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.
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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.
Bromazolam, Delivered By Mail, Is Killing Canadians in Startling Numbers
Over 20,000 Canadians have died of opioid-related causes since 2020. Many of these deaths involved opioids mixed with Bromazolam or similar illicit se…
Too Much Advice! How Did Everyone I Know Become An Expert in Substance Use Disorder?
Often, it’s given with the best intentions. Sometimes it comes with judgment or moralizing. Either way, unsolicited advice can drain our energy and …
How Does CRAFT Work at a Distance?
CRAFT can work from far away. The same steps apply – keep trying tools and notice what works. This helps you keep going, and not do harm.
A Work of Genius In the Hermitage
It was a gift of General Potemkin to Catherine the Great; it was a challenge for one of the great inventors of 18th-century England. It remains an ext…
My Daughter’s Struggle Isn’t Just With Substance Use
Shame and stigma are all-too-familiar aspects of many people’s struggle with substance use. Allies’ member Sferguson has watched her daughter conf…
What Are Natural Consequences? More on Modules 5 and 6
CRAFT works over time, with experimenting to see what works. Learn to check with yourself in a deep way to make decisions in the moment.