what are CRAFT and harm reduction, and can they work with teens and young adults who are misusing drugs or alcohol, with Dee-Dee Stout
Host: Brenda Zane, brenda@brendazane.com
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Guest: Dee-Dee Stout, professor, coach, speaker, author of “Coming to Harm Reduction Kicking & Screaming: Looking for Harm Reduction in a 12-Step World,”
Show Resources:
Dee-Dee’s website and resources
Book: Coming to Harm Reduction Kicking & Screaming: Looking for Harm Reduction in a 12-Step World
Buzzed, The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy
Safety First, A Reality-Based Approach to Teens and Drugs (Drug Policy Alliance)
Center for Motivation and Change website and resources
Beyond Addiction and 20-Minute Parent Guide
Parent harm reduction support group, Saturdays at 4pm Pacific time
Show Notes:
SPEAKERS
Brenda Zane, Dee-Dee Stout
Episode topics: parenting, harm reduction, CRAFT, motivational interviewing, children, family, addiction, recovery, substance use
2:29 background on Dee-Dee, her work and her book
11:00 Dee-Dee’s family trauma, challenges with existing therapeutic options
15:27 Dee-Dee explains CRAFT and harm reduction in Portugal
20:08 co-addiction/co-dependent, family systems and an STI analogy
23:11 stages of change, getting un-stuck, diet Coke and the “f-its” and the trump card parents have to be careful with
30:53 how motivational interviewing and CRAFT are related, OARS
36:07 we do a role-play of a worried mom and kid using street Xanax (Xanax + fentanyl)
41:50 CRAFT in the real world, harm reduction - what it is, Dee-Dee’s thoughts about teens and lifelong abstinence
48:08 Abstinence, relapse and the disease theory, harm reduction in a non-substance use scenario
52:01 asking kids why they’re using substances, partnering with kids as a method of harm reduction, safe vs safer
1:00 normalizing difficult conversations with our kids, fentanyl = the perfect door opener to talk with your kids about being safer
1:08 what kids are most afraid of and how to eliminate it from the conversations you have, the role of residential treatment, acknowledging the time and energy it takes to parent through this
1:11 Dee-Dee’s billboard choice and the role COVID has played this year with families who have a child struggling
Brenda
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