CRAFT and Decision-Making: A Listener Weighs In
To look at how CRAFT informs decision-making, Dominique, Kayla, and Laurie address a listener comment, discussing a father's choices in handling a son…
Category: MATERIAL SUPPORT – car / vehicle
She Went to Court for a DUI
Kate44 reaches out for advice about whether or not to pay her Loved One's rent. Read on for Dominique Simon-Levine's suggestions and…
How Could We Let it Come This Far?
iagirlsmom doesn't know how she's managed to let it come to this. Her Loved One seems incapable of respecting any boundary - and she can't…
Getting Ready for Her to Move Back In
A Loved One has nowhere to go after treatment, and the family wants to allow her to stay on certain conditions. This can be a tense time for ever…
He Finally Ended Up With a DUI
Could a DUI be the push a Loved One needs to make a fresh start? How will he navigate things without transportation of his own? Dominique Simon-Levine…
Rewards for Today or Consequences for Yesterday?
Woods is thankful their LO isn't using after a hard few weeks, but his finances are a mess. Is this a time for natural consequences from his …
He’s Asked Us To Pay For His Car…
A member has already agreed to cover her Loved One's sober housing, but now he wants help with car and insurance too, and money is tight. Sho…
Should I Let Him Use The Car?
123peace has had enough of driving her Loved One around. He just got his license back. Giving him her car to use could be a relief in some ways, …
Loved One Secretive And Constantly Driving Around
Allies member Bambi1 is concerned about her Loved One's secrecy. She just got a new car, meant for work and school, but she's doing …
Natural Consequences…or Punishment?
Removing rewards at home (beyond material rewards) is subtle. Leaving him alone in the room, not joining him in front of the TV, no hugs, smiles, scru…