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    Medication assisted treatment (MAT)

    People who have been using opioid drugs and abruptly stop will experience withdrawal symptoms so unpleasant that many start taking the drugs again.

    Medication-Assisted Treatment or MAT, such as buprenorphine, methadone, or suboxone, helps to reduce these uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms using an opioid replacement medication and lowering the risk of relapse during the early stages of recovery. It also addresses cravings for the drug during this period. It will facilitate a slow, controlled taper of the drug so that the person can adjust to living without opioids. MAT can be a very good additional form of therapy, especially for someone who has been using for a long time.

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    CRAFT is Working – Despite a Relapse

    An Allies in Recovery member wrote in with this bittersweet account. She shares with us her daughter's words and feelings, confirming that she clearly…
    Isabel Cooney April 1, 2022
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    His Early Recovery is Triggering Me 

    Taking care of yourself is also incredibly positive, given how difficult it is when you're in the midst of chaos.  
    Laurie MacDougall February 28, 2022
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    “My son relapsed from Fentanyl – we got him into detox – now what medication is the best option?”

    Our member seeks guidance about medication for Opioid Use Disorder for their son. He’s tried Suboxone and Methadone and is looking for an alternativ…
    Dominique Simon-Levine November 15, 2021
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    Her Baby Was Taken Away. Should This Grandmother Seek Custody?

    An Allies member has watched her daughter have both her babies taken away because of addiction. She and her ex-husband are ready to adopt a new approa…
    Laurie MacDougall November 3, 2021
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    Benzos, Recovery, And my Own Experience

    Our Allies member has mixed feelings about the klonopin her son is taking. His psychiatrist however is not concerned as long as it's being taken as pr…
    Dominique Simon-Levine January 21, 2020
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    I’m Foster Parenting Her Children

    She is raising her sister-in-law's children, and is at a loss. It seems impossbile to understand how a parent can choose drugs over their own children…
    Dominique Simon-Levine June 18, 2019
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    Do I Have to Kick Her Out?

    Her daughter sleeps all day and uses at night. Is home becoming a place which enables her daughter's use? Should she kick her out? What does CRAFT say…
    Dominique Simon-Levine September 25, 2018
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    At Allies, We Believe…

    For some individuals, medication can be an important complementary aid in recovery. At Allies in Recovery, we have no wish to stigmatize a treatment p…
    Dominique Simon-Levine July 11, 2018
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    Fentanyl is Winning

    Fentanyl hijacks our ability to find pleasure elsewhere in life, and the withdrawals are so agonizing that we'll do absolutely anything to avoid them.…
    Dominique Simon-Levine July 11, 2018
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    Our Strategy Is No Longer Working

    They've always opened their home to him when he's trying to get clean but he has now started taking advantage of his parents. He is getting high in th…
    Dominique Simon-Levine May 29, 2018
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    Allies in Recovery is a membership-based program providing knowledge and skills to families who have loved ones struggling with addiction, since 2003. Using CRAFT, the only behavioral training method designed specifically for families and scientifically proven to work, you’ll learn how to communicate, behave, intervene, and guide your loved one toward recovery. Eight self-guided video modules provide the complete CRAFT skillset. We supplement the training videos with hand-tailored guidance provided through an expert, interactive blog, podcasts, and curated resources - including ways to locate hard-to-find, quality, low- or no-cost treatment, and other pathways through which your loved one can find recovery. You aren't alone - you have Allies!

     

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