Episodes 68
Avg. Duration 42m
Activity Highly Active
Since Feb 2022
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Matt is a professional interventionist with more than twenty years of frontline experience working with addiction, recovery, and the families caught in between. Having guided hundreds of families through the chaos, fear, and uncertainty that surround substance use disorder, he understands both the clinical realities of addiction and the emotional toll it takes on the people who love someone struggling.

On The Party Wreckers Podcast, Matt pulls back the curtain on addiction and intervention—cutting through stigma, misinformation, and false hope. He translates complex subjects like enabling, boundaries, relapse, treatment selection, and recovery planning into clear, practical conversations families can actually use. Each episode blends real-world intervention experience, hard-earned insight, and honest storytelling to help listeners move from paralysis to purposeful action.

Matt approaches addiction as a medical disease that demands accountability, structure, and compassion—and recognizes that lasting recovery often includes a spiritual component defined by meaning, connection, and responsibility rather than rigid ideology. His work helps families learn the difference between helping and enabling, how to set boundaries they can hold, and how to build sustainable, family-centered recovery plans that support long-term change.

The Party Wreckers Podcast exists for families who are done pretending, done waiting, and ready to understand what actually works.

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When Boundaries Start To Hold

Mar 05, 2026 7m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.The moment real boundaries start to hold, the room often gets louder. Emotions spike, manipulation intensifies, and families wonder if they…

From Requests To Real Boundaries: How Families Stop Enabling

Feb 25, 2026 8m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.Feeling stuck between pleading and ultimatum fatigue? We dig into the exact moment boundaries fail and how to replace fragile lines with…

If Lectures Worked, Rehab Would Be A Podcast

Jan 21, 2026 8m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.Ever practice a hard talk so many times you feel like you’ve already lived it? We’ve been there. Today we explore why families facing…

You Don’t Need Proof, You Need Patterns

Jan 08, 2026 9m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.That uneasy feeling you can’t quite name? We’re putting words to it and a plan under it. Before addiction looks like chaos, it sounds like…

When Mental Health Masks Addiction And Keeps Families Stuck

Jan 01, 2026 10m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.Support the showJoin us Every Sunday at 8:00 PM PST and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Night at 8:00 PM EST/5:00PST for a FREE family…

From Battlefield To Senate: How Harold Hughes Reframed Alcoholism As A Treatable Disease

Dec 11, 2025 21m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.A single life can bend policy, culture, and the fate of families—and Harold E. Hughes is proof. We share how a farm kid from Depression-era…

Your Kid Called From Jail; Your Wallet Doesn’t Have To

Nov 24, 2025 41m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.The call comes from jail and your heart drops. Do you race to post bond, or use the moment to steer your loved one toward real help? We walk…

Connection Beats Control: Surrender As The Family’s Turning Point

Nov 11, 2025 51m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.The hardest truth for families to hear often becomes the most freeing: you can’t fix your loved one’s addiction—and you don’t have to. We sat…

Addiction: Choice or Disease?

Jul 07, 2025 33m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.The addiction debate has divided families for decades: Is it a disease requiring treatment or simply a choice demanding willpower? In this…

Digital Quicksand: How Screen Addiction Fuels Mental Health Crisis

Jun 30, 2025 20m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.What happens when the soothing glow of screens becomes a dangerous escape hatch for our children's emotions? In this revealing episode,…

June 2025 Q & A: Answers to Listener Submitted Questions

Jun 16, 2025 33m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.The guilt of setting boundaries. The manipulation tactics. The late-night jail calls begging for bail money. When you love someone struggling…

Beyond the Controversy: What Research Really Shows About AA

Jun 09, 2025 32m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.When it seems like everyone on social media is criticizing 12-step programs, where can you find the truth about what really works for…

When Love Becomes a Shield: Understanding Enabling and Boundaries

Jun 03, 2025 36m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.What happens when love becomes a shield that prevents necessary growth? In this powerful episode, Matt Brown examines the complex psychology…

Love Isn't Enough: The Power of a United Front

May 28, 2025 29m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.Ever wondered why addiction interventions sometimes fall apart, even when everyone wants the same outcome? In this powerful episode, addiction…

May 2025 Q & A: Answers to Listener Submitted Questions

May 20, 2025 33m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.What if everything you thought you knew about addiction recovery was wrong? In this eye-opening episode, addiction interventionist Matt Brown…

49 Million Need Help, Only 13 Million Get It

May 12, 2025 27m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.Matt shares findings from a comprehensive National Institutes of Health study revealing why doctors struggle to treat addiction effectively…

The Evolution of Marijuana: Not Your Grandads' Weed

May 05, 2025 22m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.Some of the information in this episode was taken from my good friend Ben Cort, author of "Weed, Inc."  If you want to learn more from him,…

The Chess Game We Play with Addiction (We Should Be Playing Checkers)

Apr 30, 2025 31m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.The question Matt Brown hears most frequently in his work as an addiction interventionist is deceptively simple yet profoundly challenging:…

Breaking Free: Layne LoMaglio From Struggles to Strength

Jan 13, 2025 31m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.Layne LoMaglio's journey from addiction to recovery is as inspiring as it is cautionary, and his story begins with a box of wine at age 12.…

Transforming the Holiday Season: Prioritizing Recovery and Renewal Over Tradition

Nov 26, 2024 27m Transcript

We want to hear from you! Send us a question or comment.Can the holiday season be a catalyst for change? Discover a perspective that challenges the conventional wisdom of delaying recovery efforts…

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