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    Mental Health: Just How Much Have We Got Wrong?

    Everyone knows that great ideas can spread. But bad ones can also “hang around so long that you can forget you have the option of questioning them.â…
    rredick February 1, 2023

    Resisting Treatment? He’s Not a Rare Case

    Substance Abuse Disorder typically occurs in stages — and readiness to seek treatment is not the first of these. Fortunately, CRAFT was designed wit…
    dominiquesimon September 16, 2022

    She Self-Medicates for Social Anxiety and Refuses Treatment

    Social anxiety is way more than shyness. Many cases of SAD involve substances as well as depression. Self-medicating can appear to help but may also b…
    dominiquesimon April 29, 2022
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    CRAFT is Working – Despite a Relapse

    An Allies in Recovery member wrote in with this bittersweet account. She shares with us her daughter's words and feelings, confirming that she clearly…
    isabel April 1, 2022
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    His Early Recovery is Triggering Me 

    Taking care of yourself is also incredibly positive, given how difficult it is when you're in the midst of chaos.  
    Laurie MacDougall February 28, 2022
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    The Power of Language & Stigma in the World of Addiction

    Language: a powerful and effective tool for changing widespread stigma towards Substance Use Disorder. Stigma is absolutely rampant in the world of ad…
    Laurie MacDougall February 2, 2022
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    After 20 Years of Use I Don’t Know What to Do Anymore

    Our Allies member has finally found the strength to seek help for herself, too.
    Laurie MacDougall February 1, 2022
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    It’s Okay Not to Have Hope – I Was There Too – but Hopelessness led me to Hope, and Success

    It takes greater strength to process your feelings than to pretend everything is fine.
    Laurie MacDougall January 17, 2022

    I Can’t Tell If He Is Using or Not

    With her son living far away from her, she finds it difficult to tell whether he has been using or not when they do get to talk.
    Laurie MacDougall January 10, 2022
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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…
    dominiquesimon December 20, 2021
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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

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