WOMEN IN RECOVERYEMPOWERING THE SPIRIT, MIND AND BODYWeek 3 Self Concept and Saving Yourself

TODAY’S AGENDA Quiet Moment Check In Who Am I activities Lifeboat Activity WIRE Toolbox

QUIET TIME

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

Break time!!

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

WIRE Binders

NEXT Week

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