1. Identification of Early and Middle Stage Recovery Goals
Workshop N

7. Transition: Struggle with control, Loss of objections, Acceptance.
Early Recovery: Shift in beliefs & Self identity.
Adjustment phases: Honeymoon “Pink Cloud”
Depression, Loss, & Mourning.
”Stages of Grief”
Ongoing Recovery: Everything else.

9. Early Recovery Tasks: Understand disease nature.
Recognize/accept illness.
Make commitment to sobriety.
Middle Recovery Tasks: Establish meaningful esteem.
Emotional acceptance.
Self-regulated sobriety plan.
Lifestyle balance.
Late Recovery Tasks: Family of origin issues.
Stage II Recovery (Ernie Larsen)
Spiritual/Relationship balance.