Can Be the Rescuer, the Persecutor, and the Victim All Before Lunch. Here's How to Stop.

Send us Fan Mail If you have an addicted loved one and you have been holding everything together for longer than you can remember, this is the episode where it starts to

You're Helping Them Recover. But You're Slowly Suffocating.

Send us Fan Mail You're still functioning. You're answering the crisis calls, researching treatment centers, watching for signs, holding the family together. B

Put On Your Oxygen Mask First The Step Every Exhausted Family Forgets

Send us Fan Mail EPISODE 57 -DESCRIPTION  Two commercial pilots had a checklist for a cabin pressure problem. They followed every step except one. The plane crashed and

The Insider Confession: What Addiction Was Really Doing While You Were Rescuing

Send us Fan Mail If you’re the mom, dad, or spouse who has become the detective, the cleanup crew, and the emotional first responder, this one is for you. In this solo e

Ibogaine for Addiction? Here’s Why I’m Saying No (For Now)

Send us Fan Mail Everyone is talking about ibogaine like it’s the cure for addiction. I’m telling you why I’m saying no. You’ve probably heard the buzz. A “breakthrou