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    Category: Self-Care for the Family Member

    Prioritizing self-care is essential to your own well-being but also to your loved one’s sobriety and recovery.

    It is completely understandable to feel like you are hostage to your emotions when there’s addiction in the family. But it will be difficult to help your loved one (as this site teaches you to do) if your own emotions are driving your actions and reactions.

    Self-care is therefore a non-negotiable building block when using our approach to helping your loved one get into treatment or solidifying their recovery. We’ll show you how…

    Handling Confrontation the CRAFT Way

    How do you shift from conflict to a more open conversation with your loved one whose struggling with addiction? Using CRAFT, you can improve the relat…
    Allies in Recovery March 20, 2023

    Her Partner is Not Improving from Substance Use Disorder. Is There an Underlying Mental Health Condition?

    One of our AlliesinRecovery.net members as been artfully following the CRAFT principles and yet her loved one is not showing signs of improvement. Eng…
    Dominique Simon March 17, 2023

    Shall We Dance?

    CRAFT as choreography? Our hosts step into the metaphor of a dance with your loved one. This isn't a traditional dance - it's a look at the steps to s…
    Allies in Recovery March 13, 2023

    What About Family Members’ Trauma?

    It can be easy, particularly when those outside a situation offer advice, to overlook the history of trauma that may exist for a family member. CRAFT …
    Allies in Recovery March 6, 2023

    How Do You Stop Catastrophizing?

    If you find yourself swept away in the undertow of negative thinking about what might happen and how you might prevent it, the number-one tool to use …
    jamesheflin February 27, 2023
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    Watching Families Progress

    Our hosts discuss their joy in witnessing the progress of families in their groups. If you’re helping your loved one, start with yourself and your o…
    Allies in Recovery February 27, 2023

    Guest Jaclyn Brown Returns: Part Two

    In part 2 of 2, Jaclyn Brown talks about her personal journey in the wake of losing her brother. For her, advocacy and harm reduction work became a wa…
    Allies in Recovery February 20, 2023
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    Collaboration Vs. Ultimatum

    When your loved one is returning, communicate and collaborate about your expectations, concerns, and plans. Keep on collaborating over time, so if con…
    Allies in Recovery February 20, 2023

    His Early Recovery Is Triggering Me

    Her loved one has been abstinent from substance use for weeks. With steady recovery inputs, including a medication, he is doing better. However, he re…
    Laurie MacDougall February 17, 2023

    Guest Jaclyn Brown Returns: Part One

    "The universe is trying to tell me something" – Guest Jaclyn Brown returns to discuss her advocacy and harm reduction work in the wake of losing her…
    jamesheflin February 13, 2023
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    Allies in Recovery

    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!

     
       

    EMERGENCY? If you feel scared for you or your loved one, call police now at 911. You may also call or text 988 to contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

    Contact Allies in Recovery (413) 387-9395

    We value your privacy. Read our privacy policy and terms and conditions here.

    © 2013-2023 - Allies in Recovery  Simon Levine & Co. LLC dba Allies in Recovery. All rights reserved.

    NOTE: Allies in Recovery does not provide medical advice.

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