When Lindsay found me, her husband had been to five rehabs.

She was the sole breadwinner. She’d leave for work every morning not knowing what she’d come home to. How drunk would he be? How bad would the house mess be? Would he even be alive?

She tucked her car keys under her mattress every night. It was the only place she could think of that he wouldn’t find them. She’d lie there waiting to feel the mattress lift.

She had a one-year-old.

She joined our program because her daycare owner handed her my number and she figured she had nothing left to lose.

Here’s what Lindsay told a room full of families recently, four years into her husband’s sobriety.

She said the values in her house now are the values she’s learned at Tipping Point. She said she gave up all the roles she thought she had to have – his case manager, his scheduler, his life-keeper. She said she has hobbies now. He has hobbies. She sits on the Historic Commission in her town. He sits on the Planning Board.

And then she said this:

“We chopped the wood and we carried the water. It was hard. There were a lot of tears. But it felt so good to feel. It felt so good to work through the stuff we didn’t even know we were carrying.”

That’s what’s possible. Not perfection. Not a guarantee. A life back.

I’m bringing families together again on May 19th. It’s a live and interactive workshop, two hours, and the investment is $47.

If you’ve been reading these emails for the last few weeks and something has been building in you, this is where to go next.

Register here: https://dearfamilybook.com/dear-family-workshop

Talk soon, Kate

P.S. If you know you want to be there, grab your spot now. The room is intentionally small.

If you’ve ever wondered whether an intervention could help your family, you probably imagine something dramatic and hard:

Everyone in a room. 

A confrontation. 

Someone storming out.

That’s what TV taught us to expect.

But real intervention, the kind we guide families through, looks very different.

In a recent case study interview, Dorene shared what her family went through before finding Tipping Point:

“We were desperate. We didn’t know what to do.”

Her adult daughter had struggled with alcohol since her teens.
They had tried everything- hospitals, boundaries, waiting by the phone.
They were afraid of losing her.

What changed everything?

🛠️ Weeks of family preparation. Learning what to say, what not to say, how to hold firm but loving boundaries.
🛠️ A clear plan with our team who worked directly with the treatment center.
🛠️ Time. Nicole didn’t go to treatment the day of the intervention and she said yes five days later. She completed care, and today, she’s managing a sober living house.

“Had we tried to do this on our own, she probably wouldn’t even be speaking to us. The prep and support changed everything.”

Watch the interview with Kate and Dorene here:

Here’s the most important thing Dorene’s story teaches:

Intervention is not a moment, it’s a process.

And it starts with your recovery first.

That’s why every family who does an intervention through Tipping Point also goes through our Foundations course. It gives you the skills, language, and tools to make any next step, intervention or not, more effective and more healing.

Here’s your reflection for today:

💭 What would it feel like to stop waiting for the next crisis… and start preparing for recovery instead?

Not just for them, but for you, too.

If you’re wondering what this process can look like for you and your family, let’s have a conversation. No pressure to get signed up for anything. Our intervention process is several steps. Start with a free conversation to see what’s the best next step, and then we’ll go from there. Book a connection call here.

We’re here for you,
Kate