Even After the Addiction is Resolved…You May Need to Do More
You want to partner with her, not dominate. You want to get your frustrations addressed elsewhere and not aim them at her. There is a child involved, …
Member Topics: MODULE 8
He Got Drunk and Set Fire to His Bedroom
The primary goal is to get your brother out of the house. Focus on this. As you have pointed out, there are risks to your parents’ safety as lon…
How Honest Should I Be?
70% of any relationship, whether alcohol and drugs are involved or not, is based on verbal communication. So being aware of how you communicate …
He Comes Home Sober … How Do I Use Rewards?
The question now is when to use rewards, since your husband comes home from his cocaine binges sober. We would treat this period as the withdrawa…
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’s Hiding a Crack Habit
Because cocaine is done in binges and doesn’t create a physical withdrawal like other drugs, a person can more easily believe the problem doesn&…
Please Don’t Come Home
What a relief when a Loved One agrees to go into treatment. Right behind this relief though come, perhaps, several nagging thoughts: What’s…
How to Address Substance Abuse in an Elderly Loved One
Your father is elderly and does little more than sleep and drink. This is indeed dangerous. The ability to apply CRAFT to your situation depends on th…
Should I Hide My Strategy or Let Her Know?
An AiR member wrote in to ask whether or not it's advisable to let your Loved One know about your strategy (pulling away when there's use, etc…
She’s Headed Home, Now What?
Dominique Simon-Levine responds to AiR member help4t's comment about her daughter's imminent return from an inpatient facility: "Fro…