Accepting the Invitation To Change: Two Parents Confront Fentanyl’s Hold On Their Daughter, with Eleanor & Dave

Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction

08/17/23 • 60 min

ABOUT THE EPISODE:
Every once in a while, I have the opportunity to speak with parents whose experiences are a perfect case study of why Hopestream Community exists. This episode with Eleanor and Dave is one of those conversations – especially for those of you with kids who are young adults living outside the home.

Eleanor and Dave raised their two children in Silicon Valley, where they had a nice house, a beautiful community, and access to California's best schools. But as many parents recognize, economic stability is not necessarily a shield against substance misuse.

In the span of one short year, Eleanor and Dave watched their daughter spiral from a university student to homeless, living in her car and using fentanyl regularly.

After a brief period of denial about the seriousness of her situation, the couple was forced to accept the reality in front of them. The hard work that followed should be held up as an example of what to do right, and that’s why I’m speaking with them today.

You'll hear how Eleanor and Dave implemented many of the tools and strategies we talk about frequently in Hopestream Community – creating supportive boundaries, rooting actions in love and empathy, implementing strategies from The Invitation to Change Approach, performing loving, family-based interventions, and so much more.
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08/17/23 • 60 min

Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction - Accepting the Invitation To Change: Two Parents Confront Fentanyl’s Hold On Their Daughter, with Eleanor & Dave

Transcript

00;00;01;05

Eleanor

They flew back up. Drove her home. We woke up the next morning and she was gone. And she called us halfway back to Portland. And she was on the side of Highway five.

00;00;18;23

Dave

Again, I think I'm still in sort of denial about this whole thing. If I could just get her if I could just get in the car with her and get her home, that it'll all be okay. I was like, No, that that's not right. She needs those drugs. Her body is going to do anythi

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