Family Sobriety Now
Because Sobriety Is A Family Affair
Family Sobriety Now is the podcast for families navigating the heartbreak, confusion, and uncertainty of a loved one’s addiction. Addiction impacts households of all professions, income levels, races, religions, and backgrounds. That includes our first-responder and public safety families who face tragedy and high-stress on every shift.
Hosted by Joseph Devlin—a counselor, former treatment center director, author, and person in long-term recovery—Family Sobriety Now provides practical guidance, compassionate support, and real-world strategies to help families respond with confidence instead of fear.
Through three distinct types of episodes, you’ll gain the knowledge, perspective, and encouragement you need along the journey:
A Step Out of Darkness takes a deeper dive into the principles from Joseph’s book, A Step Out of Darkness: How to Help Someone Enter Addiction Treatment and Walk with Them Through Recovery. These episodes provide a step-by-step roadmap for helping a loved one enter treatment while supporting your entire family through the recovery process.
Joe’s Insights features practical, bite-sized guidance from Joseph, drawing on decades of professional experience helping individuals and families navigate addiction, treatment, recovery, and healthy boundaries.
Family Voices shares honest conversations with families who have experienced the challenges of addiction firsthand. Their stories offer hope, understanding, and the reminder that you are never alone.
Whether you’re trying to recognize the warning signs of addiction, encourage someone to seek help, understand the recovery process, or simply find hope in the middle of uncertainty, Family Sobriety Now offers trusted guidance from professionals, lived experience from families, and practical tools you can begin using today.
Addiction impacts the entire family—but so does recovery.
Together, we’ll replace fear with understanding, chaos with stability, and uncertainty with a path forward.
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Meet The Host
Joseph Devlin: Drug & Alcohol Counselor, MA, MAC, CAADC
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Joseph Devlin is an IIRP instructor, adjunct professor at Bucks County Community College, and founder of Family Sobriety Now. He has more than 20 years of experience in the specialty of addiction treatment. His passion lies in helping individuals reach sobriety and to live fulfilling lives by connecting people with the resources they need to achieve freedom from addiction. He is an accomplished author with broad expertise in using restorative practices to repair the harm in families caused by issues around addiction.
Joseph earned a Bachelor in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Science in Restorative Practices and Youth Counseling from the IIRP. He holds a certification in Family Group Decision Making and Family Group Conferencing.
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Addiction Is Not a Lack of Willpower
July 27, 2026
Episode 003 of Family Sobriety Now
A Step Out of Darkness
Joseph Devlin continues to dive into the intricacies of A Step Out of Darkness and explores why addiction cannot be reduced to a simple lack of willpower. He explains how addiction affects the brain, body, instincts, and behavior, helping families better understand why their loved one may feel unable to “just stop” despite serious consequences.
Joseph also emphasizes the importance of dignity, compassion, and holistic treatment that addresses the mind, body, and spirit. Through personal reflection, practical examples, and the reminder that “behind every addict is a family,” he encourages listeners to identify supportive people, explore recovery communities, and prepare resources that can help individuals and families take the next step toward healing.
Learn more about your host - Joseph Devlin MA, CAADC, MAC – and his book, A Step Out of Darkness, at https://josephbdevlin.org/my-book/
Rebuilding Together
July 27, 2026
Episode 002 of Family Sobriety Now
A Step Out of Darkness
Joseph Devlin dives into Chapter Two of A Step Out of Darkness and reflects on the widespread impact of addiction on individuals, families, and society. He shares sobering statistics about substance misuse, overdose, and the economic cost of addiction while emphasizing that the crisis is not limited to any one group or community.
Joseph also reinforces the idea of “family sobriety,” encouraging listeners to rebuild and strengthen the family unit as a foundation for long-term recovery. Through practical suggestions such as identifying family values, sharing meals, creating simple family routines, attending worship together, and practicing love through small daily actions, he reminds families that recovery begins with connection, consistency, and compassion.
Learn more about your host - Joseph Devlin MA, CAADC, MAC – and his book, A Step Out of Darkness, at https://josephbdevlin.org/my-book/
Welcoming Recovery Home
July 27, 2026
Episode 001 of Family Sobriety Now
A Step Out of Darkness
Host Joseph Devlin welcomes families who are facing the pain, confusion, and uncertainty of a loved one’s addiction. Speaking from his own lived experience in recovery, as well as his professional background as a counselor, treatment center auditor, clinical director, author, and former first responder, Joseph explains why family involvement is essential to long-term sobriety. He stresses the mission of the podcast: to help families recognize warning signs, understand treatment options, support recovery, set healthy boundaries, and replace fear and judgment with practical solutions, compassion, and hope.
Learn more about your host - Joseph Devlin MA, CAADC, MAC – and his book, A Step Out of Darkness, at https://josephbdevlin.org/my-book/
Introduction to Family Sobriety Now
July 20, 2026
Episode 000 of Family Sobriety Now
In the introductory episode of Family Sobriety Now, host Joseph Devlin welcomes families who are facing the pain, confusion, and uncertainty of a loved one’s addiction. Speaking from his own lived experience in recovery, as well as his professional background as a counselor, treatment center auditor, clinical director, author, and former first responder, Joseph explains why family involvement is essential to long-term sobriety. He introduces the mission of the podcast: to help families recognize warning signs, understand treatment options, support recovery, set healthy boundaries, and replace fear and judgment with practical solutions, compassion, and hope.
Learn more about your host - Joseph Devlin MA, CAADC, MAC – and his book, A Step Out of Darkness, at https://josephbdevlin.org/my-book/