Black Sheep Addictz

This episode explores parents' fears about teens losing friends if they don't drink, and examines how alcohol can reshape social groups and values.It contrasts being around alcohol with being given alcohol, highlights safety concerns at parties, and includes a personal reflection on past choices.Finally, it offers practical alternatives and guidance for helping teens find connection, say no confidently, and build friendships that don't require compromising themselves.

In this episode the host explains why they value risk-taking and new experiences, but draws a clear line when it comes to teenagers and alcohol based on personal experience with dependency.They contrast healthy growth through challenge with using alcohol to escape anxiety, urging parents to reflect on the messages they send and choose chances that build identity rather than erode it.

This episode challenges the idea that giving teenagers alcohol teaches them to drink responsibly, arguing it normalizes drinking and can lead to serious harm.The host shares personal experiences and real consequences to explain why parents should focus on honest conversations about risks, consent, and decision-making instead of providing alcohol.Practical advice is offered: teach coping skills, safety strategies, and open communication, and consider drawing a firm line against supplying alcohol to teens.

The host returns after a break to share struggles with urges to drink, the importance of accountability, and how cannabis helped stop a 25-year alcohol habit by serving as a medication and a path to recovery.They ask for help starting a program for people with alcohol use disorder who haven’t used cannabis before (contact: THC4alcohol@outlook.com) and announce the next season will focus on gratitude, positivity, and personal growth.

This episode is a candid reflection on realizing painful patterns from family alcoholism showed up in the host's own life—even while they deeply loved and protected their children.The host recounts how alcohol sometimes made them less present and unpredictable, the very things they vowed their kids would never have to experience.Ultimately the episode centers on honesty and recovery: awareness isn't failure but the first step toward breaking generational trauma and creating change.

A personal story of growing up as the family’s "black sheep," feeling criticized and overlooked, and the ways that treatment shaped a lifetime of seeking approval.Through recovery, boundary-setting, and choosing a different path for their children, the narrator finds self-worth, peace, and pride in belonging on their own terms.

Host returns from vacation and admits struggling to get back into routine, then reflects on alcohol’s harms and their decision to stop drinking.The episode explores how quitting alcohol brought a clearer mind, fewer dramas, better mornings, and the ability to face life instead of numbing it, with a brief mention of cannabis alternatives for some people.

In this episode the host explores identity and personal growth after a visit to their childhood cottage triggers old habits and feelings of unworthiness. They reflect on how places can reactivate past behaviors and memories, and how self-work has changed their responses.They conclude that true growth shows up when you return to the places that shaped your old self and recognize you are no longer defined by those fears or others' approval — you can belong without needing permission.

After a two-week trip to Calgary and British Columbia, the host shares how the vacation served as a reset and helped them move away from daily drinking by using small cannabis drinks and CBD as alternatives.The episode covers social moments with family and new acquaintances, provincial differences in cannabis retail, and the relief of no longer being controlled by alcohol.

In this episode the host reflects on using THC and CBD as intentional medical tools for emotional regulation and asks whether earlier access to cannabis-based treatment might have prevented a descent into alcoholism.They discuss stigma, compare cannabis to prescription medications, acknowledge risks, and call for honest conversations about treating underlying mental health struggles instead of dismissing people who use cannabis as simply "relying on substances."