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Applying CRAFT
CRAFT (Community Reinforcement And Family Training) is a science-based training for the family of people with addiction. Recognized by SAMHSA, the federal agency that oversees substance addiction.
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Families Share How CRAFT Helped Their Loved Ones with Addiction
How Allies in Recovery works
Get expert answers to your questions
Learn to apply CRAFT
Improve connection and stop arguments
Manage the situation
Reduce harmful behaviors
Engage into recovery
Allies in Recovery benefits
Eliminate commute and scheduling
Anonymity and convenience
Move at your own pace
Learn CRAFT in less than 5 hours
Apply the method immediately
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Become an Ally in Your Loved One’s Recovery
Build a bridge
Learn effective communication to request change
Understand denial
Cope with relapse and learn the signs of substance use
Heal the family
De-escalate conflict, get to “yes, I want help,” and reduce your stress
Recovery process
Navigate treatment and make a list of options. Encourage wellness
Hundreds of positive reviews
Nothing else that I've participated in or practiced has been anywhere near as impactful as the AlliesInRecovery curriculum via your podcast, modules, and workshop.
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The tools I've learned from your website are empowering and it works. I looked at many sites and investigated many groups, many I found to be based on emotion at best or on fear at worst.
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Your kind words, detailed guidance with the website, and ongoing encouragement have been so refreshing.
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In the twenty years of struggle and reprieve I've experienced I don't remember ever feeling as supported as I do now.
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I have become an unofficial ambassador for CRAFT and I've sent many your way. Things are going well now with my loved one – but you have NO IDEA how helpful you have been along the way.
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Your response is very validating. I teared up a bit in gratitude. I think that my biggest struggle is with uncertainty about my thoughts and decisions… Allies' helps so much with this!
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I have to be vigilant and tiptoe around … unstable family members for my 54 years, and I am seeing that I don't actually need to live like that moving forward. It is a huge change.
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I offered to collaborate on an internal email article to share Allies in Recovery with my colleagues. I wish I had come across it sooner.
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I've only known the Al-Anon and Codependency approach before. I'm finding it so helpful to see addiction and recovery in a new way. It is so liberating.
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Allies in Recovery is a fantastic program and, for me, is more helpful than Al Anon.
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The approach makes sense and has really helped me grow as a person. Using the techniques from the modules has helped me dramatically improve communication with my LO with SUD.
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I am much better at setting boundaries and am slowly reclaiming my own life. I find the principles useful as a guide in all my relationships. My deepest, heartfelt thanks to the Allies' team!!
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The decades trying to control fix solve etc was exhausting and ineffective. [Allies'] resources are the best there is! I thank you from the bottom of our hearts for this program.
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I love this program! I think it should be available to everyone! Thank you for all that you do!
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First and only program where I was supported, encouraged, and understood as the mother of an adult son with SUD. I am a different person now and so is my son.
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I am simply thankful for this resource. Blessings!
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Meet our team
Decades of experience applying CRAFT to a diversity of families and situations
Dominique Simon-Levine, MPH & Ph.D., studied CRAFT under Dr. Robert Meyers, and founded Allies in Recovery in 2003. She oversees the daily operations of the organization and has been featured on HBO and NPR.
Isabel Cooney co-hosts our podcast series for people using CRAFT with a significant other, called “Partner CRAFT.” She’s also a regular contributor to our Discussion Blog, and a CRAFT devotee.
Kayla Solomon, trained in CRAFT by Dr. Robert Meyers, is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and has been serving families faced with addiction for over 20 years.
Clinically proven results
| 93% | of families surveyed found Allies In Recovery reduced their anxiety, worry, and anger |
| 80% | said Allies in Recovery was helpful in getting their loved one to accept care |
| 67% | found Allies in Recovery helpful in reducing their loved one’s use of drugs and alcohol |
Successful treatment engagement
✔ Step out of isolation into a constructive, compassionate and learning community
✔ Become trained and empowered to influence your loved one’s recovery journey
✔ Remember: when you are doing better – you’re better able to help your loved one
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