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Road Map for Life Seminars:

UNDERSTANDING THE ADDICT IN YOUR LIFE: AWAKENING TO RECOVERY (PART 1)

Topic Outline

I. Characteristics of Chemical Dependency

  1. Compulsiveness
  2. Loss of control

II. The Paradigm of Addiction

  1. Recovery is not just for addicts
  2. Addiction-making systems
  3. Control and power

III. Four Signs of Addiction

  1. Obsession
  2. Ignoring negative consequences
  3. Lack of control
  4. Denial

IV. Connection Between Trauma and Addiction

  1. Unresolved childhood trauma
  2. Need to self medicate

V. Importance of Family Learning

  1. Coping skills
  2. Basic human needs
  3. How troubled families behave

VI. Stages of addiction

  1. Internal Change
  2. Withdrawing
  3. Tendency to give up on life


What You Will Learn
Topic Description

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Contact Mark Felber and schedule this series for your group.

Office:
Human Connections Counseling Services
Plano, Texas

Phone: (214) 796-2323

E-mail: mark@marriagecpr.com


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