Triggers: What Are They, and How Do You Handle Them?
Triggers – when you’re pulled into old reactions – happen. Learn to repair yourself, stopping the cycle to enable healing.
Category: CRAFT STRATEGIES – bridge building & connection w LO
Did My Comment Make Him Drink?
Did a positive comment cause use? You can’t know what your loved one’s feeling. Focus on you; don’t link your happiness to their status.
How Do You Move from Crisis Management to Change Over Time?
You're in it for your loved one. But CRAFT wants you to change, to learn new tools. AIR offers vital support for change over time.
How Do You Negotiate When Your Loved One Is Coming Home?
When your loved one is coming home, it's time to collaborate and negotiate about expectations and plans. It's important to hear what they think the co…
“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…
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…
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…
A New Study Reveals How the Brains of Family Members Respond to Their Loved One
It’s no mystery that humans subjected to various stressors can respond in similar ways. But why is this so? What are the neurological mechanisms? We…
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…
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.…
