Alternatives for Family & Friends Ignoring the problem or attempting to change it with harsh confrontation often makes the emotional, financial and physiological problems that accompany the substance abuse even worse. CRAFT: An approach that gets people into treatment There is an alternate, non-confrontational, scientifically-validated approach to managing the problem. This approach is outlined in the books Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading, and Threatening and Beyond Addiction, How Science & Kindness Help People Change. Using Community Reinforcement And Family Training (CRAFT) these books teach family members and friends how to improve their own lives while at the same time providing skills for improving their relationship with their loved one. In repeated clinical trials, CRAFT’s approach proved twice as likely as the Johnson intervention and six times as likely as Al-Anon to get a loved one into treatment. SMART Recovery resources for Family & Friends use a combination of SMART Tools and CRAFT strategies. SMART Family & Friends learn:
Online: SMART Recovery provides a designated message board forum and weekly online meetings for Family & Friends for tool training and peer support. Face-to-Face: The number of face-to-face meetings for Family & Friends is growing! You can use our interactive Meeting Map to locate a SMART meeting for F&F near you. Online meetings are always an option if there is not yet a meeting in your area. New “local meetings” are being added to the map every month. Materials: The SMART Recovery Handbook for Family & Friends is available through our online bookstore. For more information, please visit SMART Recovery Family & Friends. from http://blog.smartrecovery.org/2017/07/18/how-to-help-a-loved-one-find-addiction-recovery/
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ABOUT MEHi my name is Anna. I got into cocaine and later heroin when I got into the club scene. My friends and I had a great time in our late teens and 20's. However things took a turn for the worse after I was not the cute young girl in the club anymore. I decided I did not want to be defined by drugs or the clubs. I have been living for Jesus ever since. Sharing my struggle and my glory which is revealed in him. ArchivesNo Archives Categories |