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TREATMENT and RECOVERY: Recovery Based “Exercises”

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Show Topic: Two Dreams, an Illinois based substance abuse program came up with an extensive list of emotional, mental, and physical exercises for addictics to engage in during the recovery process. We will go over a number of those items on their list that we believe are essential exercises or tools for a successful recovery process.  We thank Two Dreams for coming up with the list

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TREATMENT and RECOVERY: Practice! Talking about Practice!

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Show Topic: The concepts of the Therapeutic Community model of treatment, when broken down to itheir core, have a commonality. Practice. The methods or actions of the concept must be practiced daily by the recovering addict in order that those philosophies take hold. We’ll discuss why Practice is essential to the method of what sometimes look likes madness.

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TREATMENT and RECOVERY: Relationships, Relationships, Relationships

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Show Topic: Relationships. The number one cause of relapse for those in Recovery (NSE). Why is that? We’ll discuss. There is old school industry dogma on when those in Recovery should pursue romantic relationships. We’ll discuss that. Why do romantic relationships birthed within the recovery environment fail? We’ll discuss that.

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TREATMENT and RECOVERY: It is What it Is…….or is it?

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Topic: We are officially two months into the new world of substance abuse treatment in California. How’s it going? What’s new? What’s working? What isn’t? Is the vision as articulated being realized and actualized or is the vision and the reality worlds apart? How are staff adapting? Lots of questions, hopefully some answers

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