On this week’s intensely personal episode of the Your Choices Matter Podcast, married couple Ben and Steph share their raw, emotive story of Ben’s clandestine battle with alcoholism and how he finally found the path to sobriety and self-redemption.

In an exposé on the secrets and lies that support hidden addiction, Ben reveals how he concealed heavy daily drinking from his family, while maintaining external appearances as a high-functioning working professional and family man. Steph opens up about the traumatic emotional impact of working through the path to recovery and the challenges to the important trust that exists inside a relationship.

In an intimate look inside the cyclical nature of addiction, we hear how Ben’s alcohol abuse fueled deep denial about the severity of his problem, leading to incidents of unacceptable behavior that ultimately push his steadfast wife to confront him and accelerate his rehabilitation.

Now two years sober and helping other families battle similar demons through their Recovering Together programme (delivered by Kelsey Family CIC) the podcast delivers a profound message of hope - that with a genuine desire and commitment to change, robust support systems and a shifted mindset, sustained addiction recovery is possible.

If you want to know more about the Kelsye CIC, you can visit this website or email the team on KFFCIC@gmail.com

If You Need Help Contact:

• The Your Choices Matter team via the website ⁠https://www.yourchoicesmatter.uk/⁠

For anyone needing help to make changes to their alcohol or drug use, please reach out for help to Derbyshire Recovery Partnership on 01246 206514 or see the GRID website for more details: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.growingrecoveryinderbyshire.co.uk⁠