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  • Rebuilding Trust and Family After Addiction - Tanya Giogia

Rebuilding Trust and Family After Addiction - Tanya Giogia

Friday 10th January 2025

Luke Worsfold and Tanya Giogia discuss rebuilding trust and repairing family relationships after addiction, offering valuable advice and personal reflections.
50 minutes
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Inside Addiction
Author:
Luke Worsfold
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Sobriety Toolkit
Creative Recovery Journeys
Family Recovery from Addiction
Understanding Addiction & Recovery
Sexual Empowerment & Identity
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Rebuilding Trust After Addiction: Insights from Tanya Giogia

Episode Overview

  • Addiction impacts the entire family, not just the individual.
  • Recovery requires a team effort and mutual support.
  • Setting boundaries is crucial for healthy relationships.
  • Therapy, such as EMDR, can help address deep-seated issues.
  • Emotional growth and breaking unhealthy patterns are key to healing.
"I didn't marry my beautiful husband because I was well. We were in a trauma bonding enmeshment situation that fed the addictions we both had."
Rebuilding trust and repairing family relationships after addiction is no easy feat, but this episode of Inside Addiction with Luke Worsfold and guest Tanya Giogia dives into the complexities and offers valuable advice. Tanya, who has a personal history with relationship addiction, shares her journey of understanding and overcoming the deep-seated issues that contributed to her codependency.
She opens up about the pivotal moments in her life, including how childhood trauma shaped her relationships and how therapy, particularly EMDR, helped her break unhealthy patterns. Tanya's candid reflections on how addiction impacts not just the individual but the entire family are both eye-opening and relatable. She discusses the importance of emotional growth, setting boundaries, and learning to trust again. Tanya also provides practical tips for partners and families, emphasizing that recovery is a team effort.
Her story is a powerful reminder that healing is possible and that support and understanding can make all the difference. If you're dealing with the ups and downs of recovery or supporting a loved one through it, this episode offers hope and tangible steps for moving forward.