Cocaine: The Power & The Story — The Four Part Series

This four-part series, designed for use in a structured therapeutic setting helps bring your clients from the intervention to a point where they are ready to embrace the recovery life-style. Part I: Defining Addiction (approximately 19 minutes) introduces the drug, the power it has over the addict, anchors and rituals of use, including losses experienced because of drug use. Part II: Acceptance (approximately 19 minutes) opens with a discussion by members of the group about how they came to accept that they were addicted. The difference between acceptance and willpower is discussed and how recovery cannot happen until acceptance and surrender occur. Progression and tolerance are discussed. Part III: High Risk Situations (15 minutes) What brings the recovering addict back to active use? Internal and external triggers are discussed, as well as the importance of breaking old habits and patterns. Cravings and drug hunger are discussed. Part IV: Early Recovery & Personal Balance (18 minutes) The components of a healthy recovery program, including diet, and nutrition, learning how to play, how to set priorities are discussed. The series includes lecture material, interspersed with comments by four recovering addicts. To purchase this DVD, visit us at www.indyworkshops.com