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    Member Blog Tag: Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA)

    “What We All Require Is To Be Heard”: Kayla Solomon On Effective Communication and Connection

    In March 2023, Allies in Recovery's very own Kayla Solomon led a 90-minute ZOOM conversation with leaders of the East Bay chapter of the National Alli…
    rredick May 12, 2023
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    What Do “Using” and “Not Using” Really Mean?

    In this closer look at Module 5, you’ll learn a tenet of CRAFT – rewarding positive behavior and removing rewards for negative behavior. When it c…
    Jeanine Bedard May 8, 2023

    What Are Natural Consequences? More on Modules 5 & 6

    CRAFT is like a menu. The better your awareness of patterns from watching yourself and your loved one – over time – and experimenting to see what …
    Jeanine Bedard May 8, 2023

    How CRAFT Can Help: Supporting Your Partner to Successfully Moderate Opiate Use

    His partner is trying to moderate her use of heroin and methamphetamine with no formal support. Her use consumes so much of his partner's life that it…
    Jeanine Bedard May 5, 2023

    I Don’t Want To Ignore What’s Happening. And I Don’t Want To Accuse.

    Fortunately, CRAFT skills can help us avoid both extremes. Faith asks a basic, vital question — and one that Allies in Recovery writer Laurie MacDou…
    Laurie MacDougall May 5, 2023

    What Do “Using” and “Not Using” Really Mean?

    In this closer look at Module 5, you’ll learn a tenet of CRAFT – rewarding positive behavior and removing rewards for negative behavior. When it c…
    Jeanine Bedard May 1, 2023

    Will His Vaping Lead Him Right Back To Use?

    It can be hard—perhaps even impossible—not to worry when a Loved One who struggles with SUD exhibits changes in behavior. Even when many of those …
    Laurie MacDougall April 28, 2023

    How to Use the CRAFT Approach to Communicate with a Loved One Living with Substance Use Disorder

    Substance Use Disorder can often involve volatile emotions on all sides. When family members use the CRAFT approach that we teach at AlliesinRecovery.…
    Laurie MacDougall April 28, 2023

    The Important Difference Between Bribes, Incentives, and Positive Reinforcement

    A mom wrote in asking for guidance on whether she should offer to reward her son for attending addiction recovery group meetings. However, she is unsu…
    Laurie MacDougall March 10, 2023

    “Heads Up” Tips for Those New to SUD

    Have you ever looked back on a particularly stressful time in your life and wished you’d known a few things ahead of the struggle? Or maybe you wer…
    annieunhooked January 6, 2023
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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 expert, interactive blog, podcasts, 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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