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    Relapse

    Relapse is a real possibility. Getting sober is not as hard as staying sober. To pursue recovery, one has to put in protective measures against relapse. This requires a daily focus on recovery such as meetings, support groups, counseling and other activities that compete with use/using behaviors.

    Relapse can take different forms: some relapses (or “lapses”) are short. The person scares themselves after one or several episodes of use and then climbs quickly back onto the beam of early recovery. In other relapses, the episode of use (re)opens the floodgates to further use and the desire for sobriety ends for the time being.

    Relapsing is the trial and error of recovery. Patience and understanding are needed.

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    She Does Great in a Structured Setting. Now She’s Headed Home.

    An Allies member fears her daughter's return from court-mandated treatment. It has never gone well in the past. How can she handle things differently…
    Dominique Simon-Levine December 20, 2021
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    9 CRAFTy Guidelines for When They’re Under Your Roof

    Dominique Simon-Levine November 30, 2021
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    Recovery from Addiction Is a Bumpy Road

    Your Loved One was doing better than ever before. With the lockdown and without sufficient recovery input, they were thrown off course. Dominique Simo…
    Dominique Simon-Levine September 24, 2020
    Allies in Recovery, AiR, Dominique Simon-Levine, dsl, addiction, drugs, recovery, drug testing, Craft, relapse, boundaries, testing

    Drug Testing at Home?

    Guest blogger, Laurie MacDougall responds to a member explaining what she and her husband did when they let their son move back home to work on his re…
    Laurie MacDougall September 24, 2019
    Allies in Recovery, Dominique Simon Levine, dsl, addiction, addiction recovery, SUD, CRAFT, drinking, alcohol, patience, patient, treatment, psychiatry, therapy, natural consequences, abstinence, dry drunk, well-being

    I Have no Patience Left

    The courts failed to enforce treatment for her daughter, once out of jail. Now her daughter's life is a real mess. Take a look at how Dominique Simon-…
    Dominique Simon-Levine July 10, 2019
    Allies in Recovery, AiR, Dominique Simon-Levine, dsl, addiction, addiction recovery, treatment, hope, opiates, rape, relapse, sobriety, stories of recovery, drugs, SUD, CRAFT,

    We Thought we Had Lost Her, but CRAFT Worked

    This family member had given up on ever getting her daugher back again. Her powerful tale of hope credits CRAFT with helping turn things around. We ar…
    An Allies in Recovery Member March 26, 2019
    Allies in Recovery, Dominique Simon-Levine, dsl, addiction, recovery, drugs, alcohol, rehab, shaky ground, communication, treatment, CRAFT, opioids, opioid crisis,

    She’s Back From Rehab But on Shaky Ground

    She's worried her daughter may be heading towards relapse, having just returned home from rehab. It's a real strain to have things start off this way.…
    Dominique Simon-Levine March 22, 2019
    Allies in Recovery, AiR, Dominique Simon-Levine, dsl, addiction, addiction recovery, drugs, withdrawal, relapse, benzos, benzodiazepines, job loss, CRAFT, loved one, natural consequences, emotion, shame

    Relapse and Job Loss

    Her son is struggling with withdrawals from a recent relapse. As the family anticipates another job loss, and possibly more, this mom wonders how to p…
    Dominique Simon-Levine March 12, 2019
    Allies in Recovery, AiR, Dominique Simon Levine, dsl, addiciton, recovery, CRAFT, relapse, drug dealing, home, protect, rehab, danger, risk, responsibility, consequences

    He’s Likely Dealing From Our Home

    She is discouraged, even ashamed, by her son’s choices, especially the drug dealing. How can she set firm boundaries to protect her home and family,…
    Dominique Simon-Levine January 29, 2019
    Allies in Recovery, AiR, Dominique Simon-Levine, dsl, addiction, addiction recovery, SUD, opioids, opiates, MAT, relapse, relapsing, David Sheff, Beautiful Boy, CRAFT,

    He’s Relapsing Right Now, Should he Leave Home?

    If, as family members, we wait around for a 100% commitment from our loved one, we will almost certainly be waiting a long time. Family members must m…
    Dominique Simon-Levine December 20, 2018
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    Allies in Recovery is a membership-based program providing knowledge and skills to families who have loved ones struggling with addiction, since 2003. Using CRAFT, the only behavioral training method designed specifically for families and scientifically proven to work, you’ll learn how to communicate, behave, intervene, and guide your loved one toward recovery. Eight self-guided video modules provide the complete CRAFT skillset. We supplement the training videos with hand-tailored guidance provided through an expert, interactive blog, podcasts, and curated resources - including ways to locate hard-to-find, quality, low- or no-cost treatment, and other pathways through which your loved one can find recovery. You aren't alone - you have Allies!

     

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