Expert Resources for Supporting Loved Ones with Addiction

Discover expert insights and practical guidance from clinicians, researchers, and specialists to help parents, families and professionals support loved ones and community members with substance use disorder and addiction.

Understanding the benefits and drawbacks of telehealth will help you decide how to best use these services for you and your family.
Providing some kind of reward to increase the chances that a healthy behavior will be repeated is central to helping change your child's substance use.
If your child is struggling with substance use, it's likely they see drugs as a solution, not a problem. Learn how to address those underlying issues.
Partnership to End Addiction experts are available to speak with journalists, policymakers and public officials.
Allowing your child to experience the consequences of their behavior can be a powerful influence on their future actions.
Active listening is a communication skill to help you shift the tone away from anger or lecturing, and engage your child in a productive conversation.
We're working to make treatment more accessible and more affordable. But what can you do when your child needs treatment now?
There is a spectrum of clinical diagnoses when it comes to problems with substance use. If it is negatively affecting a loved one’s life, learn how to help.
Addiction is a complex disease of the brain and body that involves compulsive use of one or more substances despite serious health and social consequences.
If you have previously asked your child to quit or cut back without the result you’d hoped for, the circumstances surrounding COVID-19 present a good opportunity to try again.
So your kid has been using drugs or drinking. Is this just what kids do? Is it going to become a problem? Don’t leave the answers to chance.
What can parents and other caregivers do to reduce the potential that children – who are feeling frustrated, isolated and bored – might engage in substance use?
Is you adult-aged child back home unexpectedly? We recommend a conversation about shared expectations and how you will live together.
Many treatment programs are still open and accepting patients. If your child is currently out of school or work, it may be an ideal time to encourage them to attend a program.
If your child or loved one is using medication to treat opioid addiction, you may need to consider how COVID-19 will impact their access.
While addiction thrives in isolation, connection nurtures recovery. Fortunately, we live in a digital age with many ways to connect electronically.
If you're a parent worried about your child's drug use, you may be considering drug testing. But experts recommend against at-home drug testing. Learn why.
We need your help to move the Family Support Services for Addiction Act forward.
Open enrollment of healthcare benefits is a great opportunity to buy or renew your addiction treatment benefits for you and your dependents.
We must hold our states accountable to spend pending opioid settlement dollars on prevention and addiction resources, not balancing their budgets.
RecoveryOhio aims to create a system to help make treatment available those in need and provide support services for those in recovery and their families.
The San Antonio Council on Alcohol & Drug Awareness focuses on prevention, intervention, and recovery support services for children and adults.
Tackling Youth Substance Abuse is a coalition of people and organizations with a mission to decrease youth and young adult substance use on Staten Island.
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