7The Compassion Antidote offers a proven framework for creating change for you and your child. The Compassion Antidote will guide you through evidence-based strategies for more productive conversations with your son or daughter. The value of positive reinforcement, allowing for natural consequences, and setting clear boundaries while taking care of yourself will give you the best chance that your child will be open to living a healthier life.

This easy-to-understand guide will help parents and other family members to stay positive and continue to help their child change. Along the way, readers will be inspired by stories from families with similar struggles, fears, hopes, and dreams for their young adults and teens.

You don't have to let go and detach from your child--you can lean in and stay close. The Compassion Antidote draws on proven ideas from the Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) approach to explain the necessary steps to communicate better with empathy and understanding. These strategies were developed by psychologists who have been studying addiction for years.

The Compassion Antidote will improve your relationship with your child, you will learn strategies for improving communication and encouraging your child to change. It will give you the tools and strategies you need to help your struggling young adult or teen transform their life?support their choice to change from being controlled by their drug or alcohol use to taking steps towards the life they want.

You'll learn:

- how to change the conversation
- the power of positive reinforcement and consequences
- what gets in the way of change
- how to take care of yourself so you can stay resilient

The Compassion Antidote will change the way you think about your role in family addiction. It will give you the tools and strategies you need to help your struggling young adult or teen transform their life--from being tethered to drug or alcohol use to reaching their potential and thriving.