The Party Wreckers: Addiction Intervention for Families
The Party Wreckers is the weekly podcast for families navigating a loved one's addiction.
Hosted by Matt Brown — a Certified Intervention Professional with 23 years of personal sobriety and over 20 years of hands-on experience — the show gives families the honest, practical guidance they actually need. Not platitudes. Not false hope. Real answers about addiction, intervention, alcoholism, drug use, recovery, and what it takes to protect your family while your loved one finds their way.
Every week, Matt covers the questions families are afraid to ask: How do I stage an intervention? When does supporting a loved one become enabling? How do I set boundaries that actually hold? What should I look for in a treatment center? How do I stop losing myself while loving an addict?
Whether your family is dealing with alcohol addiction, opioid use, prescription drug misuse, or any substance use disorder — this show was built for you. Party Wreckers covers the full journey: recognizing the problem, navigating intervention, choosing treatment, setting boundaries, surviving relapse, and rebuilding family life in recovery.
Join us every Monday night for The Family Squares — a free, live Zoom support call open to all listeners. Families come together to ask questions, share what's working, and get real-time guidance from Matt. No membership required. Just show up. Register at SoberHelpline.com.
New episodes every week. Free Monday night support calls every week. And a host who has lived recovery himself and spent two decades helping families do the hardest thing they'll ever do.
If addiction has entered your family — you're in the right place.
The Party Wreckers: Addiction Intervention for Families
Latest Episodes
Depression and Addiction: What Families Get Wrong About Self-Medication (And the Fix That Isn't)
Depression isn't sadness — and if someone you love is struggling with both depression and addiction, understanding the difference could change everything about how you try to help them. In this episode of the Party Wreckers podcast, addiction i...
When the Whole Family Needs to Recover: The System | The Roles We Play Series Finale
The phone call we get all the time doesn’t come during relapse. It shows up weeks after sobriety, when someone in the family says, almost angrily, “They’ve changed.” That’s the moment nobody warns you about: the system can fight improvement bec...
The Comedian: Why the 'Funny One' in Your Family Might Be Hiding the Most
The funniest person in the family is often the one keeping everyone afloat and paying for it in silence. We’re talking about the “comedian” role that shows up when addiction moves into the home: the person who can read a room, break tension on ...
The Ghost In The Family
In every family touched by addiction, there is someone who goes quiet. Not the one causing chaos, not the one holding everything together — the one who simply... disappeared. They stopped asking for things. Stopped making noise. Found a way to ...
The Canary in the Coal Mine: What Your Addicted Loved One Has Been Trying to Tell You
Every family dealing with addiction has one. The one everyone calls The Problem. The Black Sheep. The Scapegoat. The one whose name gets spoken carefully at family gatherings, the one people whisper about, the one who — if you're being honest —...
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