Mike Loverde

Before we discuss what to say to someone who has relapsed, let us define a relapse. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines relapse as:  When we hear about a relapse, the first...

In this article, you will learn that you cannot directly help a recovering addict or alcoholic until you can help yourself first. An unwell family, greatly affected by addiction and...

What Does Recovery from Alcohol & Drug Addiction Mean? The book of Alcoholics Anonymous states, “We have recovered from a hopeless state of mind and body” (Alcoholics Anonymous, Pg. 20). ...

Almost every family we speak with regarding an intervention wants to know our success rates. The question inevitably follows with what percentage of alcoholics or addicts recover. There’s absolutely no...

Before scheduling an intervention, families almost always ask us, “How or what should I say to make my addicted loved one get treatment?” Many questions asked are loaded and have...

CRAFT is the acronym for Community Reinforcement & Family Training. There is also a part of this model called Contingency Management theory, which we will discuss. This evidence-based approach to...

We’ll cover the following: It’s not uncommon for people to ask, how do I let go of someone or something negatively affecting me? Rather than seeing it as letting go,...

The debate rages on as to whether or not drug addiction and alcoholism is a disease. Many well-known and respected experts make excellent arguments in favor of the disease and...

When people think of family interventions, they inevitably think of a confrontation between themselves and others with the substance user. Some believe an intervention is what they see on television....