WOMEN IN RECOVERYEMPOWERING THE SPIRIT, MIND AND BODYA 6 week Recovery Program designed to Empower Women and learn to make healthy life choices

WEEK 2 PRIORITIES

Easier Said than Done!!

TODAY’S AGENDA

Quiet MomentCheck-inHierarchy of NeedsPriority ActivityWIRE Toolbox

Quiet Time

Sit quietly for a minute or two, and focus on where we are now.

CHECK-IN

Name, Feeling Today, Last Use12-Step meetings/Recovery Activities– How did it go?

• Check in on meetings• Did you go? What happened?

NEEDS AND WANTS

ABRAHAM MASLOW

PsychologistFather of humanistic psychology

Developed a way to understand and explain human needs

MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

SPECIFIC NEEDS WITHINHIERARCHY

Physiological : Hunger, thirst and sex

Safety : Security & stability, dependency, protection, freedom from fear.

Social : Affection, belongingness Esteem : Strength, reputation,

confidence, importance Actualization :Self fulfillment,

cognitive needs

WANTS AND NEEDS

Sometimes it is hard to distinguish the difference between these:

Needs: a physiological or psychological requirement for the well-being of an organism Wants: to desire greatly; or wish for

Understanding basic needs helps to: Prioritize needs Recognize the difference between a

need and a want

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Interesting, but howdoes this apply torecovery?

“NEEDS & WANTS” DISCUSSION Identify some specific needs and wants

you are addressing at this time in your life

What type of feelings or sensations do you experience with these?

How do YOU distinguish the difference between a need or a want?

How does this help your recovery, your family?

BREAK TIME!

DISCUSSION - PUTTING RECOVERYFIRST Will people think I am being selfish?

MaybeDoes that mean that I put my

recovery before everything else…? Family (Children) Financial Security (Job) Relationships (Spouse or Friendships)

ACTIVITY – PRIORITIES Get five small pieces of paperList the five most important things

in your life

Put one on each piece of paper with your initials

Sort them in order of importance

Experience what happens when the disease of addiction wins…

SELFISHNESS, SELF-LESS-NESS,& BEING SELF-FULL

As women, we are often uncomfortable focusing on “I”, and are afraid of being selfish

We often become selfless, we lose all sense of ourselves, always doing for others

Recovery is a time for learning about yourself, and healing yourself

Take a look at yourself to see who you are

WHAT IS A SPONSOR?What is a sponsor A guide for recoveryTemporary sponsorsThe sponsor should be Clean and sober

for at least 2 yearsAvailable to connect by phone or in

person at least one time per weekHas the kind of recovery similar to what

you want (Note that face to face meeting with sponsor

may count as an alternative recovery activity if it lasts one hour or more)

RECOVERY TOOLS 2

Priority List in plannerPhone ListsSelf-care contracts

WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT

Gather stuff, maybe one or two pictures, or magazines, poems, etc. to personalize your binder

Attend two recovery activities:12 step meetings or other group

Be here next week !!!