How To Help Someone With A Drug Or Alcohol Addiction Using the CRAFT method

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[Modernstoic]

No one can change another person without their desire to change...

[janean]

Never lose hope.. my brother is active alcoholic and I’m in sobriety.. I always tell him he’s worthy of sobriety and healing-maybe one day he will see his own life and see how much better it can be … without alcohol.. I stay sober for many reasons.. and willingness to help others with setting a example is a beautiful thing to do.. I stay sober for humanity and to raise the vibrations for the one’s still suffering.. you must have purpose to be excited about life and sobriety.. the person suffering feels like they have no purpose in life .. they feel fucked up inside and can’t understand the emotional body.. they can’t be trusted.. and it’s not even there fault.. they need to be retrained

[niceguydmm]

I'm so glad I found your channel! My son has an appointment next week with you. He's doing good and I'm dealing with his issue completely different! He's went to his doctor and told them the truth and put me on the access to his records. They gave him clonidine to help and some depression medicine. I think with some coaching and his doctor he may get this over. He said he is done and he treated himself to amazon shopping with the money he was wasting pain pills! He looked at me last week and said why did I do this to my body. Hes three weeks off and he said I'm not going to lie its hard but its getting easier each week.

[gabedemichele]

Hey my name is Gabriel, I am 18 and I have struggled with hard drug and alcohol use since I was 14. I cleaned myself up when I joined the military but it was not easy since I had to do it completely alone. My absolutely amazing girlfriend and future wife is struggling with a serious marijuana addiction and she needs help. I am never leaving her no matter how hard things get but I really want to give her the help in getting over her addiction that I never got. I found your video and I learned some very helpful tips and tricks so I sincerely thank you! I took plenty of notes and I am dedicating my life right now to helping her the best I can and showing her the unwavering love she deserves! Thank you so much for the advice as I am now better equipped to help with our situation. Thank you!

[Pink__]

Giving love and support to one struggling is the best thing to offer. Dont abandon them and set boundaries. Only the addict can change. Most addicts need love if not all of them. They are broken. Love is free.

[rmabarrera]

My loved one that used an approach similar to CRAFT (it wasn’t around when I got clean) helped me get the motivation to improve MY life through recovery. The fact that his life would be improved was a happy by product for him. His approach paired with the fact that he didn’t ask me to “do it for him” was what motivated me.
My recovery catapulted when I cut off my family of origin. Through recovery I was finally able to stand up for myself and say out loud that their personalities were the main catalyst for my addiction. I cut them off and leaned into my chosen family. That was 22 years ago, and my life is beautiful. My daughter’s “grandmother, ” the only one she has ever known, loves us in a healthy way. Unlike my family of origin.

[sandrajohnston]

Just bought the Beyond Addiction book. I’m hoping to change how I react when I come home to find him passed out. I cannot continue the cycle my parents had; I need peace in my life!

[LifesShort]

I have binge watched you! My husband and I are Helpers and extremely empathetic personalities. Christians first with love and undesreved forgiveness as our foundation of our beliefs. Im a nurse, he is a customer service expert in a position that deals with the most difficult situations. We have taken a meth addict ( our brother, and brother in law) . Into our home. 6 months clean but peace is difficult. Thank you🙏❤️your an angel.

[terrimoore]

This is so true. Thanks Amber for these videos. I’ve changed the way I interact with my husband (active alcoholic) and my home is more peaceful and I’m less angry. ( I still get upset but I’m human) I detach now when we drinks and he actually will come into the room I’m in and tell me he loves me. He never did that before.

[richardlynch]

My son is the alcoholic in our family, I raised him and my daughter as a single parent . His mother was an alcoholic and sadly passed due to to the effects of alcoholism . He is 29 yrs old living at home, he is living at home because he had burnt all his bridges with all his friends and family, he has now resorted to steeling money from myself which I feel is the lowest act he has done, my son has always been one who has not related to the norms of life, he avoids everything and has is own conspiracy theories which he feels works for him not to conform to any sense of what we would call normal.

[elteacher]

thanks, I want to thank you... in only few days of following your advice... my wife opened, and we are working together to help her out!!! the only thing I did was to bite my tongue and creating positive experiences for her. I only point the good things she does, and praise her for that... she used to drink almost everyday, now she working on it.... I had to put my judge clothes aside and act as her attorney!!!! words can not express ow much I thank you!!!

[cyndimoore]

I'm an aba tech. These techniques are used for all behaviors. Ive always said this would work great for prisons but never thought about the addicted.

[janean]

Recovering alcoholic here 4 year journey to get here .. my experience is to allow life to the teacher and create your own boundaries as the person living with the illness .. when the person who isn’t well becomes willing to change.. only then will they do so ..
no contract-no boundaries-no nothing will make a addiction stop .. the only thing that works for me is loving myself and willingness to be better and healthier.. and be accountable for my alcoholism.. knowing I’m the only one who could save me ..
anyone who thinks they can change someone needs to realize they can’t.. so take care of yourself and allow life to be the teacher of others—
I believe anyone can change when they become willing.. if they aren’t.. then love them from a distance..
good luck and your god speed❤️🙏

[bobbyb]

you cant make someone that does not realize alcohol is problem, that you have to realize yourself

[karilines]

I have to watch this video every Thursday, thats when he takes off for the weekend to drink over at his " best friends ", ... it really helps to watch this and center the front of my Brain 🧠 and not ruin all the good progress of the week . Thank you 🙏🏼 Amber

[qhjljge]

My daughter wanted me to call police to have her removed from house if using. When I did that police said they cannot. Children’s aid is involved and I have her children under kinship. So I informed CAs and they removed her from the home. Now she mad that I “told on her”. I explained I’m only trying to protect her two children from her use and sketchy people coming here.

[tinaberry]

I am a therapist and have just completed the CRAFT Training. Such a great alternative to 'tough love' and intervention. 😊Looking forward to helping my clients with the method.

[PixieRose]

Do you have a video on dealing with the emotions that come up for the person dealing with an addcit, to work through these emotions that can make empathy possible?

[theresan]

Thanks again, Amber for another great video! It doesn’t even have to be new information. We (loved ones) just need to keep being reminded of what works. And thank you for acknowledging our “urge” to nag, scold, be angry, etc. It helps so much to have you validate our emotions, but then also redirect us so as not to react emotionally. Your videos always encourage me to do differently next time, like a coach giving a pep talk. 🏀

I just realized the reason I think I’ve struggled with the craft method or the word “strategic” is because I’ve falsely viewed it as being manipulative, y’know, like sneaking in through the back door instead of coming straight in through the front door. Or playing the puppeteer and pulling the addict’s strings to get them to do the right thing. This video helped me understand motivating someone is different than manipulating someone. I think you’ve talked about that before in a video, maybe. Anyways, need to change how I’ve understood that.