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    Tag: Opiates

    How CRAFT Can Help: Supporting Your Partner to Successfully Moderate Opiate Use

    His partner is trying to moderate her use of heroin and methamphetamine with no formal support. Her use consumes so much of his partner's life that it…
    Jeanine Bedard May 5, 2023

    My Son is in Detox for Fentanyl – What Medication is the Best Option?

    Our Alliesinrecovery.net member seeks guidance about helping her loved one find the right medication for Opioid Use Disorder. Her son has tried Suboxo…
    Dominique Simon January 27, 2023
    Woman Reading by Matisse

    Her Boss Doesn’t Know What She is Dealing With

    This mom received a harsh note about her work performance on the eve of her holiday break. Her loved one's addiction has consumed so much of her energ…
    Dominique Simon January 24, 2019
    Allies in Recovery, AiR, Addiction, Addiciton recovery, Dominique Simon-Levine, dsl, drugs, heroin, regret, hopelessness, wish or dip, family, Thansgiving, treatment

    He’s Full of Regret And Hopelessness

    Five weeks after changing the lock and having her son leave the house, she received a text from him. He expresses discontent with where his life is an…
    Dominique Simon December 14, 2018
    Sanctuary-Woman-at-Church

    My Helping Wasn’t Helpful. It’s Time to Detach

    Mom spent years helping her daughter and son-in-law as they sank deeper and deeper into trouble with the drugs and probably also alcohol. She now real…
    Dominique Simon December 10, 2018
    mom showing son a brochure at table

    I Fear Pushing Him Back to Heroin

    She has successfully used CRAFT taught on our member site to help her son into treatment for heroin addiction. He is now 9 months out and has not rela…
    Dominique Simon December 3, 2018
    homeless girl

    She’s on the Street With a No-Good Boyfriend

    With her daughter now on the street, this mother wonders what she can do to reach her. To further complicate things, she has a manipulative boyfriend.
    Dominique Simon November 27, 2018
    Allies in Recovery, AiR, Dominique Simon-Levine, dsl, addiction, addiction recovery, opiates, struggling, Lyme's disease, benzos, benzodiazepines, depression, Xanax, Valium, sobriety, insomnia, withdrawals, hope, detox, detoxification, self-help

    He’s Sober But Really Struggling and Losing Hope

    This mom is determined to help her son, in recovery from opioid addiction since last December. But he continues to struggle, from symptoms related to …
    Dominique Simon October 15, 2018
    Texting-woman worried

    How Would CRAFT Work in my Situation?

    Is CRAFT always the right approach? Even when your loved one has been so deceptive and unwilling to listen?
    Dominique Simon October 4, 2018
    Allies in Recovery, AiR, Dominique Simon-Levine, dsl, Craft, addiction recovery, recovery, drug abuse, drug use, Annie Highwater, Tough love, Smart love, family support, addicted loved one, Shame, connection

    Tough Love? Really?

    Tough love, I was told, was the only hope I had left. So I tried it and things got worse. I hated it and it didn't even work. Then I developed a perso…
    annieunhooked October 4, 2018
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