II Recovery for the Addictive Personality

1. Time to surrender
2. Giving up the illusion of personal control and power
3. Focusing on pain and possibilities
   

III Understanding Addictive Defense Mechanisms

1. The B side of the addict's personality
   
   1. Often kind, sensitive, gentle and caring
2. The A side of the addictive personality
   
   1. The A side is where defense mechanisms are found
   2. Denial, rationalization, justification and blame occur

IV Defense Mechanisms of the Addictive Personality

1. Denial
2. Projection
3. Rationalization
4. Displacement

V Personality Characteristics of Addictive Men

1. Western civilization celebrates male drinking
2. Tolerance is considered masculine
3. Men find it difficult to communicate without alcohol

VI Personality Characteristics of Addictive Women

1. External pressure to conform to sex roles creates stress that drives some women to drink
2. Preoccupation with their inadequacy, ineptness and inability to establish themselves in their environment
3. Begin drinking in response to a specific trauma

VII The Self Help Revolution

1. 12-step groups
2. AA
3. Role in recovery

VIII Passages Through Recovery

1. Transition
2. Stabilization
3. Early Recovery
4. Middle Recovery
5. Late Recovery
6. Maintenance

IX The Experience of Relapse

1. Relapse as a response to drug hunger
2. Relapse as impulse
3. Relapse as a cognitive test
4. Relapse as flight
5. Relapse or go crazy
6. Relapse as loss
7. Relapse as rage
8. Relapse as self-loathing
9. The professional relapse

X. Knowledge is Power

What You Will Learn
Topic Description

Upcoming Seminars and Classes

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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