Treatment, Relapse, now Jail
A mother called the police when her addicted daughter stole her car. Now the daughter is in jail and furious, blaming her parents. What next?
Family Intervention
Can The Whole Family Get on The Same Page?
Unity in a family is hard to orchestrate, especially where addiction is present. Sometimes this is because parents are elderly or a family member is t…
Learning to Mother Again
The family drug court is granting this mother in recovery more access to her child. But the grandparents, who are raising their granddaughter, are con…
An Extract from David Sheff’s ‘Beautiful Boy’
David Sheff's story about his son's addiction and recovery has led him to several realizations about himself as a parent his own need to recover from …
A Family’s Long and Difficult Battle for Sobriety
How do you walk the line between protecting your addicted loved one from potential danger while allowing the natural consequences that can lead them t…
Thank You Allies in Recovery, it Worked!
Annie Highwater offers a mother the tools she learned at Allies in Recovery: CRAFT, and watches in real-time the positive results. The son has checked…
Podcast: “Good Time Charlies : A Conversation with Award-Winning Journalist Rob Koebel”
Special guest Rob Koebel, actor, writer and award-winning journalist joins Annie and Laurie to talk about about his descent into alcoholism starting a…
Podcast: “Interview with Annie’s Son Elliot”
On this week's Coming Up for Air podcast, Annie and Laurie talk with Annie's son Elliot, whose opiate dependency and recovery is detailed in Annie's b…
Podcast: “How Useful Are These Support Groups Anyway?”
In this week's podcast, Laurie and Annie compare support group experiences. They discuss what is helpful and what works, the importance of being among…
Podcast: “CRAFT! Where Have You Been All My Life?”
In today's podcast, Annie and Laurie welcome Allies in Recovery founder, Dominique Simon-Levine, to explain the CRAFT method for helping families supp…