It’s proven: you can help.
You are not powerless over your loved one’s substance use disorder. You can enable positive change in your loved one and help them find treatment and recovery.
️ The Community Reinforcement Approach and Family Training (CRAFT) intervention was developed with the belief that family members can play a powerful role in helping to encourage loved ones with a substance use disorder to engage in treatment and recovery.
️🩹 Family members who attend the CRAFT program also benefit by becoming more independent and reducing their depression, anxiety and anger symptoms even if their loved one does not enter treatment.
CRAFT uses an overall positive approach and steers clear of any confrontation, and emphasizes learning new skills to cope with old problems.
No one has better information about the substance user’s behavior patterns than a close family member. CRAFT teaches family members how to use this information in a motivational way to increase the chance of the substance user entering treatment and staying in recovery.
CRAFT research has shown that almost 7 out of 10 people who use the program get their substance user to attend treatment.
A note from the Village
: Our Coaches are CRAFT certified and uniquely expert in training families to face addiction and get through recovery together. If you are interested in additional support, check out our online CRAFT programs at wethevillage.co.