The document summarizes Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT), an evidence-based intervention for family members of those with substance use disorders. CRAFT teaches family members strategies to encourage their loved one to enter treatment while also improving their own well-being. Several studies have shown CRAFT is more effective at getting people into treatment compared to traditional support groups. It was developed in the 1990s and further adapted to help parents address a child's substance use. CRAFT provides a scientifically-proven approach for families to play an active role in their loved one's recovery process.

1. why not treat
addiction with
science?

2. substance abuse
comes in all shapes
and sizes

3. intervention and
treatment practices
vary as well

5. in fact, most
programs
proven their
results

6. yet everyone says
they can help your
loved one get sober

7. so how
do you
know
what to
believe?

8. CRAFT
different

9. Scientifically proven to help
your loved one with their
substance abuse challenges
CRAFT

10. benefits

11. Learn ways to encourage your
loved one to enter addiction
treatment
#1
b

12. Reduce your loved ones alcohol
and drug use whether they’ve
entered treatment or not
#2

13. De-stress and improve
your home life
#3

15. several
comprehensive
studies have
demonstrated
CRAFT’s efficacy

16. Engaging the Unmotivated in Treatment for
Alcohol Problems: A Comparison of Three
Strategies for Intervention Through Family
Members
William R. Miller, Robert J. Myers, J. Scott Tonigan –
University of New Mexico
(c) 1999 AmericanPsychological Association, Inc.
Community Reinforcement Approach and
Family Therapy (CRAFT): Engaging
Unmotivated Drug Users in Treatment
Robert
J.
Meyers,
William
R.
Miller,
Dina
E.
Hill,
J.
Scott
Tonigan – University
of
New
Mexico
(c)
1999
Elsevier
Science
Inc.
A Randomized Trial of Two Methods for
Engaging Treatment-Refusing Drug Users
Through Concerned Significant Others
Robert J. Meyers, William R. Miller, Jane Ellen Smith, J.
Scott Tonigan
(c) 2002 Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Engaging resistant adolescents in drug abuse
treatment
Holly Barret Waldron, Sheryl Kern-Jones, Charles W.
Turner, Thomas R. Peterson, Timothy J. Ozechowski
(c) 2007 Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Community reinforcement training for family
and significant others of drug abusers: a
unilateral intervention to increase treatment
entry of drug users
Kimberly C. Kirby, Douglas B. Marlowe, David S. Festinger,
Kerry A. Garvey, Vincent LaMonaca
(c) 1999 Drug and Alcohol Dependence

18. CRAFT
Scientifically Proven

19. CRAFT
works

20. /bit.ly/WhatIsCRAFT
more info

21. WHAT should
craft be used
FOR?

22. cRAFT works across
multiple substance
abuse conditions
including...

23. Alcohol Cocaine
Opiates Cannabis
and other
stimulants

24. when should
craft be used?

25. Here
CRAFT WORKS
FIRST SIGNS OF
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
PROFESSIONAL
HELP IS NEEDED
GETTING
PROFESSIONAL HELP

26. CRAFT helps you have
empowering
conversations with your
loved one
CRAFT WORKS
FIRST SIGNS OF
SUBSTANCE ABUSE

27. PROFESSIONAL
HELP IS NEEDED
CRAFT reduces your
loved ones alcohol and
drug use whether
they’ve entered
treatment or not
CRAFT WORKS

28. CRAFT can help you get
your loved one to
accept treatment
CRAFT WORKS
PROFESSIONAL
HELP IS NEEDED

29. Success rate of getting someone
into treatment
13% · AL-ANON
71% · CRAFT
30% · INTERVENTIONs
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - funded study
Published in the Journal of Substance Abuse, 10, 3, 291-308.
CRAFT WORKS
Engaging resistant adolescents in drug abuse treatment. Holly Barret Waldron, Sheryl Kern-Jones, Charles
W. Turner, Thomas R. Peterson, Timothy J. Ozechowski (c) 2007 Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

31. “With CRAFT, family members learn ways
to lower loved ones’ defenses and
encourage them to speak candidly. The
advice essentially boils down to simple
steps like asking open-ended questions,
complimenting positive behaviors, and
echoing the person’s concerns in a
nonjudgmental way.”

32. “Next, they learn to devise ways to improve
their home life (without fixing or
minimizing the ill effects of the drinking or
drug use). When the struggling loved one
feels understood and safe, the reasoning
goes, he or she will be more willing to be
vulnerable, to seek help.”
The End of Hitting Rock Bottom, Burt Helm

33. While your loved one is
in treatment and after,
CRAFT helps family
members de-stress and
improve their home life
CRAFT WORKS
While GETTING
PROFESSIONAL HELP

34. 100% of family members and
loved ones reported significant
reductions in anger, anxiety,
depression, and negative
physical symptoms
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - funded study
Published in the Journal of Substance Abuse, 10, 3, 291-308.
CRAFT WORKS

35. how does
craft
compare to
al-anon?

36. AL-ANON CRAFT
Self Care
Take time to focus
on yourself

37. AL-ANON CRAFT
Powerless... Powerful...
...against loved one’s
substance abuse

38. AL-ANON CRAFT
Detach with love
Let your
loved one hit
‘rock bottom’
Stronger together
Help your
loved one
get treatment

39. With CRAFT, families play a
critical role in helping their
loved one get better

41. “Detach felt like crap – even
the most successful parent had
a daughter in danger, freezing
out on the streets.”
Former Al-Anon parent

42. “So precious to me to have some answers
beyond "just detach" and "let him hit
bottom". I feared his bottom was death,
and I am so relieved to know I can do
more to encourage recovery. Bless you Dr.
Meyers for spreading the word.”
Daisy

43. “Perhaps the counselor was having a bad day, but this particular night he
followed his grim opening with: ‘It's nice that you are here and think that you
can do something, but the people you love are going to die’
At that moment, I had one thought and it was: ‘F*** this shit’ If the people I
love are going to die I need to get my ass out of this meeting and spend as
much time with them as I can while they are living.
I found information about CRAFT and it made sense.
Because of your work and CRAFT, I feel at peace with my relationship. He
has not entered treatment, but he keeps in contact with me and he knows
that I support him where he is.
I don't condone the drug use, but I don't let that aspect of his life define him
to me. Maybe he will go to treatment, maybe he won't. But if he dies today,
he will know he was loved and there will be nothing left I wish I had said.
And I think anyone can hope for in any relationship.”
Anonymous letter to Dr. Robert J. Meyers,
Louisville KY

44. CRAFT evolution
CRA CRAFT
1970’s 1990’s 2015
Community
Reinforcement
Approach
Community
Reinforcement
Approach &
Family Therapy
Developed specifically
for parents and available
online to make the
treatment more readily
available
“one of the most
effective alcohol
treatment programs
currently available”
Developed for family
members to play a
powerful role in their
loved one’s treatment
CRAFT for parents
to address their
child’s substance
abuse
PARENT CRAFT

45. In the late 1990’s, CRAFT was
developed at the University of
New Mexico by Dr. Robert
Meyers, Ph.D. and colleagues
Robert J. Meyers PhD

46. In 2015, Parent CRAFT was created
with the help of Dr. Robert Meyers to
empower parents to protect their
children from addiction, accidental
overdose and death

47. Help for Parents NOW!
/bit.ly/Parent_CRAFT