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    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.
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    He’s Relapsing Right Now, Should he Leave Home?

    If, as family members, we wait around for a 100% commitment from our loved one, we will almost certainly be waiting a long time. Family members must m…
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    Dominique Simon December 20, 2018
    CANDLES IN SNOW

    Son Coming Home for Christmas

    Allies member StrongerTogether is anticipating her son's return home from a sober house for the holidays. How do we approach those family events w…
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    Dominique Simon December 18, 2018
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    High Anxiety, Son Lost Job and Home, Awaits Trial

    An Allies member writes of recent turmoil in her Loved One's life. Awaiting trial after an arrest for hitting his girlfriend, the Loved One i…
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    Dominique Simon December 18, 2018
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    Son Breaking In

    Allies member has asked her son to leave after he repeatedly violated boundaries she had set, breaking in and stealing from the family. The Loved One&…
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    Dominique Simon December 14, 2018
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    He’s Full of Regret And Hopelessness

    Five weeks after changing the lock and having her son leave the house, she received a text from him. He expresses discontent with where his life is an…
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    Dominique Simon December 14, 2018
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    Coming Home from Sober House

    Loved One is not engaged in treatment, not taking prescriptions, says he "feels fine" and "doesn't need it." He's fin…
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    Dominique Simon December 10, 2018
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    My Helping Wasn’t Helpful. It’s Time to Detach

    Mom spent years helping her daughter and son-in-law as they sank deeper and deeper into trouble with the drugs and probably also alcohol. She now real…
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    Dominique Simon December 10, 2018
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    He Angrily Brushes Off Our Attempts

    Loved One is defiant and angry with parents, rejecting kind gestures.  He's using pot daily, missing school, doesn't see his us…
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    Dominique Simon December 8, 2018
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    I Fear Pushing Him Back to Heroin

    She has successfully used CRAFT taught on our member site to help her son into treatment for heroin addiction. He is now 9 months out and has not rela…
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    Dominique Simon December 3, 2018
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    Today He’s Full of Regret and Hopelessness

    5 weeks after changing the lock and having her son leave the house, 1delapisa received a text from him. What he expresses (discontent with where his l…
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    Dominique Simon December 3, 2018
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    Allies in Recovery

    Allies in Recovery is a Membership-based program providing knowledge and skills to families who have loved ones struggling with addiction, since 2003. Using CRAFT, the only behavioral training method designed specifically for families and scientifically proven to work, you’ll learn how to communicate, behave, intervene, and guide your loved one toward recovery. Eight self-guided video modules provide the complete CRAFT skillset. We supplement the training videos with hand-tailored guidance provided through an interactive blog, podcasts, live daily groups and trainings with our experts, and curated resources – including ways to locate hard-to-find, quality, low- or no-cost treatment, and other pathways through which your loved one can find recovery. You aren’t alone – you have Allies!

     

     

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