Thank you for sharing your experience and expertise on how to love well. I’ve been a regular listener (several on rewind!) since June of ‘21. I’ve now listened to every episode. I take notes. I buy books. I’m now a parent peer support facilitator and YOU, Allies in Recovery are the breeze in my sail that started this parental healing journey as I love through the pain of other’s choices and live my day (mostly!) well. Your work is appreciated. Please don’t stop helping other parents. Three of my four adult/teen children struggle with substance abuse. Since implementing CRAFT two of my kids are living a healthy lifestyle. Thank you.

I really like your show. I have learned a lot. But not sure about Bill Carruthers long winded speech. Your listeners are here to learn - we don’t need the motivational speech and typical jargon. I appreciate the other episodes much more where talk about problems and their solutions and the skills we can use.

Practical advice that has helped me get through many hard nights. I highly recommend the Craft program and the podcasts.

I’m so grateful that this podcast exists. It’s a life saver. Thank you ladies!

So much goodness for those who are struggling with people who are struggling. This podcast gives hope in ongoing conversations.

I’ve been a member of Allies for a bit but haven’t committed to the program completely. Today’s episode on Agency somehow spoke to me and gave me the nudge to dive in 100%. My husband is in the active stage of alcohol dependency and is in denial of its impact on his life, reputation, career and family as well as how it impacts me and his now adult children. Thank you for this group and podcast!

This is such a good podcast ❤️

I have learned so many useful tools listening to your podcast. I’m so grateful for your knowledge and wisdom. Thank you!

You are so wise. You give me strength for issues even beyond addiction.

Thank you for showing me another way to think. I’ve listened to every show and always come away With new choices. I listen to every conversation at least twice and reinforce the wonderful skills Allies offers. There’s some nuance added with each repetition. Not only have the tools helped me communicate with my family but I’m now teaching some of the material to my professional colleagues. Bravo Dominique, Laurie and Kayla!

There is SO MUCH value in these podcast episodes about how to manage when your loved one is struggling with substances. How to relate to your loved one, how to care for yourself, how to make a positive difference in your loved one’s life.

I worked an Al-Anon program for many years. Your approach is different & refreshing to me. More concrete examples of what to try. Very appreciative to everyone involved in these amazing programs. After 20+ years, I still have work to do on myself & how I interact with others. Living with addiction caused me so much stress. It goes away & comes back. I love coming up for AIR.

Re: episode: Did my comment make him drink. I learn so much from these podcasts and recommend them to everyone I volunteer with in family recovery. But this episode was exceptional. Listened to it twice in quick succession. Appreciate Laurie bringing up the use of stigmatizing language and how we are all working to change it. Thanking you Laurie, Kayla & Dominique for this podcast and your commitment to family recovery.

I listen weekly to learn new ways to change what I can - in my relationship with my loved one with an alcohol use disorder. Laurie, Dominique, and Kayla have so much collective wisdom to share that sometimes I listen to an episode two or three times🤓

This podcast and the Allies website and support groups are helping me change how I react, interact, and support my loved one. Slowly but surely I am following CRAFT. I am a stubborn old bird and am finding unlearning my behavior is really hard. It’s so easy to return to ancient patterns but I am improving. This program is a lifesaver, especially for me. I am concentrating on changing myself. My loved one will follow his own path.

So thankful to have found this resource. each episode short, concise & digestible. Thank you for everything you do with Allies in Recovery!

Chalk full of information, tips, reminders - brings feelings of hope and being supported through an otherwise painful experience that can feel very lonely. To the podcasters: Would recommend getting more information about evidence based trauma treatment next time you cover that topic. The interventions with the most scientific backing were not mentioned in your Jan 2022 episode on trauma - I.e., prolonged exposure, cognitive processing therapy, trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy.

I found Coming Up For Air after my son went to treatment and is in recovery. It gives me practical tools to change how I interact with him and connect in a positive way. This is a process where I can stay in connection with him and set boundaries for myself. I have gone back in episodes and listened to many in past. All have been extremely helpful.

This podcast has been a lifesaver for my husband and I as we struggle with our son’s active drug use. The concepts we’ve learned through listening to this podcast have given us actionable steps to take instead of feeling so helpless and have given us hope of being able to get our son into treatment someday. I hate to think where we would be if we hadn’t found Coming Up for Air.

I have learned a ton about addiction through this podcast. 1. Provides ways to communicate with your loved one and more importantly how to communicate. I particularly liked podcast #69 with reflective listening. 2. Prior to having a loved one with addiction, I really didn’t understand addiction. Now that I have a better grasp of the disease, the resentment I had toward my daughter has disappeared. Now I am better able to respond rather than react. I am so grateful for this podcast. Thank you!

A key find for anyone struggling with helping a loved one that is suffering from Substance Abuse Disorder and all that goes with it. Highly recommend!

As a clinical social worker and family addiction coach I love everything about Allies in Recovery; including this podcast. With a 70% success rate of a loved one entering treatment, CRAFT is an approach my families find extremely valuable. Hearing from others through this podcast series who have recovered from the impact of addiction is useful on many levels. Well done Annie and Laurie!

I love the Coming Up for AIR podcasts from Allies in Recovery. They offer clear, helpful, and relatable information for those of us who have a loved one with substance abuse disorder. I can't thank them enough!

I really look forward to these podcasts. They are so educational and I can relate easily. It is comforting to listen to people who have been or are going through a similar experience.

Such an open and honest podcast dealing with the desperation’s families face with addiction!