These sessions will help you to assess your life to determine if
addiction is one of the issues you are dealing with. Because addictions
mask themselves as "normal actions," it is helpful to
make this assessment with the assistance of a unbiased professional.
If an addiction exists, you may want to deal with it before it ruins
your life. If an addiction doesn't exist, you are likely to discover
why certain people believe you are addicted and then you can create
a strategy to present yourself in another way to correct this issue.
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Lesson Title: Addiction
Content Summary: This presentation addresses how
the addiction process begins and how the body begins to identify
the need for continuation of the substance use. It presents a
discussion on how casual drug use can lead to addiction. An individual
that experiments with drugs may think that they intend to try
it once, but it may turn out that the effects lead the experimenter
to use it again and again. If an individual could identify the
danger signs, the effects could be avoided.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participants should understand the physical and psychological
process of addiction. The participant should understand the definition
of "addiction", "alcoholism" and "chemical dependence". Through
answering the questions contained in the presentation the individual
will have a better understanding of how they became involved in
the addiction process.
Lesson Title: It's Not MY Problem
Content Summary: This presentation discusses the
process of Denial and how it applies to substance abuse.
Denial is difficult to recognize, but must be confronted for the
treatment process to be completed. A personal experience is used
to explain how denial can significantly effect the way we approach
and identify our problems.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participants should demonstrate the ability to define the
term "Denial" and understand the different forms and modes that
denial represents. In addition, the participant should be
able to identify the meaning of "addictive substitution" and understand
the role it plays in denial.
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Lesson Title: Denial
Content Summary: This presentation provides a further
discussion of how denial is used as a defense mechanism. Denial
prevents us from seeing reality by distorting the truth. The forms
and modes of denial as used as a survival tool to circumvent normal
life situation are identified and discussed.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participants should demonstration further understanding of
the definition of "Denial" and how it is used to sustain addiction.
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Lesson Title: Dysfunctional Thinking
Content Summary: This presentation discusses the
concepts of how dysfunctional thinking can be detrimental to recovery
and supportive of relapse. Several topics are introduced to identify
dysfunctional patterns of thought and character development helps
to resolve problems.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participants should demonstrate further understanding of the
concepts of dysfunctional thinking and how it hampers overcoming
addiction.
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Lesson Title: Triggers
Content Summary: Triggers are the actions that set
the, 'need to use' in motion. By examining triggers and what they
mean will aid the participant in identifying the reasons they
have become involved with substance abuse.
Objective: Have the participant recognize and identify
the triggers or pressures that place them at high risk of using.
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Lesson Title: 7 Factors of Addiction (2 lessons)
Content Summary: There are a number of factors that
play a major role in increasing the chances of using drugs and
alcohol. Addiction has been defined as a disease that is set into
motion by experimentation that leads to misuse. Recovery depends
on a good understanding of the disease and how it affects your
life.
Objective: The participant should understand be
able to recognize the 7 factors that play a major roll in increasing
the chances of using drugs or alcohol. The participant should
understand that chemical dependence is very destructive to a person's
health, family, work, social life, finances, and legal status.
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Lesson Title: Peer Pressure
Content Summary: This presentation provides
an introduction to how peer relationships shape our behavior.
The relationships we have with our peers create choices that have
a positive or negative effect on our lives. A discussion of why
we give into to peer pressure is provided.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participant will better understand how peer pressure influences
our behavior and shapes our responses to personal situations.
The person will learn how to identify how the peer group influences
their reaction to situations that shape their attitudes and actions.
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Lesson Title: Choosing Right and Wrong
Content Summary: This presentation provides the
participant with basic decision-making tools. The use of judgment
in deciding what is right or wrong is emphasized. Taking a look
at decisions in relationship to feelings is discussed and what
makes things right or wrong is presented.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participant will have a better understanding of how decisions
concerning what is right or wrong are determined. Legal, ethical
and moral aspects of what characterizes the right or wrong decision
are given.
