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CHECK-INNameFeeling
Use 7 feelings chart to help identify emotions
Last use12 step meetings? What happened?
Who attended a meeting?If you did not attend both meetings
• Did you think about it? What prevented your attendance? What can you do differently this week?
WHO AM I? ACTIVITY
Question One –Think back to when you were about ten years old
How would someone who knew you at that age have described
you?
WHO AM I? ACTIVITY
Question Two:Think of three things about
yourself now that answer the question,
Who am I? Here’s the hard part
None of your answers can refer to your work or relationships (roles) such as
wife, girlfriend, mother, daughter, lover or partner.
See examples (next slide)
ExamplesI love to read
I am good at growing thingsI listen carefully
I’m a survivorI am good at getting things doneI believe that life is challenging,
but we have a lot of freedom to choose
Recovery Lifeboat Only one in four addicts will
usually stay clean andsober
Will you be a survivor or a casualty?!?
Can you beat the odds? We believe that WIRE will
increase your chances ofsuccess
You will still have to learnto put recovery FIRST
12 step (50-50)
ACTIVITY – THE LIFEBOAT
Place a set of chairs apart from the group
It should be ½ of the group sizeOur ship is sinking…
There is only one lifeboatGET IN THE LIFEBOAT
Who will survive?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Who was first in the lifeboat?
What were you thinking? What kept you from being first in the
lifeboat?How does this relate to your
recovery patterns? There are sharks in the water.
Who are they?
RECOVERY TOOL - LIFELINES
Understanding your own personalrecovery patterns
Lifelines page for homeworkExample of a Lifeline pageWork on your lifeline page before next
weekWill help to reveal personal patterns
WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENTGather stuff, maybe one or two
pictures, or magazines, poems, etc. to personalize your binder
Spend some time on your lifelineUsually an ongoing processPut down a few events
Let your story unfold, then fill in the details
Attend two recovery activities12 step meetings or other group
NEXT WEEK - STORIES &CREATIVITY
We are going to work on a cover for each ofour binders
You can always change or add to it later There is no right way to do this While we are working, the group will take
turns telling our stories Limit details to:
What feels safe to shareTime for everyone’s story is 5-10 min eachShare the highs and lows, not every detail