Show Notes
✨ New Episode — with Amanda from @AddictionMakesthree
This conversation opens the vault on the side of addiction most people never talk about — the impact it has on the partners, the families, and the people silently holding everything together behind closed doors.
Amanda shares the hidden reality of living alongside someone in addiction: the chaos, the hyper-vigilance, the constant checking, the broken trust, the cancelled plans, the emotional whiplash, and the feeling of slowly losing yourself in someone else’s struggle.
She speaks for anyone who has ever found themselves asking:
“Is tonight going to be okay?” “Can I trust what they’re saying?” “Why do I feel like I’m the problem?” “How did their addiction turn me into someone I don’t even recognise anymore?”
This episode isn’t about blaming. It’s about understanding the emotional cost of living with addiction — any addiction — and the toll it takes on your identity, your stability, and your sense of safety.
It’s for the people who love deeply, carry silently, and finally reach the moment they realise:
You didn’t cause it. You can’t control it. And you don’t have to lose yourself trying to fix it.
🎧 Listen now on In The Heart of the Vault Available on Spotify
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