This Site Is Mostly for Parents, Right?
A new member wrote in, wondering if there's a version of Allies in Recovery out there that is more oriented towards partners practicing CRAFT…
Category: LO – is your partner (partner CRAFT)
I Didn’t Want Him to Come Home but Now He’s Here!
They've been through it all! Ten years in recovery, then 5 of using. So many lies, so much manipulation. He's fresh out of treatment now and s…
Is Letting Him Relapse at Home Preventing Natural Consequences?
Your Loved One has relapsed and you’ve been trying everything CRAFT taught you. Nothing seems to work and you are starting to feel helpless. Do …
Should He Move In With Me?
A member faces a tough decision. A plan to move in together would have her Loved One moving abroad to live with her... but she'd be his only suppo…
I’m Working On My Own Recovery
AB123 is facing some hard truths as she looks back on the past ten years. Her Loved One is finally sober, but he has yet to acknowledge what he put th…
Is He Really Ready To Come Home?
A Loved One is 6 months sober now, but he's not really doing his recovery work. Is it too soon for him to come back home? Here are some sugge…
Drug Addict Husband – She’s Hopeless and Exhausted
She has struggled through 12 years of her husband's addiction, having single-handedly provided for their family for all of these years, and is now at …
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 …
“I Am Really Struggling Today…”
"I am really struggling today. I know that I need to be firmer with my husband about his drinking and I have been good with it in the past. I jus…