Podcast: When to Step Away from Your Loved One
Our hosts explain that in times of conflict, any interaction with your loved one (positive or negative), can serve to reinforce using behavior.
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We Both Enjoy Sex. Do I Need to Withhold It If She’s Been Drinking?
If sex is a reward for non-use, does following CRAFT principles mean having no sex when you’re Loved One’s been using? In this case, one answer do…
Podcast: Should You Stay Connected to Your Loved One Who Is Using?
Our hosts discuss how to communicate with your loved one in a way that is helpful for everyone by becoming a "positivity detective."
I Never Know What to Expect When I Come Home. And I’m Terrified.
It’s never easy when your grown son or daughter is living with you and using. It’s a lot worse when that leads to lies, denial, and conflict betwe…
Can’t Stand Still
Sometimes when things get really tough, the fates send a messenger like Jon Batiste to remind us that the world’s full of light.
Podcast: Do You Need to Know if They’re Using?
Hosts Dominique, Laurie, and Kayla discuss the importance of knowing for certain that your loved one is using.
Warriors of Song
Trauma is not a competition—you can’t label one person’s experience as meaningful and another’s less so—but we can all agree that the trauma…
Podcast: Building a Bridge
Hosts Kayla and Dominique discuss a family struggling with alcohol use and mental health disorders, accompanied by concern over the children’s well-…
He’s Probably Stealing From Us. Will Confronting Him Do Any Good?
How much grief and conflict is $1289 worth? Sadly, theft by a Loved One isn’t unusual in substance use situations. What matters most, however, is pr…
I Can’t Go Get Ice Cream Every Time She Drinks
Since CRAFT recommends stepping away when your Loved One is using, does this imply a lifetime of sudden exits? The good news is, probably not. Opennes…