Alcohol and substance abuse are detrimental to a marriage.

The amount of stress, familial distress, anger, resentment, dysfunctional communication, financial strain, interruption of healthy family dynamics, and negative mental health affects that alcoholism brings to a marriage is hard to quantify. However, statistics point to alcohol abuse leading to an increase in divorce rates by at least 20%.

With estimates showing that between 10% to up to 45% of marriages in the United States are impacted by alcoholism, this is a problem that the Church must address.

In addition to the destructiveness of dealing with an addiction in marriage, if co-dependence is present, the situation is further complicated.

Listen as Robin Riley discusses how she was confronted with her own co-dependence as she faced alcohol abuse in her marriage, and how recognizing it led to not only her own freedom, but her husband's as well.

In this episode, you will hear from a believer who clung to the Promises of God, sought community support, and ultimately fought for and found recovery and redemption in her marriage.

If you, or your spouse is struggling with addiction, please reach out for help to one of the resources below:

https://al-anon.org/al-anon-meetings/

https://hopeisalive.net/

https://www.aa.org/alcoholics-anonymous

Books on Co-dependence as mentioned in this episode:

Co-Dependent No More, by Melody Beattie

https://a.co/d/b6DL4Z5

Boundaries, by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

https://a.co/d/81mnN4J