Amber Hollingsworth, a master addiction counselor with 15 years of experience and founder of Hope treatment center, offers practical guidance for families dealing with substance use disorders. She covers how to handle lying and manipulation, why counseling often fails, and how to avoid getting pulled back into drama.
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Are you sick of being held hostage by your loved one's drug or alcohol problem? Are you tired of being told that you're powerless and that you just have to wait until they decide they want it for themselves? Well, if that sounds like you, you're in luck because you just found your secret weapon. I'm Amber Hollingsworth, master addiction counselor, and I've been working with addicts and alcoholics for the last 15 years. But more importantly than that, I come from a family of addicts and alcoholics. So I get exactly what it's like to live with addiction in your. You know, early in my career, I worked for about 10 years in a psychiatric hospital as a therapist and patient advocate. And eventually I just couldn't take the revolving door anymore. I couldn't get one more phone call from a desperate family member and have to tell them there's nothing else that we can do. We can only hold them for about five days. You're gonna have to come pick them up. Because in the back of my head, I knew that that person was gonna end up right back in there within a matter of weeks. So in 2011, I started my own addiction treatment center called Hope, where myself and my staff treat the entire family system. And it's also why we started this channel. I am passionate about bringing families the right information that they need to stop wasting precious time and money, being trapped in the system and chasing all the wrong solutions. And sure, there's no one straightforward answer. It is a complicated problem. But if you subscribe to this channel, I'll make sure you understand exactly what you're dealing with. You know what your options are and you'll be five steps ahead of addiction. It will no longer be running the show. Here are just a few of the topics that we cover on this channel. Alright, this video is all about how to deal with lying. On how addicts and alcoholics manipulate their families and everyone else around them. Why counseling does not work for people with substance use disorders. 10 reasons that your kid is going to try to tell you to get you to bring them home from rehab. How to get yourself out of the drama. So if you're tired of being controlled by addiction, subscribe to this channel. I release at least one new video a week and oftentimes two or three. So make sure you turn on notifications so you'll know when those videos are coming out.
