Allies in Recovery

02/18/2026

Due to public health funding cuts in 2025, Allies in Recovery is on pause. Free access to our training videos, podcasts, and blogs can be found by following the links on our site and on YouTube:

Allies in Recovery is ON PAUSE — for now. Many of our resources are available for free during this transitional phase.

12/09/2025

At least 40% of all Americans have a loved one struggling with substances.

If you're one of the 40%, you know how difficult the situation can be.

Chaos, lies and deceipt become the norm. Communications break down. It can feel impossible to know how to respond and to know what to say. And extremely confusing knowing what you can do to encourage their recovery while discouraging their use and other problematic behaviors.

Allies in Recovery guides families through an evidence-based approach that improves your relationships, encourages recovery and brings stress and anxiety levels down for the family.

Learn more at alliesinrecovery.net/pause

12/01/2025

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listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0zvfDMMJqXUMoD8WWMcNqH?si=zgCwkyVPQciCBlW-dMm6DA
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listen on apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/coming-up-for-air-families-speak-to-families-about/id1227530792?l=en&i=1000587522512
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Get concrete action items for navigating the holidays when your Loved One struggles with addiction. You’ll get tips about the kind of conversation you could have ahead of time. Learn which balls are in your court, and ways to take care of yourself during what is often a stressful and triggering time for families with addiction.
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11/28/2025

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj2rpIetWV4i5IrX9Vmd10Nga_VhG-6Op

❤️ Our CRAFT method learning videos are currently free for unlimited viewing on youtube. ❤️

Share this link with someone who's trying to help their Loved One get into recovery. This method is evidence-based, meaning = it works!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj2rpIetWV4i5IrX9Vmd10Nga_VhG-6Op

11/25/2025

If your finances were keeping you from getting a membership at Allies in Recovery, to learn the CRAFT method, designed for families with a Loved One struggling with substances, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE. ❤️

We had to take our member site offline after losing our funding because of massive federal and state budget cuts, but we have now put ALL our learning videos and worksheets back online for FREE. ❤️

Go to our YouTube channel and start watching today. NO STRINGS ATTACHED AT ALL. ❤️https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgD_D40PrKF-OWWtFU_Xlgg/

Love and solidarity to everyone struggling with SUD and to everyone who loves someone who struggles with SUD, from the Allies team ❤️

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11/24/2025

Read our response to this mother's concerns: https://alliesinrecovery.net/my-son-is-using-again-should-i-confront-him/

When you are trying your best to work with a family member in recovery from Substance Use Disorder (SUD), it can be frightening and disappointing to discover they are using again. What to do?

One of our AlliesinRecovery.net members wrote in about her son having a recurrence of use, and she wonders whether she should confront him or not. She feels she can’t bear the emotional rollercoaster of her son’s recovery journey.

We weigh in with some reminders from the CRAFT approach about how to manage her own thoughts, feelings, and reactions. We suggest she stay the course and not confront him – at least not yet.



Visit our blog where families' concerns regarding their Loved One with Substance Use / Addiction are responded to by in-house experts: https://alliesinrecovery.net/blog/

11/11/2025

This story brings the basic steps of the CRAFT method into sharp focus with an account of their loved one’s progress. Behind-the-scenes work, patience, and a willingness to communicate in a new way paved the way for new possibilities. Their loved one is engaged and happy and has newfound purpose in his life.

Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) works: a loved one with SUD is more than twice as likely to enter treatment, and 3-4 times more likely to stay in treatment and recovery; 70% of families are able to engage a loved one into treatment, and 80-90% percent say their relationship with a loved one with SUD is greatly improved, and their own stress levels greatly reduced. You can also visit our homepage to read more Q&A blogs with real stories from our site members.

https://alliesinrecovery.net

11/10/2025

https://alliesinrecovery.net/recovery-success-stories/

This week we share some stories from our members at Allies in Recovery. Many have written in to our Q&A blog for help, and others sent us “kudos” and thank you letters. We think you’ll get insight and hope from reading success stories as told by REAL families using the CRAFT approach we teach at Allies.

Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) works: a loved one with SUD is more than twice as likely to enter treatment, and 3-4 times more likely to stay in treatment and recovery; 70% of families are able to engage a loved one into treatment, and 80-90% percent say their relationship with a loved one with SUD is greatly improved, and their own stress levels greatly reduced. You can also visit our homepage to read more Q&A blogs with real stories from our site members.

CRAFT FAMILY STORY #1: Learning how to and when to engage into treatment
This story brings the basic steps of the CRAFT method into sharp focus with an account of their loved one’s progress. Behind-the-scenes work, patience, and a willingness to communicate in a new way paved the way for new possibilities. Their loved one is engaged and happy and has newfound purpose in his life....(read this member's story and several others) HERE: https://alliesinrecovery.net/recovery-success-stories/

"I’m afraid to write this for fear of “jinxing” our situation, but this site helped spark monumental changes in my family, and we are all so thankful to Allies in Recovery. I have been seeking help for over a decade. My son simply could not function in the outside world with his pot addiction and binge drinking. I know people who function well on perpetual pot, but it had a huge effect on my adult son.

Here’s how our lives transpired when I found this website.....". Read the rest of this member's story and others' success stories of other Allies members who used our CRAFT method training to heal the situations with their Loved Ones struggling with Substance Use Disorder/ addiction, HERE: https://alliesinrecovery.net/recovery-success-stories/

Reminder: our member site is currently offline as we work on finding a new source of funding, but we have put up this website, open to the public, with a plethora of tools and resources, in the meantime: https://alliesinrecovery.net/

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