Coming Clean1

Recovery Without Limits

Is A Life Without Limitation

"Each time our daughter would go to treatment, the last thing she'd say was

"This time it's going to be different." And each time she'd say that, my wife

and I would wonder if she was even aware that she'd said that same thing

every other time. And it never was "any different." And while we love her more

than anything else in the world, we all only have so much patience and she

just used it all up. We're tired of talk and we want to see some results."

(Glenn's daughter has been in treatment for

alcoholism four times and is still struggling.)

Program # APO-0056

Title: "Coming Clean" - Regaining And Rebuilding Trust, Credibility & Support With Family,

Friends & Employers

Format: Weekly Via Email - 12 Weeks In Length

Designated Audience: Those in early recovery, particularly those who have tried recovery

before and didn't make it.

By the time most of us reach the doors of a treatment center, there's a good chance we've burned just about every bridge behind us that we had. Once addiction became our master and manager, honesty, consistency, dependability and integrity went right out the window. And in many cases, recovery is made even more difficult because your family, friends or perhaps your employer has pretty much given up on you. They've come to understand that anytime your lips are moving, you're probably lying, or exaggerating, or leaving information out. In short, because they don't really understand addiction, they've had it with you, and your credibility rating is zero.

Think About What You Knew

If you’re friends, family and others don't understand addiction, can you really blame them? Think about what you knew about addiction and recovery before you got into treatment. Before most of us finally surrendered and sought help, we didn’t have a clue what addiction was all about. We just thought some people are strong, and people "like us" are weak. In fact, depending on where you are in your recovery journey, you may even still believe that.

So is it really that hard to imagine that our friends and family might be angry, afraid, or confused because they don’t understand? Can we really hold it against them if they mistakenly think that addiction is about weakness of character and poor choices, and that recovery is just about "drying out" and "cleaning up?" Can we really blame them being not believing us anymore, particularly if this is not the first time we've been in recovery? And the thing is, right now, while you're in recovery is actually when you need their understanding and support the most. And that's what this program is designed to help you with.

Here's what you learn in "Coming Clean" - Regaining And Rebuilding Trust, Credibility & Support With Family, Friends & Employers:

You'll learn an incredibly effective method to regain trust and credibility with family and friends. You won’t have to tell them “This time it’s going to be different,” this time you can offer proof that it’s going to be different and you can do it right at the outset.

You're going to learn how to discuss your addiction and recovery without it becoming a name calling and blame session and how to use a simple exercise to remove the “personality” and “ego” factors that so often cause’ these types of discussions to break down.

Your family, friends and employer will learn the root causes of addiction in a simple, easy-to-understand way. If you’re an alcoholic, your problem is drinking but the cause of your problem is your thinking. And to be more specific, “the cause of your problem is the way you handle problems in your life." Until your family and friends understand that the substance or behavior you became addicted to was merely the "vehicle" of the addiction, they don’t really have a clear picture of your problem, an understanding of what you went through, and what needs to be done now.

They will also learn what they can do to help you and what they could already be doing that does not help you. This way they can participate effectively in your recovery, without getting in the way of it.

And last but certainly not least, we get rid of the guilt and shame they may be feeling and that you may be feeling because it serves no one and solves nothing. Guilt and shame are two of the toxins that brought us to addiction in the first place and they have no place in a healthy recovery or a healthy family.

The support of friends and family, or at least their understanding, is a critical part of a successful recovery. “Coming Clean” will help guide you through this sensitive process by making sure everyone understands the facts about addiction and recovery and everyone is moving toward the same positive goals. And the two primary goals among all of them is that we restore their belief in you, and you restore belief in yourself.

This program is conducted via email, is 12 weeks in length and costs $ 75.00 (U.S.) Orders outside Canada are tax free, Canadian orders are tax included.

To sign up for the program, go to the ordering page by clicking HERE.

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