The Party Wreckers
Matt is a professional interventionist with more than twenty years of frontline experience working with addiction, recovery, and the families caught in between. Having guided hundreds of families through the chaos, fear, and uncertainty that surround substance use disorder, he understands both the clinical realities of addiction and the emotional toll it takes on the people who love someone struggling.
On The Party Wreckers Podcast, Matt pulls back the curtain on addiction and intervention—cutting through stigma, misinformation, and false hope. He translates complex subjects like enabling, boundaries, relapse, treatment selection, and recovery planning into clear, practical conversations families can actually use. Each episode blends real-world intervention experience, hard-earned insight, and honest storytelling to help listeners move from paralysis to purposeful action.
Matt approaches addiction as a medical disease that demands accountability, structure, and compassion—and recognizes that lasting recovery often includes a spiritual component defined by meaning, connection, and responsibility rather than rigid ideology. His work helps families learn the difference between helping and enabling, how to set boundaries they can hold, and how to build sustainable, family-centered recovery plans that support long-term change.
The Party Wreckers Podcast exists for families who are done pretending, done waiting, and ready to understand what actually works.
Episodes
If Lectures Worked, Rehab Would Be A Podcast
You Don’t Need Proof, You Need Patterns
From Battlefield To Senate: How Harold Hughes Reframed Alcoholism As A Treatable Disease
Your Kid Called From Jail; Your Wallet Doesn’t Have To
Connection Beats Control: Surrender As The Family’s Turning Point
Addiction: Choice or Disease?
Digital Quicksand: How Screen Addiction Fuels Mental Health Crisis
June 2025 Q & A: Answers to Listener Submitted Questions
Beyond the Controversy: What Research Really Shows About AA
When Love Becomes a Shield: Understanding Enabling and Boundaries
Love Isn't Enough: The Power of a United Front
May 2025 Q & A: Answers to Listener Submitted Questions
49 Million Need Help, Only 13 Million Get It
The Evolution of Marijuana: Not Your Grandads' Weed
The Chess Game We Play with Addiction (We Should Be Playing Checkers)
Breaking Free: Layne LoMaglio From Struggles to Strength
Transforming the Holiday Season: Prioritizing Recovery and Renewal Over Tradition
From Headlines to Healing: Denise Klein
Dr John Dyben: Integrating Professional Healthcare in Addiction Treatment
From Olympic Gold to Lasting Sobriety: Carrie (Steinseifer) Bates
Overcoming Addiction Challenges as a Family
Questions to Ask When Calling a Treatment Center
Adams Pritchard: Transforming Lives
Charting a Course Through Addiction with Family at the Helm