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Send us Fan Mail You've tried everything to help someone you love get sober. So why isn't anything working? You've paid their bills. You've covered for their mistakes. You've had the same conversations a hundred times. You've threatened consequences, made promises, and spent countless sleepless nights wondering what else you could possibly do. But here's the painful truth: Sometimes the things we do out of love are the very things keeping addiction comfortable. In this powerful episode of Get Unhooked, Jason Coombs shares a deeply personal story about the day his parents learned a lesson that would change their family's life forever. While attending family therapy during Jason's treatment, his parents were asked to imagine their son standing in a boat, dropping boulders into a lake. Each boulder represented another destructive choice. And every ripple eventually became a massive wave crashing over the two people who loved him most. Then the therapist told them something profound: "You can't stop Jason from throwing the boulders. But you can get off the beach." That message became a turning point. Drawing from his personal recovery journey, decades of experience helping families affected by addiction, and the evidence-based CRAFT approach, Jason shares seven practical moves families can make when their loved one is stuck in the pre-contemplation stage—the stage where they don't believe they have a problem and have no intention of changing. You'll learn why rescuing someone from consequences can delay their motivation to recover, how to establish boundaries without guilt, and how to stop letting another person's addiction dictate your emotional and financial well-being. Most importantly, you'll discover that you don't have to abandon someone you love to stop participating in their addiction. Because getting unhooked isn't about giving up on your loved one. It's about learning how to contribute to their recovery instead of their addiction. And reclaiming your own life in the process. If you're exhausted from trying to save someone who doesn't want to be saved, this episode is for you. Get Unhooked is hosted by Jason Coombs, founder of Brick House Recovery and author of Unhooked: How to Help an Addicted Loved One Recover. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

Send us Fan Mail How does a successful professional with a promising career end up homeless, facing felony charges, and addicted to heroin? And more importantly, how does someone come back from that? In this special episode of the Get Unhooked Podcast, I'm sharing a conversation I had with my good friend Shane Ramer, host of That Sober Guy Podcast. We're going deep into my personal journey through addiction, the consequences that nearly destroyed my life, and what it actually took to find lasting recovery. I wasn't someone who grew up thinking I'd become addicted to drugs. I had a successful career in television sales, a marriage, and a future that looked pretty promising. But after a car accident introduced me to prescription painkillers, I found myself caught up in an OxyContin drug ring involving a doctor who was illegally prescribing medication. When that operation came crashing down, my addiction didn't stop. It got worse. Eventually, I lost my career, my marriage, my home, and my freedom. I spent a winter homeless, struggling with heroin and crack cocaine addiction. And even after going to jail and multiple treatment programs, I still wasn't ready to change. It took five treatment attempts before something finally clicked. In this episode, Shane and I talk about addiction, recovery, faith, gratitude, and why getting sober requires so much more than simply putting down the drugs or alcohol. We also explore the importance of recognizing the victories we experience along the way, even when life doesn't turn out exactly as we planned. Whether you're struggling with addiction yourself, you've been through treatment multiple times, or you're watching someone you love continue down a destructive path, I hope my story reminds you of something important: Your past doesn't have to determine your future. Recovery is possible. And there's a whole lot more to life than simply being sober. Let's get unhooked. Connect with Jason Coombs: Brick House Recovery | brickhouserecovery.com Author of Unhooked: How to Help an Addicted Loved One Recover Special thanks to Shane Ramer and That Sober Guy Podcast for the conversation. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

Send us Fan Mail What happens when you love someone struggling with addiction so much that their addiction starts consuming your life too? In this episode of the Get Unhooked Podcast, Jason sits down with bestselling author, recovery coach, and host of the One Day at a Time Recovery Podcast, Arlina Allen. Arlina recently celebrated 31 years of recovery—but her story is about far more than simply getting sober. She and Jason dig into what recovery actually looks like beneath the surface: people-pleasing, self-judgment, codependency, the need to control, finding a Higher Power, rebuilding self-worth, and learning how to live from love instead of fear. And for families, there’s an especially important message: You can deeply love someone struggling with addiction without making yourself responsible for their recovery. Sometimes the greatest influence we have begins when we stop trying to control the outcome and start doing our own work. Jason and Arlina talk about the 12 Steps, emotional sobriety, letting people experience their own journey, and why healing can eventually turn some of the most painful chapters of our lives into purpose. If you’ve been exhausted from worrying, rescuing, monitoring, fixing, or wondering what else you can possibly do to help someone you love, this conversation is for you. There is another way to love them. And it starts with getting unhooked. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

Send us Fan Mail What if the reason you’re exhausted from trying to help your addicted loved one isn’t because you haven’t tried hard enough… …but because you’ve been using the wrong tool for the stage they’re actually in? In this episode of Get Unhooked, Jason introduces the COMPASS Framework—a practical way to identify where your loved one is in the stages of change so you can stop guessing, reacting, rescuing, threatening, and trying to force progress that isn’t yours to control. You’ll learn how to listen for change talk, evaluate their actions instead of their promises, recognize the difference between relapse and starting over, and identify who is actually carrying the desire for recovery. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to choose one appropriate move based on where your loved one actually is—not where you desperately want them to be. If you’ve been asking yourself: “Should I push harder?” “Should I back off?” “Should I give them another chance?” “Should I set another boundary?” “Do they really want to change?” This episode will give you a framework for answering those questions with more clarity and a lot less chaos. You cannot control whether someone else chooses recovery. But you can learn how to stop letting their addiction control you. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

Send us Fan Mail You love them. You want them to get better. And you’d do almost anything to help. But what if some of the things you’re doing to help your addicted loved one are actually making recovery harder? In this episode of the Get Unhooked Podcast, Jason Coombs breaks down 10 things NOT to do when you’re trying to help someone you love recover from addiction. This isn’t about blaming families. Most of these behaviors come from fear, exhaustion, heartbreak, and a desperate desire to keep someone you love alive. But over time, rescuing, controlling, lecturing, monitoring, shaming, and protecting someone from the consequences of their addiction can begin to damage the very relationship you need in order to have a healthy influence. Jason shares lessons from both sides of addiction—as a person in long-term recovery and as a family member, treatment provider, and author of Unhooked. You’ll learn why: • Addiction cannot be treated like a moral failure • Trying to control someone’s recovery can pull you into the drama triangle • “Cleaning the fish” doesn’t work if you put it back into the same dirty water • Rescuing someone from consequences can rob them of an opportunity to change • Lecturing often creates resistance instead of motivation • Shame rarely produces healthy, lasting recovery • Your relationship with your loved one matters more than winning the argument You didn’t cause their addiction. You can’t control it. And you can’t cure it. But you can learn how to stop contributing to unhealthy patterns—and start creating the kind of relationship where recovery has room to grow. If you love someone struggling with addiction and you’re exhausted from trying to figure out what to do next, this episode is for you. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

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 answers real questions from family members navigating addiction, relapse, broken trust, financial consequences, and the constant fear of making the “wrong” move. He explains why the advice-giver often doesn’t get an honest participant—and how curiosity, empathy, and the right questions can create the kind of relationship where your loved one actually feels safe enough to tell the truth. You’ll also hear Jason unpack the difference between helping and enabling, including what to do when an adult child is facing real-world consequences while trying to get sober. Most importantly, this episode is a reminder that your peace does not have to depend on whether your loved one gets sober, takes your advice, or makes the choices you desperately want them to make. You can love them deeply without allowing their addiction to consume your life. In this episode: • Why trying to control addiction often creates more fear, frustration, and disconnection • How motivational interviewing can change conversations with your loved one • Why being curious is often more powerful than giving advice • How to help without rescuing or teaching learned helplessness • When financial support becomes enabling • Why clear agreements and boundaries matter • How to begin rebuilding trust after addiction • The role of emotional sobriety for the entire family • How to find peace even when your loved one isn’t okay Recovery isn’t only available to the person struggling with substances. It’s available to the family too. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

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 interesting enough. Maybe he wasn’t a natural storyteller. Maybe nobody really cared what he had been through. Then he learned a lesson that completely changed the way he communicates: Write for the reader, not for the writer. In this episode of the Brick House Podcast, Jason breaks down how to turn your lived experience into a story that can actually influence, inspire, and create change. You’ll discover why great storytelling has less to do with natural talent than you think, how the Epiphany Bridge gives your story structure and power, and why the person you’re trying to reach doesn’t need you to be the hero—they need you to be the guide. Jason also shares the story behind writing Unhooked, the mentors who helped him find his voice, and how the story he once believed nobody wanted to hear became one of his most powerful tools for helping others. If you’ve ever thought, “I know I have something valuable to say, but I don’t know how to make it land,” this episode is for you. Your story may already have everything it needs. You just need to learn how to use it. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

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 during his first several attempts at recovery—and why simply telling someone to stop drinking, stop using, stop lying, or stop destroying their life often isn’t enough to create lasting change. Because when someone is deep in addiction, sobriety can look less like freedom and more like a life sentence. Jason shares how he approaches conversations with someone who may finally be reaching for help, including why he seeks to understand before trying to convince, how to help someone discover their own reasons for change, and how to begin making recovery attractive. He also dives into: • Why “sober and miserable” can feel worse than being loaded and miserable • The difference between sobriety and emotional sobriety • Why early recovery requires convalescence—not racing to fix everything • How tiny, seemingly unimportant decisions can either pull us toward relapse or build an entirely new life • Why we recover in relationships, not treatment centers • How purpose begins to replace obsession • Why true change is ultimately identity change Jason also shares lessons from his own recovery, including five treatment experiences, rebuilding his life at 31 years old, working at a hot dog stand after rehab, rediscovering old passions, and eventually discovering a purpose in helping other people recover. Recovery becomes different when you stop seeing sobriety as the destination and start seeing it as the doorway. There is a bigger life on the other side. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

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 Stages of Change model and the Epiphany Bridge framework — showing how recovery professionals, peer supports, and anyone trying to influence change can communicate in a way that actually lands. Jason explains why advice often creates resistance, why stories create recognition, and how the right story at the right time can help someone discover their own reason to change. Using examples from working with incarcerated individuals, people in early recovery, and families impacted by addiction, Jason walks through: Why people don’t change because we tell them they shouldHow to identify someone’s false beliefs and barriers to changeWhy understanding someone’s stage of change changes the way you communicateHow to use stories to create personal epiphaniesThe difference between motivating someone and helping them discover motivationWhy strategic storytelling is more powerful than simply “winging it”Change is not linear. Recovery is not a straight path. The better we understand the journey, the better we can walk alongside people through it. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

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 them, enabling them, or becoming a doormat? In Episode 70, Jason breaks down one of the most difficult parts of loving someone with a substance use disorder: learning how to hold clarity and charity at the same time. You can have empathy for the disease and still hold someone accountable for their choices. You can create a safe, nonjudgmental relationship and still enforce a boundary. You can love someone deeply without protecting them from the natural consequences that may ultimately help them change. Jason walks through the Stages of Change and explains why your loved one may be making incredible progress in one area of life while appearing completely stuck in another. He shares the story of “Costa Mesa Chad,” whose family nearly overlooked 60 days of sobriety because they were focused on everything he wasn't changing fast enough. You'll also learn why relapse doesn't automatically mean recovery has failed, how natural consequences can help resolve ambivalence, and why expecting someone to change every area of their life at once can leave the entire family frustrated and discouraged. Jason also explores the work happening on your side of the relationship: surrendering fear, letting go of outcomes you cannot control, setting strong fences, and developing the emotional sobriety that allows you to respond instead of react. Because the goal isn't to control their recovery. It's to become someone who can support recovery without supporting the disease—while getting your own peace, identity, and life back in the process. In this episode: • The Stages of Change and why people don't simply jump from denial to action • Why your loved one can be in different stages of change in different areas of life • How unrealistic expectations create unnecessary suffering • The difference between empathy and enabling • How to respond when a boundary is broken • Why natural consequences can actually help create motivation • Jason's “clarity and charity” approach to difficult conversations • Why relapse can sometimes become an important impact moment • The role fear plays in controlling and rescuing • What emotional sobriety looks like for the family • Why sometimes the right decision is to stay—and sometimes it's to leave You didn't cause their addiction. You can't control it. And you can't cure it. But you can learn how to contribute to recovery instead of unintentionally making the disease more comfortable. And you can learn how to live unhooked. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

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 hardest questions families face: When is enough enough? Should I push them toward rehab? What if they deny they’re using? Should I keep helping financially? And how do I influence someone who doesn’t want to change? Jason explains why people change at the speed of pain, how the stages of change affect recovery, and why pushing, convincing, rescuing, and repeatedly telling someone what they “should” do can create more resistance. You’ll also learn why Jason says people don’t recover in buildings—they recover in relationships—and how building trust and rapport can put you in a much stronger position to influence your loved one when they become ready for change. Most importantly, you don’t have to wait helplessly for them to hit rock bottom. There is work you can do right now to regain your peace, set healthier boundaries, stop riding the emotional rollercoaster, and become the kind of steady presence your loved one may eventually turn toward for help. If you’ve ever thought, “I can see exactly what they need—why can’t they see it?” this episode is for you. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

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 sleepless nights. In this episode, Jason Coombs explains how to stop arguing with reality without giving up on the person you love. Using Byron Katie’s four questions and “the turnaround,” he walks you through a practical way to challenge the thoughts that keep you trapped in fear and control. You’ll learn why constant monitoring can turn you into a warden instead of a parent, how to respond to relapse without losing yourself, and why radical acceptance can make you more helpful—not less. Jason also shares the personal turning point when he stopped fighting the truth about his own addiction and finally created room for grace to enter. The addiction doesn’t have to take two people. Listen now and discover how to get your life back while becoming a calmer, stronger influence in your loved one’s recovery. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

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 phone stops being a tool and becomes a leash attached to your loved one’s chaos. In this episode, Jason Coombs explores the phenomenon known as “screen apnea”—holding your breath or breathing shallowly while checking a screen—and explains why families affected by addiction may be especially vulnerable to it. After months or years of anticipating the next relapse, crisis, hospital call, or broken promise, your nervous system can become trapped in a constant state of vigilance. That chronic stress can disrupt your sleep, appetite, energy, physical health, relationships, faith, and ability to make thoughtful decisions. Jason shares practical ways to loosen the leash while still loving your addicted family member, including healthier phone boundaries, better sleep, nourishing food, movement, sunlight, meaningful connection, and his daily “DOSE” approach to supporting emotional well-being. You can be reachable without being owned. You can love deeply without being held hostage. And you can take care of yourself while your loved one works through their own recovery. Because taking care of yourself isn’t selfish. It’s foundational. To learn more about the Serenity Circle and other Live Unhooked resources, contact [email protected]. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

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 of rescuing. It is not because they are bad people. It is because they are scared—and in that fear, they forget everything they have learned. In this episode, Jason Coombs shares the STORM Response, a five-step framework designed to help families respond to relapse without getting pulled back into chaos. STORM stands for: S — Steady yourself first T — Tell yourself the truth O — Open the right conversation R — Remember the boundary you already set M — Move one step, not the whole mile Jason explains why relapse can be part of the behavior-change process rather than proof that all progress was fake. He also walks through how to regulate your nervous system, resist the urge to lecture, reinforce honesty, return agency to your loved one, and support recovery without supporting the addiction. You’ll learn: • Why panic leads to rescuing, persecuting, and controlling  • How to separate the truth from fear-driven assumptions  • What to say when your loved one tells you they relapsed  • Why honesty disappears when it is punished  • How to hold a boundary calmly and compassionately  • Why you should not create new boundaries in the middle of a crisis  • How to focus on one next step instead of trying to control the entire future  • Why doing nothing may sometimes be the wisest response Relapse is a symptom of the disease. It is not a moral failure, and it does not automatically erase every step forward. You did not cause it. You cannot control it. You cannot cure it. But you can contribute to recovery by responding with steadiness, truth, healthy boundaries, and love. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

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 haven’t checked your addicted loved one’s location in days. It may be the first time you hold a boundary without collapsing under guilt. It may be a full night of sleep after months or years of fear. In this episode, Jason Coombs breaks down Step 12: “Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.” Jason explains: • What a spiritual awakening really means  • Why small internal shifts matter more than dramatic moments  • How helping other families strengthens your own recovery  • Why service protects you from fear and isolation  • How to apply the 12 Steps to finances, education, work, health, and relationships  • What it truly means to live unhooked The 12 Steps are not only a way out of addiction or codependency. They are ancient, practical principles that can change the way you approach every difficult area of your life. You cannot control the path your addicted loved one takes. But you can recover your peace, strengthen your faith, help others, and become someone who stays grounded even when life around you is not. Subscribe for more conversations about addiction, family recovery, healthy boundaries, spiritual growth, and learning how to be okay—even when someone you love is not okay. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100