Coming Up for Air — Families Speak to Families about Addiction

By Allies in Recovery

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This podcast series addresses topics relevant to families dealing with a loved one's addiction. We are sponsored by AlliesinRecovery.net, *the* premier learning platform for friends/families seeking to become an effective Ally for their loved one. We teach a proven method of intervention that encourages treatment. On AlliesinRecovery.net you'll find eLearning modules, expert hand-tailored guidance, specialized blogs, information on treatment options, and more. Learn about our membership packages on https://alliesinrecovery.net/

Episode Date
Holding Contradictions
Apr 19, 2024
What are "Natural Consequences?"
Apr 12, 2024
A Closer Look at Two Situations
Apr 05, 2024
How Do You Slow Things Down if it Feels Like Your House is on Fire?
Mar 29, 2024
Interview with an Allies Member, Pt. 2
Mar 22, 2024
Interview with an Allies member, Pt. 1 of 2
Mar 15, 2024
Intention vs. Perception
Mar 09, 2024
What's a Functional Analysis?
Mar 02, 2024
Rupture and Repair
Feb 24, 2024
Well-Worn Sayings
Feb 17, 2024
Consistent Practice vs. "One-Offs"
Feb 10, 2024
Victim Stance: The "Why Me?" Episode
Feb 03, 2024
Do They "Have to Want It?"
Jan 27, 2024
What Does It Mean to Be an Ally?
Jan 20, 2024
You Don't Have to Be Perfect
Jan 13, 2024
Building Your CRAFT Muscle
Jan 06, 2024
What Do You Do When You've Hit the Wall?
Dec 30, 2023
When a Relationship Feels One-Directional
Dec 23, 2023
Handling the Call Saying Treatment Is Terrible
Dec 16, 2023
What Do You Want, and What Do You Need?
Dec 09, 2023
Trust, Hope, and Expectation
Dec 02, 2023
The Season of Expectations
Nov 18, 2023
Interview with Alex Ribbentrop
Nov 11, 2023
Filling the Gap
Nov 03, 2023
What Is Enmeshment?
Oct 27, 2023
Do You Have a Plan and a Backup Plan?
Oct 20, 2023
How Do You Handle Anger?
Oct 13, 2023
Ah-Ha Moments
Oct 06, 2023
What Are the Three Questions?
Sep 29, 2023
The Storm Before the Calm
Sep 22, 2023
Treat the Family, Improve the Outcome
Sep 15, 2023
Treatment and Recovery: the Allies View
Sep 08, 2023
Homelessness: A Complicated Problem
Sep 01, 2023
What Allies in Recovery Adds to CRAFT
Aug 25, 2023
Does CRAFT Work for Couples, Too?
Aug 18, 2023
Should I Stop CRAFT If Treatment Begins?
Aug 11, 2023
Interview with Kathleen Cochran
Aug 04, 2023
What If I Only Get 15 Minutes?
Jul 28, 2023
Using CRAFT When Others Aren’t
Jul 21, 2023
How Do I Know When They're Using?
Jul 14, 2023
How Do I Use "Functional Analysis?"
Jul 07, 2023
Interview with Brian Serna
Jun 30, 2023
Safety: Why It Comes First for CRAFT
Jun 23, 2023
OARS: Don't Get Caught Downstream!
Jun 16, 2023
How Do I Set Boundaries without Making My Loved One Angry?
Jun 09, 2023
What Are the Challenges of Reflective Listening?
Jun 02, 2023
So What's PIUS?
May 26, 2023
An Interview with Christina Dent
May 19, 2023
Triggers: What Are They, and How Do You Handle Them?
May 12, 2023
How Do You Get Past Accumulated Trauma?
May 05, 2023
Reflective Listening, Intentional Dialogue, and Improving Communication: Episode 69
Apr 29, 2023
What's Burnout, and How Do You Handle It?
Apr 21, 2023
What Is Chronic Disappointment, and How Do You Avoid It?
Apr 14, 2023
Did My Comment Make Him Drink?
Apr 07, 2023
How Do You Acknowledge Use Without Accusation?
Mar 31, 2023
CRAFT, Al-Anon, and Intervention: What's the Difference?
Mar 24, 2023
How Do You Move from Crisis Management to Change Over Time?
Mar 17, 2023
Let's Talk About Treatment
Mar 11, 2023
Allies in Recovery: A Community
Mar 04, 2023
How Do You Negotiate When Your Loved One Is Coming Home?
Feb 25, 2023
Interview with Linda Aber, Part 2
Feb 18, 2023
Interview with Linda Aber, Part 1
Feb 11, 2023
How Does CRAFT Work at a Distance?
Feb 04, 2023
What Are Natural Consequences? More on Modules 5 and 6
Jan 28, 2023
What Do “Using" and "Not Using” Really Mean?
Jan 21, 2023
How Laurie and Kayla Became Part of AIR
Jan 14, 2023
Handling Confrontation the CRAFT Way
Jan 06, 2023
Shall We Dance?
Dec 30, 2022
What About Family Members' Trauma?
Dec 23, 2022
Watching Families Progress
Dec 17, 2022
Collaboration vs. Ultimatum
Dec 09, 2022
Denial? Or Ambivalence?
Dec 02, 2022
Here Come the Holidays -- How Do You Deal?
Nov 25, 2022
How Do You Stop Catastrophizing?
Nov 18, 2022
Guest Jaclyn Brown Returns: Part 2
Nov 11, 2022
Guest Jaclyn Brown Returns: Part 1
Nov 04, 2022
What are Wishes and Dips?
Nov 04, 2022
An Interview with Guest Jaclyn Brown: Part 2
Oct 21, 2022
An Interview with Guest Jaclyn Brown: Part 1
Oct 14, 2022
Stigma: Changing the Story
Oct 07, 2022
Putting a Positive Spin on Negative Thinking
Sep 30, 2022
The Importance of Self-Care During Conflict
Sep 23, 2022
Speaking Up: The Compassionate Way
Sep 17, 2022
Sectioning: When to Consider Forcing Your Loved One into Treatment
Sep 09, 2022
Giving Your Loved One Trust and Agency
Sep 02, 2022
How to Ask Effective Questions
Aug 26, 2022
Creating a Safe Space for Decision Making
Aug 19, 2022
How, Why, and When to Put Yourself First
Aug 12, 2022
Answering Listener Questions
Aug 05, 2022
Motivation: What Drives Change
Jul 29, 2022
What is Radical Acceptance?
Jul 22, 2022
When Your Loved One Uses Multiple Substances
Jul 15, 2022
Coming Home
Jul 08, 2022
Unsolicited Advice: Helpful or Hurtful?
Jul 01, 2022
An Interview with Meme English
Jun 24, 2022
Conditional Love, Unconditional Love, and Shame: Part 2 -- The Antidote
Jun 17, 2022
When Do You Work on Use of Less-Dangerous Substances?
Jun 10, 2022
Conditional Love, Unconditional Love, and Shame: Part 1
Jun 03, 2022
Facing Obstacles Part 2: How to Not React in Tough Moments
May 27, 2022
Facing the Obstacles, Part 1
May 20, 2022
Making Changes at Your Own Pace
May 13, 2022
What CRAFT Can Do in 12 Weeks
May 06, 2022
Setting Boundaries
Apr 29, 2022
De-escalation Strategies
Apr 22, 2022
CRAFT and Decision-making: A Listener Weighs In
Apr 15, 2022
Treatment and Families: part 2
Apr 08, 2022
Treatment and Families: Part 1
Apr 01, 2022
CRAFT in Romantic Partnerships, part 2
Mar 25, 2022
CRAFT in Romantic Partnerships, part 1
Mar 18, 2022
Don't Take It Personally
Mar 14, 2022
Redefining Recovery
Mar 04, 2022
CRAFT as the Beginning of Treatment
Feb 25, 2022
Dr. Carl Erik Fisher on Addiction
Feb 21, 2022
The importance of reframing
Feb 18, 2022
What Happens When You Give Advice?
Feb 12, 2022
Becoming Part of the Process
Feb 04, 2022
Control and Consequence
Jan 28, 2022
How Do You Find Common Ground When You Disagree?
Jan 14, 2022
How Do You Release Trauma?
Jan 07, 2022
When to Step Away From Your Loved One
Dec 31, 2021
Should You Stay Connected to Your Loved One Who Is Using?
Dec 24, 2021
Do You Need to Know if Your Loved One Is Using?
Dec 17, 2021
Building a Bridge with CRAFT
Dec 10, 2021
Goals and Expectations
Dec 06, 2021
The Basics of CRAFT
Nov 26, 2021
What About the Other Family Members?
Nov 12, 2021
Suicidal Ideation vs. Substance Use
Nov 06, 2021
Looking for Positive Moments
Oct 29, 2021
Control vs. Influence
Oct 22, 2021
Deciding When Your Loved One Can Live at Home
Oct 15, 2021
Grandparents and Multigenerational Dynamics
Oct 08, 2021
Guest Dr. Carl Erik Fisher
Oct 01, 2021
Always Have a Plan
Sep 24, 2021
Podcast 84
Sep 17, 2021
Podcast #83 — SUD, the Family & the Importance of Patterns
Sep 10, 2021
Podcast # 82 — Crisis vs Chronic, the Sequel
Sep 03, 2021
Podcast #81 — When Crisis Mode Becomes Chronic, and How to Shift This
Aug 21, 2021
Podcast #80 — Low-Hanging Fruit: As the Family, What Actions Can You Take Today?
Aug 06, 2021
Podcast #79 — When Things Get Nasty, What Cards Trump the Blame Card?
Jul 23, 2021
Podcast #78 — Is "Addiction" a Bad Word? Removing Stigma from Our Language
Jul 09, 2021
Podcast #77 — How Considering 'Identity' Can Improve Things with Your Loved One with Addiction
Jun 25, 2021
Podcast #76 — Shame, Shame and More Shame (and Its Good Friend, Substance Use)
Jun 11, 2021
Podcast # 75 — Do's & Don'ts When You're On the Phone with an Addicted Loved One
May 28, 2021
Podcast # 74 — Learn How to Apply CRAFT with a Loved One Who's Far Away or Isn't in Touch
May 14, 2021
Podcast #73 First Thought, Second Thought
Apr 30, 2021
Podcast #72 — You Are Not Your Story: How to move out of drama and into consciousness
Apr 07, 2021
Podcast #71 — Dominique Interviews Annie Highwater on Her Journey Thus Far
Apr 02, 2021
Podcast #70 — Recovery Capital and Laurie's Journey to a New Vocation - Advocate and Peer Recovery Specialist
Mar 31, 2021
Podcast #69 — You're Gonna Be Lousy At It, At First: Reflective Listening, Intentional Dialogue and How to Vastly Improve Communications with Just About Everybody
Feb 26, 2021
Podcast #66 From Mother to Resource — with Cheryl Juaire
Feb 12, 2021
Podcast #68 — How Do Alanon / Naranon Differ from CRAFT? An In-depth Comparison
Feb 11, 2021
Podcast #67 — Positive Change with Tommy Joyce, Certified Peer Recovery Specialist
Feb 04, 2021
Podcast #65 What is Peer Support? — With Thrive CEO Brian Bailys
Dec 23, 2020
Podcast #64 The 5-Actions Program — A Self-Guided Roadmap Out of Addiction
Dec 08, 2020
Podcast #63 Heartland High — Ohio's First Recovery School
Nov 23, 2020
Podcast #62 Annie Highwater & Katie Donovan - A Mother's Addiction Journey
Nov 09, 2020
Podcast #61 Laurie's Internal Journey
Oct 17, 2020
Podcast #60 DBT Part II — The Story of DBT
Jun 04, 2019
Podcast #59 What Is DBT and Who Can It Help? Interview with Lisa Bond
Jun 04, 2019
Podcast #58 Unpacking Module 3: What's Happening When My Loved One Uses?
Mar 13, 2019
Podcast #57 I'm Desperate to Save My Loved One's Life
Mar 07, 2019
Podcast #56 Sam Quinones Speaks About his Award-Winning Book, Dreamland
Nov 10, 2018
Podcast #55 Dominique Simon-Levine—Attaching & Detaching—What Does This Even Mean?
Oct 31, 2018
Podcast #54 Prof. Daniel Skinner Considers Ohio's Issue #1
Oct 17, 2018
Podcast #53 Interview with Parent Coach Cathy Taughinbaugh
Oct 16, 2018
Podcast #52 What Is CRAFT & Why Do You Need It?
Jul 14, 2018
PODCAST #51 Not My Child! Awakening & Awareness
Jul 04, 2018
PODCAST #50 Let Me Get You Some Soup (or Not!!) Recognizing Signs & Symptoms and Acting Accordingly
May 22, 2018
PODCAST #49 Family Secrets—Why Do We Keep Them?
May 01, 2018
PODCAST #48 The Hosts Are The Guests! Allies in Recovery's Editor Interviews Annie & Laurie
Apr 05, 2018
PODCAST #47 Facing Addiction's Michael King Spreads Hope & Recovery
Mar 23, 2018
PODCAST #46 Feeling Sorry: Where Does It Lead? Can It Be Useful?
Mar 08, 2018
PODCAST #45 You Don't Know What You Don't Know—Awareness & Preparednes
Feb 22, 2018
PODCAST #44 Interview with Former Drug Court Judge Scott Vanderkarr
Feb 09, 2018
PODCAST #43 Encouraging Your Loved One into Treatment
Jan 26, 2018
PODCAST #42 Do You Really Want to be Well?
Jan 19, 2018
PODCAST #41 Who Is Your Enemy?
Jan 12, 2018
PODCAST #40 Conflict & Family Patterns
Jan 04, 2018
PODCAST #39 Accountability & SUD
Dec 28, 2017
PODCAST #38 Trust and SUD
Dec 22, 2017
Podcast #37 Holiday Episode: When the Holidays are a Trigger
Dec 18, 2017
PODCAST #36 Anger vs. Wrath
Dec 15, 2017
PODCAST #35 Liar Liar, Pants On Fire!
Dec 07, 2017
PODCAST #34 Heads Up: Tips for Families with a Loved One on the Recovery Path
Dec 01, 2017
PODCAST #33 Interview with Chief Deputy Sheriff Rick Minerd
Nov 24, 2017
PODCAST #32 Victimhood And Victimizing
Nov 17, 2017
PODCAST #31 Interview with Richard Jones from the Recovery Cartel
Nov 10, 2017
PODCAST #30 The Most Overlooked Resource: Family And Friends
Nov 03, 2017
PODCAST #29 Interview with Pam Rickard from the Herren Project
Oct 26, 2017
PODCAST #28 Fake It 'Til You Make It
Oct 21, 2017
PODCAST #27 Codependency & Denial
Oct 10, 2017
Mike Duggan: Wicked Sober
Oct 09, 2017
Crisis: How Do I Sit Through a Meeting When My Life is Falling Apart?
Sep 21, 2017
Empty Nest and SUD
Sep 20, 2017
What's In Your Toolbox?
Sep 01, 2017
Grief And Disappointment: the New Normal
Aug 18, 2017
Enabling Non-Use
Aug 01, 2017
Interview with Lee Weber from Addictionblog
Jul 31, 2017
Interview with Activist Alicia Cook
Jul 24, 2017
Good-time Charlies: A Conversation on Addiction, Shame & Recovery with Rob Koebel
Jul 16, 2017
Interview With Laurie's Son Tommy
Jul 10, 2017
Interview with Annie's Son
Jun 23, 2017
Silver Linings: Our New Playbook
Apr 11, 2017
Stories Of Stigma
Apr 10, 2017
A House Divided Stands No Chance
Apr 09, 2017
Trigger Happy
Apr 08, 2017
Enabling Use
Apr 07, 2017
Feelings, Nothing More...
Apr 06, 2017
Leave Your Drama To The Llama
Apr 05, 2017
Manipulation
Apr 04, 2017
The CRAFT Method, with Dominique Simon-Levine
Apr 03, 2017
Slogans: The Language Of Recovery
Apr 02, 2017
Support Groups
Apr 01, 2017
Goals as a Family Member
Mar 31, 2017
Consistent Forgiveness
Mar 30, 2017
Friends' And Family's Reactions
Mar 29, 2017
Annie And Laurie's Stories
Mar 28, 2017