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.

Kid Struggling with Drugs? Use Positive Reinforcement and “Catch ‘Em Being Good”

“Enabling” vs. Positive Reinforcement

Enabling means doing something “nice” for your loved one that actually might increase the frequency of the negative behavior, not decrease it.

A Child’s Drug Addiction: Caring for Yourself First in Order to Care for Someone Else

Finding room to focus on self-care is vital if you want to help your child struggling with substance use. Resist instincts to put your life aside.

The CRAFT Approach

CRAFT is an approach for families who have a loved one struggling with substances but who is not really interested in making changes or getting help.

Preparing for a Substance Use Talk

If you're concerned about your teen's drug or alcohol use, take action. You can never intervene too early -- even if you think it's just "experimenting."

10 Important Questions to Ask Sober High Schools

When my son was in a sober high school, the principal was a kind and knowledgeable educator, but he did not have a background in adolescent addiction and was easily manipulated into thinking the kids would voluntarily admit if they or fellow students were using. That didn't happen.

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