Is Rewarding Enabling My Loved One?
mandybrownaz wrote in about her Loved One who has addictions to multiple substances. Unsure how to toe the line between being supportive and lovi…
Member Topics: MODULE 2
The Abuse Has Become Unbearable
From the description, it sounds like your son suffers from serious mental illness. For you and for other Allies families dealing with serious men…
My Son Is All Over the Place & Got Violent with Me
As family members we can become immune to the odd, desperate, and even dangerous, things our Loved Ones do while under the influence of drugs or alcoh…
He’s Angry & Says We’ve Abandoned Him
He has temporarily lost custody of his young daughter because of his struggle with substances. His mother is raising his child but he has been having …
In Addition to the Substances, He’s Gaming All Night…
The combination of the alcohol, pot, and gaming has ruined his first semester at college to the point that he is now forced to take a leave from schoo…
He Gets Mean and Verbally Abusive
Do not take what he says while drinking personally. Do not expect more from him. This is it, your husband is drunk. Do not expect him to remember his …
It’s Time for Him to Go!
Asking your Loved One to leave your home is a hard decision. Your Loved One is not making any effort to curtail or stop the drug use. Allowing th…
At My Wit’s End!
Our approach was developed by psychologists who studied families caught in the turmoil of a Loved One’s addiction. There is nothing else like CR…
He Refuses to Leave
If your Loved One is behaving violently now, the risk is that this will generalize to his future relationships with a spouse, his own children, or oth…
He’s Only Violent When He Uses – Can I Still Follow the Program?
The CRAFT program is designed to reduce friction, to calm things down between you and your Loved One. But any change, even positive loving calmi…