Joining Forces with Other Parents & Mentors

You don't have to do this alone

When we discover our child is struggling with substance use, it's easy to feel alone, ashamed, and overwhelmed. But surrounding yourself with others traveling this challenging road can provide incredible hope, wisdom and strength.

Finding other parents through local support groups, therapy, workshops and online communities lifts the veil of isolation. Listening to their uncannily similar struggles helps release misplaced feelings of parental guilt and shame. The empathy and advice shared amongst parents who truly "get it" will bolster you for the hard journey ahead.

Hopestream Community, a nonprofit organization I co-founded, is one resource that provides professional and peer education and mentorship grounded in the CRAFT approach and other evidence-based modalities.

We're a private, positive community equipping families to create change through science and kindness, not punishment and distance. We continually and lovingly point each other back to taking care of ourselves, healthy boundary setting and trusting in a purposeful process. Our moderated online groups, CRAFT sessions, therapeutic coaching, workshops, expert guest speakers, wellness content, and in-person retreats, help members find understanding, compassion, and strategies for creating change.