Managing Difficult Emotions (CBT)
Unlike traditional Freudian psychoanalysis, which probes childhood wounds to get at the root causes of conflict, CBT focuses on solutions, encouraging…
Author: isabel
When Does Drinking Moderation Work?
If you’re the family member of someone with a drinking problem, you probably have strong opinions about whether your Loved One can, or ough…
An Inspiring Story of Modeling the Change We Seek
"If my behavior in her presence creates opportunities, I am thinking that my behavior in her non-presence will have to somehow create opport…
I’m Trying to Control His Drug Use Through Money
This mother is up to her head in exhaustion and anxiety. Panic is always just around the corner. Money is a sticking point and mom realizes that somet…
Is It Time to Give Up on Him?
Have you also wondered whether it was time to give up, and move on? Whether you have done all you can and need to cut the ties? In this new post we po…
Heal Me: Melissa Etheridge Sings for Her Son
Melissa Etheridge recorded this concert in her home studio on June 20 of 2020. The main goal of doing the concert, entitled "Heal Me," she e…
Alcoholics Anonymous vs. Other Approaches: The Evidence Is Now In
For a long time, medical researchers were unsure whether Alcoholics Anonymous worked better than other approaches to treating people with alcohol use …
Preventing An Opiate Overdose
If your Loved One or anyone you know is using opiates, you should know how to reverse an overdose. Here's the basic information you need to know t…
Podcast #48—The Hosts Are the Guests!
(36:09) Hear your Coming Up for Air hosts as never before! Allies in Recovery's Content Editor, Isabel Cooney, invites Laurie MacDougall and …
You Can Make Friends with Enabling
Can you relate to this mom? Stuck at home with a Loved One yoyo-ing back and forth from opiod use to withdrawals, saying he wants treatment but then n…