They Reached Rock Bottom On the Same Day and Recover Together with Alicia and Damian Bloss

They Reached Rock Bottom On the Same Day and Recover Together with Alicia and Damian Bloss

What can we learn from those who have battled addiction? This conversation with Damien and Alicia Bloss offers a rare double perspective: the alcoholic and the partner who held the family together while everything was falling apart. The episode centres on how both of them hit rock bottom on the very same day. Damien describes years of hiding alcohol, drinking in the car, and planning his life around staying supplied: “All I’m thinking is, I need more.

I don’t care what is in my path.” Alicia shares how she slowly realised his drinking was far beyond “normal”, then slipped into burnout and emotional numbness, feeling she somehow “deserved” to live with an alcoholic because of messages from her childhood. You’ll hear them break down enabling in painfully honest terms.

Alicia explains how taking care of everything – kids, bills, driving, social image – meant Damien “only had to worry about Damien”, and she later recognised this as enabling. Damien admits he leaned on that safety net, knowingly letting her “pick up the pieces”. There’s also powerful detail on what it took to rebuild trust after rehab.

Alicia talks about triggers like “the sound of a coke can” and how apologies meant nothing until Damien showed change over time: “My actions are going to speak louder than my words, because my words meant nothing.” They both stress that families may need space and time, and that forgiveness can’t be rushed or demanded.

Stylistically, the chat is open, raw and often darkly funny, aimed at anyone affected by addiction – especially partners who feel like single parents in a shared home. If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re supporting or enabling, or how couples can recover together, this one might hit close to home. So, where do you see yourself in their story – in the bottle, beside it, or trying to hold the house up around it?