Episode 57: The addicted teenager and their families - Part 1

Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: Parenting Teens Into Adulthood

Kenneth Wilgus, PhD, P.C.

Christian Parenting, Christianity, Teens, Education, Teenagers, Kids, Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality, Adolescents, How To, Parenting Teens, Parents

4.9 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Drug and alcohol addicted teenagers can drag a whole family into a never ending spiral. How can families avoid patterns of addiction in teenagers? How can we help friends or family struggling with their teen's addiction? In this episode we discuss types of addictions, what is enabling, how addicted teens affect their parents' marriage and much more. Got questions or feedback? We want to hear from you! [email protected] Join us on Patreon for bonus content and more: https://www.patreon.com/FeedingTheMouthThatBitesYou

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0:00.0	You are listening to Feeding the Mouth That Bight You with Ashley Parrish and Jessica Pfeiffer.
0:05.6	A weekly podcast guide on parenting teens and launching them into the world.
0:10.0	As always, we are joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:14.6	Hey, everyone, and welcome back on today's episode.
0:17.3	We will be discussing the addicted teenager in their family. You know, Ashley, addiction turns a family
0:24.5	upside down, whether our listeners have a teen struggling with addiction or they're walking alongside
0:29.4	another family in this situation, or even if you've discovered that your teen is drinking or
0:34.2	using drugs, but may not yet be addicted, you will find some helpful information
0:39.0	in this episode. To start out, I'd like to clarify with you, Dr. Ken, what exactly we're
0:44.6	talking about being addicted to? Because there are a lot of choices out there. There are drugs,
0:48.3	alcohol, porn, video games, vaping. What are we talking about in this episode as far as
0:53.5	addictions go?
0:54.5	Yeah, that's a good question because there's really two types of use of the word
0:59.2	addiction. One is an addiction model that is a helpful way of understanding lots of
1:06.3	compulsive and repetitive behavior like pornography, workaholism, drugs, alcohol.
1:15.4	But what we're going to talk about today is essentially what I would call real addiction,
1:21.6	which is use of those substances that are intoxicants, and you really do contribute to your body becoming more addicted
1:31.3	and physically reliant on it. And there is a difference in that. So what I want to talk about
1:37.8	today is drug and alcohol addiction because that has some overlap with those other types, but man, it is a monster that can
1:48.0	drag young people down. I think many people listening know if it's not their family, they
1:54.8	know a family that has one person or more that have really been just absorbed with the addictive behavior
2:06.0	and the intoxication and it just takes everyone down with them.
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