My Father’s Addiction Made Him A Stranger. Is It Too Late to Get to Know Him Now?
Like millions of Americans, I am a child of addiction. Research indicates that an annual average of 8.7 million children 17 or younger live …
Category: SELF-CARE
How I Learned to Set Healthy and Effective Boundaries
Setting healthy boundaries and confidently following through with them is not easy and requires reflection, work and practice. But it is a strategy th…
Podcast #4— Goals as the Family Member
(44min20sec) Annie and Laurie open up about where the focus was when addiction first presented in their sons, all the way through to where t…
A Love Letter to Allies in Recovery
Wow am I excited to tell you this!! I get messages every day from someone at one point or another along the journey of having a son or daughter who is…
5 Tips for Handling Tough Holiday Situations
Holidays tend to bring on some of the most emotionally charged situations. Here is a list of 5 suggestions offered by therapists and expert family adv…
5 Healthy Ways to Handle Tough Holiday Situations
I’ve compiled helpful suggestions and tips for handling this time of year, based on difficult holiday seasons I’ve experienced m…
The Snow Day
An unexpected snow day and a poem by Tess Gallagher remind us that every day brings new choices.
Allies in Recovery Philosophy Statement
We want to make clear that while at Allies in Recovery we do not see medication as our only goal, we have no wish to stigmatize a treatment plan that …
The Peace of Wild Things
Has negativity or hopelessness become the norm in your life? Wendell Berry's poem "The Peace of Wild Things" reminds us to pause and see…
He’s In Treatment – It’s Time to Readjust Your Hopes & Expectations
By going to treatment, your Loved One is at the beginning of a process. It’s a process than can take time and builds in increments. It is way to…