Allies in Recovery: A Community
How AIR began, and how it became a true community of family members helping others and refining CRAFT tools through experience.
Category: Member Blogs
Coldplay’s “Yellow” Like You’ve Never Heard It Before
Think you know what a Coldplay song sounds like? Think again. But the re-imagining of the song is just one of the surprises in store when you watch th…
Ketamine: A Potential Leap Forward In Opioid Addiction Medication
Buprenorphine is a crucial medicine for many patients in treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). But with the rise of deadly fentanyl, buprenorphine …
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…
The Evidence Is In: A Walk in the Woods Really Is Good for the Soul
Many of us know it from our own experience. Now there’s science to back it up: time in nature brings a host of benefits for our bodies, minds, and e…
If My Loved One Commits To Treatment, Should I Ease Up on CRAFT?
Disengaging from a Loved One isn’t anyone’s idea of a good time. But doing so when they’re using is a basic (and proven) part of CRAFT—as is t…
Interview with Linda Aber, Part 2
Linda offers tools to calm the nervous system. As Kayla says, it's part of gaining coherence, a prerequisite for connection through CRAFT.
White Patients Receive Opioid Addiction Medication at More Than Twice the Rate of Black Patients
In a new report, the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that Black and Native American patients struggling with opioid use were less than half as…
She Wants Me to Watch the Baby While She Gets High. Should I Refuse?
Hopewood03 worries about both her daughter and her infant grandson. Her daughter smokes marijuana and believes it’s part of her identity. Her grands…
Interview with Linda Aber, Part 1
Parenting coach and mother of two Linda Aber discusses the parasympathetic nervous system and how it applies to CRAFT and parenting.