Delivered in a one-day format online, our virtual Family Program is available free to anyone who needs it, no matter where you live
Free Virtual Family Program
Healthy Relationship Program
Whether your loved one is not ready for help, is currently receiving help, has finished a program, has returned to use … this program was created to support you. This intensive, 10-week program offers weekly workshops and personalized coaching to improve your relationships and teach useful skills. These skills help family members learn to use their influence and interact more effectively with their loved one, while increasing their own well-being.
Shop for Family Support Resources
Visit the Hazelden Publishing bookstore to find great support resources for families.
Ongoing Recovery Coaching for Families
Convenient and confidential, Hazelden Betty Ford's Connection program provides you and your loved ones with personalized, phone-based, addiction recovery coaching by licensed counselors.
Family Recovery Apps
Twenty-Four Hours a Day: Recovery Meditations - Apple / Android
The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency - Apple / Android
More Language of Letting Go: 366 New Daily Meditations on Codependency - Apple
Tending Dandelions: Honest Meditations for Mothers with Addicted Children - Apple / Android
Family Recovery Podcasts
My Child & Addiction: Parent-to-Parent Podcast - Apple Podcasts
Let's Talk - Find more recovery podcasts.
Family Recovery Articles
Find a large selection of articles about the addiction and recovery for families from the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.
Groups for Family Support
HBFF Weekly Family Support Groups - Available Tuesdays from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Central - Register here.
Caring Families Chat Meeting - Tuesdays from 6-7 p.m. Central
TheDailyPledge.org - Chat Rooms
Virtual Family Support Group - Thursday 6:30-8 p.m. Central. Register here: Virtual Family Support Group - Hazelden
AlAnon Electronic Meetings
Learn more.
Al-Anon - Al-Anon.org
Nar-Anon - Nar-Anon Family Groups
Families Anonymous - FamiliesAnonymous.org
Helpful Education and 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.
Free Virtual Children's Program
Find help for children of addicted parents. Open to children ages 7-12 impacted by Substance Use Disorder.
Adolescent Virtual Family Program (ages 13-19)
This program is for you if you are 13-19 years old and have a family member with Substance Use Disorder. Join us to gain insight, peer feedback, support and skills related to Substance Use Disorder. Click here to register or learn more: Virtual Family Program - For Adolescents (12-18)
Additional Resources for Parents, Children and Teens
HBFF Family Resource Roundup - You and your children can find support, inspiration and education through these free online resources and activities available.
Sesame Street in Communities - Your care and support can make a huge difference in the life of a young child. Sesame Street is here for you with activities and tips for the challenges and joys along the way.
In a Father's Voice: Love the Kid, Hate the Disease - 30-minute Crash Course
