Guides

Practical Guides

Step-by-step guides on the questions families actually ask: how to pay for rehab, what to pack, how to stage an intervention, how to support a loved one through aftercare.

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Clinical Trials for Addiction Treatment: A Family's Guide to Finding and Joining One

A trial can open a treatment that insurance never covers. How to find a recruiting study, what consent protects, and the questions to ask before joining.

Oct 13, 202615m

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Adult Children of Parents With Addiction: A Guide to Healing and Boundaries

Growing up with a parent who struggled with alcohol or drugs leaves survival patterns that follow you into adulthood. What helps, and what to do first.

Oct 12, 202615m

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Coming Home From Jail or Prison: A Family Guide to Reentry and Recovery

The first two weeks after release carry the highest overdose risk of a person's life. A practical family playbook for the first 48 hours and the weeks after.

Oct 11, 202615m

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Fentanyl Test Strips and Drug Checking: A Family Guide to Safer Use

Fentanyl test strips can detect fentanyl before an overdose happens. Learn how the strips work, how to use them correctly, where to get them, and their limits.

Oct 10, 202613m

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Raising Your Grandchild: A Practical Guide for Grandparents and Kinship Caregivers

Grandparents raising grandchildren need legal, financial, and emotional answers fast. Here's a practical guide to custody, benefits, trauma, and support.

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When a Loved One Dies of an Overdose: A Family Guide to Grief and Support

Overdose loss carries a grief other deaths don't: guilt, blame, and silence. What research says helps families, how to tell children, where to get support.

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Kratom and 7-OH: A Family Guide to Dependence, Withdrawal, and Treatment

Kratom looks like a natural supplement, but its 7-OH compounds can cause real dependence. How to spot it, what withdrawal looks like, and where treatment starts.

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After an Overdose: A Family Guide to the First 72 Hours

The days after a nonfatal overdose are the most dangerous of all. What happens in the hospital, what to say when they wake up, and how to build a safety plan that actually holds.

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Safe Storage and Disposal of Prescription Medications: A Family Guide

Where leftover pills really come from, how to secure what stays in the house, and how to get rid of what doesn't — take-back, mail-back, or trash.

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