Caroline Beidler: A Journey of Resilience and Recovery
Episode Overview
Caroline Beidler shares her personal recovery journey and professional insights. The importance of community support and connecting with others in recovery. Challenges of growing up with untreated substance use issues. Balancing family life and recovery. Advocacy for women in recovery and building support networks in rural areas.
Recovery doesn't make my life smaller.
In this episode of 'Rural Roads - The RCORPodcast', Caroline Beidler shares her inspiring journey of recovery and her work as a Technical Expert Lead at JBS International. Caroline, a mother, partner, author, and advocate, opens up about her personal experiences and professional insights in the field of recovery. She discusses the moment she realised her calling in the recovery field, sparked by a screening of 'The Anonymous People' and her work mentoring college students at an outpatient treatment centre.
Caroline also delves into the challenges she faced growing up in a dysfunctional family with untreated substance use issues and how these experiences shaped her path to recovery. She emphasises the importance of finding community support, particularly for women, and how connecting with others who share similar experiences can be transformative. Caroline's story is a testament to the power of resilience and the impact of supportive networks in sustaining recovery.
Tune in to hear Caroline's heartfelt reflections and valuable advice for anyone on their own recovery journey.