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Twelve Step Programs Why Should They Go?
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Personal Exercise 10-Minute Quick-write on a Characteristic of Yourself That You Have Struggled to Change What Feelings Did You Have During the Struggle? How Can Your Experience With That Struggle Help you to Help Your Students?
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Overview Where Did They Come From? What Kinds of Meetings Are There? What Happens at Meetings? Why Does it Work? Who Runs Them? What’s a Sponsor? What Are the Basics of Recovery? How Can Our Students Benefit From Them?
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Origins Oxford Group Alcoholics Anonymous Narcotics Anonymous Offshoots
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Types of Meetings Open vs. Closed Discussion Speaker Book Study Speaker-Discussion Step Study
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What Happens at Meetings Newcomers – First 30 Days Oldtimers – Experience, Strength and Hope Sharing, Topics Cross-talk The “God-Thing” Clean Time
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It Work Because... One Addict Helping Another Experience, Strength and Hope Relapsers Welcome Coping Skills One Day At A Time It’s Free
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Meeting/Service Structure Trusted Servants Not Organized Secretary, Leader, Coffee Maker, Group Service Representative Democratic Decision Making Court Slips
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Sponsorship Preferably A Year or More Clean Men with Men, Women with Women Shows Newcomers How to Work Steps Shares Experience, Strength and Hope Only Winners Get Sponsors and Use Them
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The Basics 90 in 90 Support System Sponsor Service HOW - Honesty, Open-mindedness, Willingness The Twelve Steps
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Working the Steps Can Take a Month, a Year, or Longer Internalized by Writing, Sharing Must Be Done With a Sponsor Confidentiality Prevents Relapse, Builds a Foundation Powerlessness and Unmanageability
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Meeting Hazards Is Everyone Clean? Drugs and Paraphernalia Confidentiality, Anonymity Can Someone Be Kicked Out?
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Tell Your Students: Focus on the Similarities not Differences Listen For Your Story Take What You Like, Leave the Rest Try Six Meetings Get Phone Numbers Don’t Leave Before the Miracle Happens
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Benefits Clean Friends Who Have Shared Experiences Day to Day Coping Skills Shared Relapse Prevention People Care About Each Other Fun Activities Networking – Job Leads, Resource Ideas Lifelong Recovery
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Do You Consider Yourself... A. Extremely Knowledgeable? B. Somewhat Knowledgeable? C. Minimally Knowledgeable?
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15-Minute Discussion 1. Describe Something You Learned About Twelve Step Programs Today 2. Discuss the Resistance You Encounter From Students About Attending Meetings 3. Based on Your Group’s Scenario, Develop Two Strategies/Responses for Dealing With It
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Discussion Topics: Group 1: Meetings Are Boring, People Whine Group 2: I Have No Time or Transportation to Get To Meetings Group 3: People Are Using/Selling/Relapsing at Meetings Group 4: Meetings Make Me Want to Use/Other Felons Attend Group 5: People in Meetings are Judgmental and Clicky, No One Talked to Me Group 6: I Can’t Relate to People At Meetings Group 7: I Don’t Want To Be In Recovery
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Strategies Shared Homework: Observe One Open Twelve-Step Meeting This Year
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