I Don’t Feel Like Celebrating Valentine’s Day
An Allies member feels too angry to celebrate Valentine's day with her husband. She is exhausted from shouldering all of the responsibil…
Author: Dominique Simon
Dominique launched Allies in Recovery in 2003. Her work has been featured on HBO and NPR. She is a facilitator and a trained speaker on issues of addiction and the family. She has worked extensively developing and evaluating federally-funded substance abuse programs for organizations and clinics throughout Massachusetts and New York. With an interest in recovery and substance abuse that spans 20 years, she sees a huge need to help families develop the skills to help a loved one recover fully in a supportive, whole, and lasting way in their families and in their communities. Her mission is to have Allies in Recovery fill that gap.
He’s Drinking at Home…What About The Children?
How does she confront her husband's use? With work schedules to navigate and kids at home, it seems there's never a time she can find to connect when …
Pot Use and Launching A Loved One Into Adulthood
What happens when our Loved Ones seem to "say the right things" about something they're going to do, but never follow through? Family me…
College As A Reward?
A Loved One acknowledges that she has a problem and needs help, but a busy schedule got in the way of her getting to the appointment. Fireball wonders…
Chronic Pain and Addiction
The underlying chronic pain a Loved One suffers from, in addition to her addiction, requires a change in approach when presenting treat…
Trusting A Loved One in Early Recovery
AB123 writes in that her Loved One is 90 days sober, but she's scared to let him come back home. His recovery has just begun... there is so m…
I Feel Like a Married Single Mom
After 12 years of her Loved One's addiction, having single-handedly provided for their family for all of these years, Hope2006 is at a l…
Is Rewarding Enabling My Loved One?
mandybrownaz wrote in about her Loved One who has addictions to multiple substances. Unsure how to toe the line between being supportive and lovi…
How A Daybed & Footlocker Can Change the Game
After rehab, many parents find themselves in that gray area of whether or not to allow their recovering loved one to stay at home. Follow these guidel…
Using CRAFT for Loved One’s Unknown Behaviors
Bambi1 feels like nothing she says makes a difference with her Loved One. She's tired of the disrespect and the complete disregard her Loved One s…