Resources
Family & Professionals
Understanding addiction from the inside out
Whether you are a family member watching someone you love disappear into addiction, or a professional working on the front lines of the crisis — this book was written with you in mind too.
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For Families
Addiction doesn't just happen to the person using. It ripples outward — through marriages, parent-child relationships, friendships, and entire households. Flannel Pajamas for the Soul offers families a rare window into what their loved one may be experiencing: the shame, the self-deception, the desperate logic of someone in the grip of addiction. Understanding doesn't mean excusing. But it can be the beginning of a different kind of conversation.
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For Treatment Professionals
Counsellors, social workers, nurses, and physicians who work with people struggling with addiction often do so with limited first-person accounts of what the experience actually feels like from the inside. Brian's memoir is frank about the ways the system helped — and the ways it failed. It is a resource for building empathy and refining the human side of treatment.
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Bring Brian to Your Organization
Brian speaks to treatment centres, hospitals, schools, and community organizations about addiction, recovery, and the importance of honest storytelling. His talks are direct, sometimes funny, and always grounded in lived experience.