74: Turning Your Past Into Your Superpower with Erin Miller
The Addicted Mind Podcast
Duane Osterlind, LMFT
4.7 • 655 Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Today, Erin Miller shares her story of losing her son, Chad, to heroin addiction. She talks very frankly about her painful process of grief and loss, and she explains how she's managed to find meaning and purpose in what she's been through, by using Chad's story to help others.
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Five years have passed since Chad's death. During this time, Erin has gained a lot of insight and wisdom, and her current perspective is completely different from how it was at the time of his death. Being able to help others has made the whole experience worthwhile for her.
Erin explains that addiction has become an epidemic. It is on the rise and it is destroying families and people's lives. She believes that there's one kind of addiction or another running in virtually every household because both street drugs and prescription medication are so very easily available today. This is why she advocates strongly for mental well-being and helps people to find ways, other than medication, to cope with their inner pain.
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Erin advises parents to be open with their kids and let them know that having an addiction is not something to be judged. And as a parent, it is important to know that your child's addiction is not your fault if you have done your best.
Erin has written a book, Miller Strong Rewrite Your Story - Take a Stand and Turn Your Past Into Your Superpower, which is due to be launched soon. She spent five years interviewing thousands of addicts and people in recovery and this taught her that nobody likes to own up to their faults or to admit that they are not in control.
Erin started a foundation, called Miller Strong Seventeen Foundation. It is all about purpose because most people tend to lose their purpose somewhere in their lives.
Erin explains that sharing our stories is very important because for every story shared someone is needing to hear that exact story. Erin believes that we should provide help for those who need it, and lean on each other, especially on the darkest days.
Erin found God with the help of a spiritual healer in Indonesia.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone, welcome to the Addicted Mind podcast. This is episode 74. My name is Dwayne Osteland, and I'm your host. I'm also the founder of Novis Mindful Life Institute, family counseling and recovery in Long |
| 0:22.7 | Beach, California. If you or anyone you know is struggling with any of life's challenges, |
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| 1:00.6 | All right, today's guest is Aaron Miller and she is going to talk about her journey |
| 1:06.8 | of losing her son, Chad, to heroin addiction. |
| 1:12.2 | And I was excited. |
| 1:14.5 | I don't know if excited is the right word, but grateful that she was willing to come on to |
| 1:20.1 | the Addicted Mind podcast and talk about this part of addiction. |
| 1:25.8 | So many people are losing their lives to addiction and so many parents out there |
| 1:30.9 | and family members have to go through that process of grief and loss. And so I was very happy that |
| 1:38.9 | Aaron was willing to come on and talk about it very frankly and right to the point And also talk about what we need to do to help this problem and how she's taking her story |
| 1:50.0 | and Chad's story and making meaning out of it and making it purposeful and helping others. |
| 1:57.1 | So I'm just really happy that she came out to the podcast. |
| 2:00.4 | So with that, why don't we go ahead and start it. |
| 2:04.6 | Hello, everyone. |
| 2:05.9 | Welcome to the Addicted Mind podcast. |
| 2:09.9 | I'm here with my guest, Aaron Miller, and she is going to talk about her story with her son Chad and his struggle with addiction |
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