High Anxiety, Son Lost Job and Home, Awaits Trial
An Allies member writes of recent turmoil in her Loved One's life. Awaiting trial after an arrest for hitting his girlfriend, the Loved One i…
Category: MENTAL HEALTH
Borderline Personality Disorder and Addiction
Being in a relationship with someone who struggles with addiction AND has borderline personality disorder (BPD) is exceptionally challenging. People w…
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
DBT is a compassionate and evidence-based treatment for those suffering. Dialectical Behavior Therapy is a cognitive behavioral treatment th…
She Secretly Struggles with Bulimia and Alcohol
There is a difference between someone who is not aware of the effects and dangers of what they are doing, and someone who is. This high-functioning da…
He Has A Triple Diagnosis—Where Do I Start?
Allies member frankstr's son has a triple diagnosis: PTSD, SUD and most recently, blindness. Where does he start? When seeking to help a Love…
She Secretly Struggles with Bulimia & Alcohol
There is a difference between someone who is legitimately unaware of the effects and dangers of what they are doing, who doesn’t have, or has no…
Addiction & Serious Mental Illness
Here are resources for families whose Loved One suffers from serious mental illness in addition to substance use disorder.
He’s Not Really Living—How Can He Get Unstuck?
There are questions in Learning Module 3 that will help you sharpen your skills at observing your Loved One. To the degree that it can be known, try a…
Serious Mental Illness & Addiction—Help!
A member wonders if it would be 'immoral' to ask her son, alcohol-dependent and experiencing psychotic symptoms, to leave the house. Dis…
Oh, the Grief of Witnessing a Loved One’s Addiction
Member gptraveler finds that the experience of having an addicted Loved One brings up deep grief, similar to experiencing a death, and wonders whether…