The 20 Minute Guide
The 20 Minute Guide is a workbook for anyone who wants to help a loved one struggling with substance use. The concepts in the Guide are largely drawn from Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT), an evidence-based behavioral and motivational approach to substance use that recognizes the powerful role that loved ones can play in the change process.
Our Workbooks
The Parent's Guide
This guide is for all who care for someone struggling with substances—parents, stepparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and foster and adoptive parents and other caregivers.
The Partner's Guide
This guide is for anyone in a relationship with someone struggling with substances.
More About the Guide
The 20 Minute Guide takes CRAFT concepts, alongside other tools, and makes them accessible and easy to use. The Guide will not literally take you 20 minutes to read––instead, it is designed to be clear and actionable, so that every 20 minutes you spend with it will leave you with new skills or knowledge.
On this site you will find two versions of the Guide: one for parents and one for partners. However, the Guide is open to you even if you don’t fall into one of these two audiences. The tools in this workbook can be used by anyone who cares about someone struggling with substances, including family members, friends, and teachers.