How Can I Reward Him – He’s Always High on Pot!
Your son appears to always be high. Without confronting him, and asking or accusing him of being high, your best guess is that he is always high and t…
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.
Her Relapse Felt Like a Slap in the Face
Millicent is concerned about her daughter being unable to stay away from her heroin-using boyfriend. Meanwhile, Dad is planning to visit their da…
What If He Has to Detox in Jail?
Methadone can take three to four weeks to shake off both the physical detoxification and the lingering effects of the detoxification, like depression …
He’s Begging to Come Home
As hard as this sounds, I am going to tell you that you are in a good place! Your son is safe, the system is helping to step him down to the next…
I Saw Her Phone Log and She’s Back in Touch with her Ex
It’s hard to know where to stand relative to a Loved One in the instability of early recovery. She’s got to make her mistakes. You've …
He’s Home and Stays in His Man Cave All Day
One would hope that the structure and activities of an inpatient facility would rub off on your son after 45 days, and it has. He is going to meetings…
He’s On Methadone & Constipated…
Methadone, like all opiates, can be terribly constipating. We are not familiar with all the outcomes possible with acupuncture, but if it did re…
They’re So Enmeshed – Can I Possibly Help?
“Enmeshed” is a good word to describe the situation between your sister and her son. Enmeshed describes a pattern, years in the making, when a fam…
He’s In Treatment: It’s Your Cue to Step Back
There’s a lot of starting and stopping in early sobriety. This can unfortunately last some time. It’s going to take patience and trust in …
I’m Sober So Why Isn’t My Son?
It took me years to realize there is more than one way to overcome addiction. Your son can find his way. You can help him to find his way by following…