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GET UNHOOKED PODCAST: Real Help For Families Facing Addiction hosted by Jason Coombs.  WELCOME TO THE JOURNEY Hey guys, welcome to the Get Unhooked Podcast. I am excited to be your guide providing you real help for families facing addiction. I share inspiration, tools, and insights on addiction, mental health, parenting, leadership, influence, company culture, goal setting, goal smashing, daily routines, prosperity, finance, success, entrepreneurship, relationships, and fitness. This show is all about how to help you become the best version of yourself while striving to help an addicted loved one recover. Join me on this journey of growth and change, and let's work together to create a life that you are proud of. Let's roll! WHAT TO EXPECT Each episode delivers actionable strategies and transformative insights across multiple dimensions of life: Addiction & Recovery: Breaking free from what holds you backMental Health: Building resilience and emotional wellbeingRelationships & Parenting: Creating connections that matterProfessional Growth: Leadership, influence, and culture-buildingLifestyle Design: Daily routines, fitness, and financial freedom ABOUT YOUR HOST Jason Coombs is a keynote speaker and corporate consultant on Mental Wealth and Emotional Prosperity. With a Masters of Professional Communications degree, he is the author of the Amazon bestseller, Unhooked: How to Help an Addicted Loved One Recover. Jason is the President and Founder of Brick House Recovery, a renowned treatment chain for substance abuse and co-occurring disorders. His company received the national Excellence in Treatment award and Idaho’s Best in Mental Wellness award three years in a row. Jason is the Southwest Regional Director for the Idaho Association for Addiction Professionals board. Beyond work, Jason enjoys skiing, competing in Ironman events, and traveling with his family. JOIN THE COMMUNITY Website: TBAInstagram: @jascoombsEmail: info@brickhouserecovery.comNew episodes are released weekly. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to never miss an episode on your journey to becoming unhooked and unleashed.

  1. 1d ago

    This One Recovery Principle Changed My Education, Finances, and Entire Life

    Send us Fan Mail What does a spiritual awakening actually look like? For most people, it isn’t dramatic. It may be a Tuesday afternoon when you suddenly realize you haven’t checked your addicted loved one’s location in days. It may be the first time you hold a boundary without collapsing under guilt. It may be a full night of sleep after months or years of fear. In this episode, Jason Coombs breaks down Step 12: “Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.” Jason explains: • What a spiritual awakening really means  • Why small internal shifts matter more than dramatic moments  • How helping other families strengthens your own recovery  • Why service protects you from fear and isolation  • How to apply the 12 Steps to finances, education, work, health, and relationships  • What it truly means to live unhooked The 12 Steps are not only a way out of addiction or codependency. They are ancient, practical principles that can change the way you approach every difficult area of your life. You cannot control the path your addicted loved one takes. But you can recover your peace, strengthen your faith, help others, and become someone who stays grounded even when life around you is not. Subscribe for more conversations about addiction, family recovery, healthy boundaries, spiritual growth, and learning how to be okay—even when someone you love is not okay. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

  2. Jul 6

    The 12-Step Framework for Families Who Feel Stuck

    Send us Fan Mail What if your loved one doesn’t change right away? What if they’re still struggling, still making choices you don’t understand, and still leaving you wondering, “Am I doing enough? Am I helping? Am I enabling? Am I just stuck in the same painful loop?” In this episode of Get Unhooked, Jason closes out week six of the family recovery masterclass with a powerful reminder: your freedom cannot depend on your loved one’s sobriety. Jason walks through how the 12 Steps apply to families, not just the person struggling with addiction. He explains how steps 10, 11, and 12 become a daily way of living—turning fear, resentment, control, and exhaustion over to God while learning to respond with clarity instead of panic. This episode is especially for parents, spouses, siblings, and loved ones who have spent years trying to fix, rescue, manage, monitor, or motivate someone they love. You’ll hear why progress may not always show up as a changed loved one right away, and why becoming more honest, more aware, and more spiritually grounded is still real progress. Jason also talks about: Why family recovery is not about becoming perfect at every frameworkHow to stop living in the emotional “911 call to God”Why prayer and journaling can become a real relationship, not just a crisis responseHow to know the difference between helping and enablingWhy setbacks do not mean you failedHow to unhook without giving up on the person you loveWhat it means to “intuitively know” how to handle situations that used to baffle youIf you are exhausted from carrying someone else’s addiction, this episode will help you take a deep breath and remember: you can get the oxygen mask first. You can become healthy and strong. You can find peace in the storm. And you can get unhooked—whether they choose recovery today or not. Learn more about Brick House Recovery: brickhouserecovery.com Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

  3. Jun 29

    The One Question That Can Repair Broken Trust

    Send us Fan Mail What if the words “I’m sorry” are not enough? In this episode of Brick House, Jason Coombs walks through one of the most powerful parts of recovery: making real amends. Not the kind that asks someone else to hurry up and forgive you. Not the kind that tries to erase the past with one emotional conversation. Real amends are different. They require honesty, specificity, humility, and sustained change. Jason introduces the CLEAN Framework for making amends: C — Choose the moment L — Lay out the wrong E — Express remorse without relying on “sorry” A — Accept their terms N — Now sustain the change Through personal stories involving his mother, a friend he manipulated for money, a former coworker, and even the little boy inside himself, Jason shows why amends are not about controlling the other person’s reaction. They are about cleaning up your side of the street. This episode is especially meaningful for anyone in recovery, anyone who loves someone in addiction, or anyone carrying the weight of unresolved harm, shame, or broken trust. You’ll learn why asking, “How can I make this right with you?” can change everything — and why the real proof of an amends happens after the conversation. Because amends are not theatrics. Amends are truth plus change. Learn more about Brick House Recovery: https://brickhouserecovery.com Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

  4. Jun 22

    Amends Are Not Apologies: Finding Real Repair After Addiction

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Brick House Podcast, Jason Coombs shares a powerful conversation from just outside Yellowstone, beginning with a personal story about seeing wild bears with his wife during a sacred season of her cancer journey. From there, Jason leads listeners into a deeper discussion on Step 9, grief, surrender, and what it really means to make amends. So often, families impacted by addiction are told to forgive, apologize, move on, or “just set boundaries.” But real healing is more honest than that. In this episode, Jason explains why amends are not the same as apologies. An apology is words.  An amends is truth plus changed behavior over time. Jason also unpacks the grief many families carry while loving someone with addiction: the lost holidays, the missed moments, the version of the person they loved, and even the version of themselves that got buried under years of crisis management. You’ll hear about: The difference between apologies and true amends Why grief often shows up as anger, irritability, or control How the stages of grief apply to families affected by addiction Why surrender is not giving up How to begin noticing your own patterns with compassion The importance of making repair through changed behavior, not performanceThis episode is for the parent, spouse, sibling, adult child, or friend who is tired of living in the emotional rollercoaster of someone else’s addiction and is ready to begin finding peace again. At Brick House Recovery, we believe you did not cause your loved one’s addiction, you cannot control it, and you cannot cure it — but you can learn how to stop contributing to the chaos and start contributing to recovery. Learn more at: brickhouserecovery.com Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

  5. Jun 15

    The Question That Could Change Everything With Your Addicted Loved One

    Send us Fan Mail When you love someone struggling with addiction, even a simple conversation can feel like walking into a courtroom, a battlefield, or a trap. You want to help. You want to say the right thing. You want them to open up, be honest, and finally see what you see. But too often, the conversation turns into defensiveness, arguing, guilt, shutdown, or another exhausting ride on the addiction rollercoaster. In this episode, Jason Coombs teaches families how to approach hard conversations differently using simple, practical tools from motivational interviewing, including the OARS framework: open questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries. You’ll learn how to ask better questions, reflect instead of react, validate without enabling, and use the “importance ruler” to help your loved one begin making their own case for change. Jason also shares the Stop, Drop, and Roll framework for those heated moments when emotions rise and the conversation starts to get away from you. This episode is for parents, spouses, siblings, and loved ones who are tired of walking on eggshells and want to learn how to stay loving, clear, and boundaried—even when addiction pushes back. In this episode, you’ll learn: How to stop turning hard conversations into interrogationsWhy open-ended questions lower defensivenessHow to affirm honesty without approving harmful behaviorWhy reflection helps your loved one feel heardHow to use the importance ruler without pushing or preachingWhat to do when the conversation gets hotHow to stay loving without getting pulled back into chaosYou can’t control your loved one’s addiction, but you can change the way you show up. And that change matters. Learn more about Brick House Recovery and the Unhooked family recovery work at BrickHouseRecovery.com. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

  6. Jun 8

    If Recovery Feels Impossible, Listen to This Before You Give Up

    Send us Fan Mail What if the biggest mistake families make in addiction recovery is focusing on the wrong mountain? In this episode, Jason shares a deeply personal reflection after celebrating his birth son’s 19th birthday—a moment that reminded him just how impossible recovery once felt. For years, addiction felt like an endless cycle of trying, failing, promising, and starting over. The distance between hope and reality felt impossible to cross. So what changed? Jason breaks down the 3 essential ingredients of hope that every family and individual in recovery must understand: ✔️ How to clearly see the destination ✔️ Why most people can’t see the path forward ✔️ The overlooked factor that determines whether lasting change is even possible You’ll also hear why recovery isn’t built through quick fixes, silver bullets, or treatment alone—and why people recover through relationships, identity change, and small, meaningful wins over time. If you’re exhausted from trying to help an addicted loved one—or if recovery feels impossible right now—this conversation will help you rethink what real progress actually looks like. In this episode: • Why hope breaks down in addiction recovery • The “mini summit” strategy that builds lasting momentum • Why long-term sobriety feels impossible in the beginning • The surprising reason treatment alone doesn’t work • How identity—not just abstinence—creates lasting change • A healthier way families can measure progress Recovery is possible. But it may not look the way you think. 🎧 Subscribe for weekly conversations on addiction, family recovery, boundaries, healing, and hope. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

  7. Jun 1

    Masterclass: You Can Be the Rescuer, the Persecutor, and the Victim All Before Lunch. Here's How to Stop.

    Send us Fan Mail If you have an addicted loved one and you have been holding everything together for longer than you can remember, this is the episode where it starts to come apart, in the best possible way. Jason takes you inside one of the most pivotal weeks of the six-week Live Unhooked Masterclass. You will learn why cleaning the goldfish never works, what really happens in Step Four of recovery, and the one psychological model that explains why the same loving move you have made a hundred times keeps producing the same painful result. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS [01:00] Jason sets the tone: "This is the masterclass. We go deep, quick." [01:36] Why powerlessness is not weakness, and why calling addiction a brain disease changes everything. [02:31] The story of Jason naming his disease "Sancho" in his fifth treatment center. [05:18] The goldfish framework: why cleaning the bowl matters more than rinsing the fish. [10:23] "The cave we fear to enter holds the treasure we seek." Joseph Campbell sets up Step Four. [13:45] A live five-round box breathing exercise with Jason. [21:01] Steps Three and Four: the decision to surrender versus entering the cave. [25:19] The Drama Triangle introduced: rescuer, persecutor, victim defined. [30:26] How all three roles can show up in the same person on the same day. [43:32] Jason gets personal: how the Drama Triangle has shown up at home during Brin's battle with cancer. [50:36] This week's assignments: the seven-day personal experiment and the Step Four workbook. [57:09] "Trust the process." Jason's closing challenge. THE DRAMA TRIANGLE Jason walks the group through the Karpman Drama Triangle, named by psychologist Stephen Karpman in the 1960s. Three roles families touched by addiction tend to cycle through. The rescuer fixes everything and is exhausted. Their identity depends on the chaos continuing. The persecutor weaponizes love and feeds shame, and shame fuels addiction, it does not stop it. The victim says I cannot, and the suffering becomes an identity. The part nobody tells you: these roles rotate. In a single day, the same person can rescue at breakfast, persecute at lunch, and collapse into victim by evening. Awareness is the first step out. THE GIFT INSIDE THE CAVE Jason discloses that the Drama Triangle has shown up not only in his recovery work but at home as his wife Brin has battled cancer. He has caught himself using bravado as a mask for victimhood. The awareness is not shame. It is a gift. He introduces a core teaching: our greatest weaknesses and our greatest strengths are two sides of the same coin. His anxiety drives the habits that built Brick House Recovery. His ADHD, harnessed with intention, becomes a superpower. Step Four is not punishment. It is a treasure hunt. THIS WEEK'S WORK The seven-day personal experiment. Give up one thing you depend on (coffee, scrolling, snooze, sugar) for seven days. Not for deprivation. For empathy. You cannot fully understand what your addicted loved one is up against until you have sat with your own brain bargaining. The Step Four supplemental workbook. A daily self-inventory designed to surface patterns, ego defense mechanisms, and the roles you play in your family system. "Place your recovery first. This is the very thing I am asking your addicted loved ones to do. All the other areas in your life will be blessed in time." RESOURCES Unhooked: How to Help an Addicted Loved One Recover by Jason Coombs (Audible, Amazon) Brick House Recovery: https://brickhouserecovery.com The Live Unhooked Masterclass If this episode moved something in you, share it with someone carrying the same weight. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

  8. May 26

    You're Helping Them Recover. But You're Slowly Suffocating.

    Send us Fan Mail You're still functioning. You're answering the crisis calls, researching treatment centers, watching for signs, holding the family together. But underneath all of it, your own oxygen is getting thinner. In the opening week of the Unhooked Masterclass, Jason Coombs sits down with families who love someone with substance use disorder and names what most of them already feel but rarely say out loud: addiction can slowly take the air out of your own life. This episode is the first step toward putting your own mask on first, and it starts with two questions that change everything. If you have been pouring yourself into someone else's recovery while quietly losing your own peace, your own sleep, your own clarity, this episode is for you. In the opening session of the Unhooked Masterclass, Jason Coombs walks families through the foundation of what it means to live unhooked from the chaos of someone else's substance use disorder. He covers confidentiality, emotional safety, powerlessness, the disease of addiction, and the difference between love and control. He also introduces the oxygen mask metaphor that runs through the entire six-week journey. You cannot help your loved one recover if you are slowly suffocating while trying to save them. What You Will Learn in This Episode The oxygen mask moment and why securing yours first is not selfish, it is survival. Why substance use disorder is a disease and not a moral failure, and why that distinction frees families to respond from a clearer place. The line most families cross without realizing it: where love quietly turns into control. How the Vow of Silence creates space for honesty, clarity, and personal revelation. The dual letter assignment that helps families begin separating the disease from the person they love. Hope as a three-part process: a clear goal, a path toward that goal, and the belief you can take the next step. The Emotional Raincoat Daily Inventory and how to use it before the storm hits. Key Frameworks Introduced Oxygen Mask Moment. Vows of Silence. Goldfish Bowl Metaphor. Hope as a Process. Dual Letter Assignment. Emotional Raincoat Daily Inventory. Surrender Blueprint. Serenity Circle Support Groups. Episode Highlights [01:00] Welcome to Week One of the Unhooked Masterclass [02:39] Why confidentiality creates safety and trust in the group [05:35] Treating the masterclass as an oxygen mask moment [07:27] The role of Vows of Silence and spiritual reflection [09:14] How the 12 Steps open the door to conscious contact and personal revelation [11:12] Why pausing before reacting prevents painful decisions [13:15] Introduction to the Serenity Circle support groups [15:04] Stacey shares her story as a mother of a son with substance use disorder [16:31] Week one focus: powerlessness, addiction as disease, and what you can actually control [17:44] The goldfish bowl metaphor and why environment matters [18:10] Hope as a three-part process [21:50] Overview of the six-week Unhooked Masterclass roadmap [25:00] The Helios flight story and the oxygen mask lesson [30:09] How families become hypoxic while trying to fix addiction [33:13] Vow of Silence prompts: unmanageability and confusing love with control [49:49] The dual letter assignment: writing to the addiction and to the loved one [50:55] Separating the disease from the person [55:56] Introducing the Emotional Raincoat Daily Inventory [58:01] The Surrender Blueprint as an off-ramp from fear [59:03] How to use the private community for support and questions Reflection Questions for This Week What has addiction made unmanageable in my life? Where am I confusing love with control? Sit with these. Write about them. Take them to prayer. They are the doorway into the rest of the work. About Jason Coombs Jason Coombs is the founder of Brick House Recovery, a faith-based outpatient treatment program in Idaho with locations in Boise, Idaho Falls, Coeur d'Alene, and telehealth. He is the national bestselling author of Unhooked: How to Help an Addicted Loved One Recover, host of the Get Unhooked Podcast, and a person in long-term recovery since March 19, 2009. Resources Mentioned The Unhooked Masterclass: a six-week live virtual experience for families impacted by addiction. Unhooked: How to Help an Addicted Loved One Recover, available on Audible and Amazon. Brick House Recovery: brickhouserecovery.com The private Live Unhooked community for ongoing support and questions. Subscribe and Share If this episode helped you breathe a little easier, share it with one person who needs to hear it. Subscribe to The Get Unhooked Podcast so you never miss a new episode, and leave a review to help more families find their way home. Support the show Join Jason Coombs LIVE each week for tips and tricks and LIVE Q&A’s. Go to https://www.liveunhooked.com/live-unhooked.  For information about treatment services visit https://www.brickhouserecovery.com/ For more information about Warrior Heart Bootcamp for men visit www.awarriorheart.com https://awarriorheart.com/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Warrior Heart = 2026Brick100 To learn more about the women’s retreat, Heart of a Woman:  https://theheartofawoman.net/ $100 DISCOUNT CODE for Heart of a Woman = 2026Brick100

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GET UNHOOKED PODCAST: Real Help For Families Facing Addiction hosted by Jason Coombs.  WELCOME TO THE JOURNEY Hey guys, welcome to the Get Unhooked Podcast. I am excited to be your guide providing you real help for families facing addiction. I share inspiration, tools, and insights on addiction, mental health, parenting, leadership, influence, company culture, goal setting, goal smashing, daily routines, prosperity, finance, success, entrepreneurship, relationships, and fitness. This show is all about how to help you become the best version of yourself while striving to help an addicted loved one recover. Join me on this journey of growth and change, and let's work together to create a life that you are proud of. Let's roll! WHAT TO EXPECT Each episode delivers actionable strategies and transformative insights across multiple dimensions of life: Addiction & Recovery: Breaking free from what holds you backMental Health: Building resilience and emotional wellbeingRelationships & Parenting: Creating connections that matterProfessional Growth: Leadership, influence, and culture-buildingLifestyle Design: Daily routines, fitness, and financial freedom ABOUT YOUR HOST Jason Coombs is a keynote speaker and corporate consultant on Mental Wealth and Emotional Prosperity. With a Masters of Professional Communications degree, he is the author of the Amazon bestseller, Unhooked: How to Help an Addicted Loved One Recover. Jason is the President and Founder of Brick House Recovery, a renowned treatment chain for substance abuse and co-occurring disorders. His company received the national Excellence in Treatment award and Idaho’s Best in Mental Wellness award three years in a row. Jason is the Southwest Regional Director for the Idaho Association for Addiction Professionals board. Beyond work, Jason enjoys skiing, competing in Ironman events, and traveling with his family. JOIN THE COMMUNITY Website: TBAInstagram: @jascoombsEmail: info@brickhouserecovery.comNew episodes are released weekly. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts to never miss an episode on your journey to becoming unhooked and unleashed.

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    Jason Coombs
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    65
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