Ep. 140 Doug’s 10+ Year Battle with Addiction & His Start to Breaking Free

Hot Marriage. Cool Parents.

Jamie Otis and Doug Hehner

Society & Culture, Tv & Film, Personal Journals, Kids & Family

4.5 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Not many people know this but Doug has been battling opioid addiction since the early 2000’s and this year he started taking the first steps to break free of this addiction. Jamie and Doug open up about very personal, raw details of their lives. If you know anyone who has struggled with addiction you can seek help here: SAMHSA National Helpline: 1-800-662-4357 Confidential free help, from public health agencies, to find substance use treatment and information. Follow along with us below! Jamie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamienotis/?hl=en Doug's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doughehner/?hl=en Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/jamieotisanddoughehner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The thing that carried me was knowing what I would lose if I started using again.
0:12.0	With you, kids, and that feeling has been my thought every second of every day.
0:24.6	Hey there! Welcome back to Hot Marriage Cool Appearance, holy moly we're back!
0:30.6	Oh my goodness, this is so exciting and we have such big news.
0:35.4	Yeah, well, I mean, it's been a year and a half for us, so how could we not have many new things?
0:41.0	Yeah, we have a whole lot to talk about, but honestly, I say we have big news.
0:45.4	It's kind of more like you have big news, doesn't it?
0:47.7	I know. We relaunch the podcast just for this news.
0:52.2	Kind of, actually, because Doug is going on a journey and um,
0:56.8	I've been on a journey.
0:57.7	She's been on quite the journey.
0:58.9	We're going to, yeah, and that journey is hopefully coming to an end and starting
1:04.3	another new journey, which is far more exciting and we're going to get to all of that.
1:08.0	Of course, we're going to share all of that.
1:09.8	But as with every other episode of Hot Marriage Cool Appearance,
1:12.9	we always want to start off by giving a shout out to our five star reviewers because truly,
1:18.3	like it genuinely means so much to us that you stop to take the time to just,
1:22.5	I mean, we know everyone's busy, no one really wants to stop to leave a review,
1:26.0	but those of you who stopped to leave those five star reviews,
1:28.6	it really warms our hearts and honestly, it genuinely means so much to us.
1:32.5	So thank you.
1:33.3	So without further ado, we ended up going way back to the beginning to find some from the very
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