It’s Like a Cosmic Flaw Awaiting
Allies member 228 published a comment that explores his and his family's experience with his son's addiction and rehab. Guilt and remorse…
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 Avoiding Me & Using At Night
1delapisa wishes her son would just listen to her for 10 minutes but he hides out and sleeps all day to avoid talking. She is tired and frustrated and…
He’s Not Really Living—How Can He Get Unstuck?
There are questions in Learning Module 3 that will help you sharpen your skills at observing your Loved One. To the degree that it can be known, try a…
He’s Back in College But Is Still On Shaky Ground
The bar you set may be unrealistically high in terms of your expectations. Individuals don’t stop all addictions at once. They test out reducing…
He’s Clean From Opiates But Really Struggling
This mom is determined to help her son, in recovery from opioid addiction since last December. He continues to struggle, from symptoms related to…
The Pot’s A Problem But I Fear Pushing Him Back to Heroin
Ivy2015 has successfully used the CRAFT principles taught on this site to help her son into inpatient treatment for heroin addiction. He is now 9 mont…
He Doesn’t Show An Ounce of Gratitude
When a Loved One is in the throes of active addiction, family members feel the need to focus almost entirely on the Loved One and their situation. Whe…
It’s Either I Help Him or I Help Myself
From your comment it appears your son is ruling your home and your relationships with other family members. You have the power to stop this. It isn&rs…
Serious Mental Illness & Addiction—Help!
A member wonders if it would be 'immoral' to ask her son, alcohol-dependent and experiencing psychotic symptoms, to leave the house. Dis…
I Engaged in the Chaos—Now What?
Your intuition was right. Your son’s relapse has taken hold. He stayed away for days, went begging to other family members for money after drain…