These 4 consecutive 90-minute workshops have been developed to specifically support you and provide you with helpful skills to navigate what to say, how to ask and clarify your role with your loved one. Find out more here.
Healthy Relationships Workshops
Family Services Orientation: Your first step in family support
This family program is intended to support anyone (families, parents, spouses/partners, friends or support persons) that know someone that struggles with addition and mental health.
Available in English and Español. Also available for Native Americans.
On-Site Immersive Family Workshop
This program is a valuable connection and skill-building experience, on-site at:
Plymouth, Minnesota
Center City, Minnesota
Recommended Books
Sober Siblings: How to Help Your Alcoholic Brother or Sister-and Not Lose Yourself
Patricia Olsen
Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading, and Threatening
Dr. Robert Meyers & Dr. Brenda Wolfe
Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change
Jeffrey Foote Ph.D, Carrie Wilkens PhD, Nicole Kosanke PhD. and Stephanie Higgs
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Brenè Brown
At Wit’s End: What You Need to Know When a Loved One is Diagnosed with Addiction and Mental Illness
Jeff Jay and Jerry Boriskin
BALM Book - The Loving Path to Family Recovery - Download Chapter 1
Find some of these books (and many more!) at the Hazelden Betty Ford Book Store.
Find Hazelden Betty Ford resources on our Amazon.com page.
Empowering Recovery and Well-Being for All
Find dozens of helpful videos on every aspect of recovery on the Hazelden Betty Ford YouTube channel.
Substance Use Disorders
Understanding the science behind substance use disorders and the recovery process, with a brief overview of co-occurring disorders.
Support Groups for Siblings
Support for Families of Addicts | Family Program | Hazelden Betty Ford
Virtual Family Program - For Adolescents (12-18) -- Hazelden
Help for Children of Addicted Parents | Hazelden Betty Ford
Affected By an Alcoholic Sibling | Meetings: 888-425-2666 | Al-Anon Family Groups
Home | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation offers outpatient mental health services for family members in many states. In Minnesota, these groups include Recovery Relationships and Families Affected by Addiction (FABA). Find more at: Mental Health Services | Hazelden Betty Ford
Twelve Step Alumni Meetings - Hazelden Betty Ford Chapter Meetings
Donate to Help Other Families
Your donation will help another family be better able to support a loved one in recovery. Click here to donate today.
Family Coaching
Family Coaching will support you in rebuilding trust with your loved one and your family as you heal from the damaging effects that substance use can have on the family. Click here to learn more.
Find a Sober Coach
Convenient and confidential, Hazelden Betty Ford's Connection program helps you navigate early recovery with personalized recovery coaching.You can also receive monitoring and accountability reports, as well as random drug testing.
Videos
ShatterProof - Just Five
Delivers the most important concepts and facts regarding addiction in just five minutes.
Pleasure Unwoven - Dr. Kevin McCauley
Uses the spectacular landscape of Utah’s State and National Parks to describe the brain areas involved in addiction, turns complex neuroscientific concepts into easy-to-understand visual images that will help people in recovery feel better understood, and their families and friends feel hope that recovery is possible.
Podcasts
Episode: The Journey Back to Self
How to Feel Okay Despite a Loved One's Addiction
Author Beverly Conyers offers advice for parents and loved ones in this hopeful conversation with William C. Moyers on the Let's Talk Addiction & Recovery Podcast.
Let's Talk Addiction & Recovery Podcast
Hear what leading addiction and recovery experts are talking about—addiction trends, topics and challenges as well as research, practices and advances that point the most promising way forward.
