Understanding What Counts as Use Is Hard. Talking About It with Him Is Even Harder.
Thankfully, CRAFT offers a guide to both challenges.
Category: MODULE 3
I Can’t Always Tell If He’s Dabbing. What If I Make Mistakes?
Don’t worry, you will! But supporting our Loved One requires informed and consistent connection—not perfection.
FAMILIES Speak: Favorite Tools from CRAFT, Pt. 1
Isabel, Kayla, and co-hosts discuss their favorite tools and tips they've used from the CRAFT method.
Don’t Tell Me to Calm Down
Learn to calm your system CRAFT-style. Think longer-term -- do CRAFT work, find community via Allies, and learn new ways of thinking.
Is Your Situation Unique?
Your situation is uniquely yours, but CRAFT’s C is “community.” Break the isolation to find out what the experts—other families—are doing.
What About the Fear of Death?
If fear of your loved one’s death colors things, you have to do things differently. CRAFT tools can help you change the dynamic over time.
Finding Our Way Back Home: Ram Dass on Breaking the Cycle of Addiction
A beloved teacher on spiritual practice and the pain that traps us in old patterns
The Art of CRAFT
The “craft of CRAFT" is the art of communicating with subtlety and compassion, thoughtfully expressing boundaries without criticizing.
Holding Contradictions
It’s important to CRAFT to see possibilities, hold more than one truth, and experience many feelings and thoughts to get to healing.
A Closer Look at Two Situations
A look at two situations from the AIR blog -- a woman who stops communicating, and a young man who wants to stay alone while withdrawing.