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On-Line Educational Series Introduction

The 24/7 Sobriety Success Educational Series stands on the shoulders of leading voices in the field of substance abuse and recovery. The work aligns with other advocates who take a holistic approach to helping those wrestling with alcohol and drug abuse into the light of a peaceful and fruitful life.

Raymond Lafleur, the developer of the content has over 9 years continuous sobriety. He offers here his voice of encouragement and the wisdom gained in coming through the trenches of addictions. He points the way to a variety of essential resources needed for the individual coming onto this path. With the unwavering support of his mentor and spiritual director, Canon Steven Dart, and the help of countless others along the way, these modules came into being.

The content is available via an online platform accessible from any device. It is organized into 9 separate modules, each one containing 7 lessons, one per day. The topics provide framework to give encouragement and hope on a daily basis. There are essential key tools to coming out of the swamp of addiction. Being renewed on the dry ground of sobriety allows for application of this knowledge.

The information found within offers those engaging with the material support and vital information in staying on course to a sober and productive life. Subjects include:

• • Living sober one day at a time.
  • Structuring Your Environment
  • Stress management.
  • Conflict resolution.
  • Understanding mental health.
  • Awareness of personal triggers and necessary boundaries.
  • Maintaining healthy disciplines.
  • Fostering healthy relationships within families and communities.
  • Participation in support groups.
  • Understanding the nature of Substance Abuse Disorder and the addiction cycle.
  • Knowing the facts about various legal and illegal substances.
  • Healthy management of technology.
  • Rebounding from relapse or recurrence.
  • The importance of love and connection.
  • Practicing kindness.
  • Career Path Development.
  • Coping with grief and loss.
  • Helping others with addiction.
  • Continued education and more.

The healing and support needed for people struggling with addictions and Substance Abuse Disorder, either their own or others, takes a community-based effort. This Educational Series is designed as a companion to meet individuals needs and is a tool for taking positive steps in the right direction. If continued, this work focused on the growth of the whole person, is sure to bear fruit in building a better quality of life.

To your vibrant health and future…………………. All of us at Into the Clear!

 

Modules Introductions

Module I – Getting Started

Module 1 is all about getting familiar with the rhythm, look, and feel of the lessons in the Series. This week will lay the groundwork for you to get the most out of the training. In going through the lessons each day, you will have the opportunity to put the material to good use through action steps. By the end of lesson 1 you will have already progressed further down the path.

Module II – Emotional Intelligence  

Welcome to the second week! This week we will navigate through the world of emotions. First, identifying them and then looking at how they affect our decisions, our relationships, and our ability to learn! Emotions are a vital part of the human experience. While being filled with emotion is normal (whether joy or anger for example), being overwhelmed by them and led by them into decisions we wouldn’t normally make, is not something we need to allow. We can feel what we are feeling and know that these emotions have purpose! We can stay firmly planted in our commitments and not be swept away by them.

Module III – Mental Health

Welcome to your third week in the Sobriety Success Modules. This week we will explore an area that is far too often neglected or simply overlooked. Our mental health connects to every part of our lives. It affects our thoughts and perceptions, our emotions and self-esteem, our day to day decisions, our relationships, and our long-term goals

While gaining more insight on our mental health and stability, we will be having discussions about depression, stress management, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These are all terms you have heard before, but may not know exactly what they are, and whether or not they apply to you. This module will help you to identify challenges you may be having with mental health and give you information to help you navigate through rough waters. With determination, the help of certified counselors, support groups, and increasing your knowledge, you can become a more informed person who is able to face challenges related to mental health and conflict.

Module IV – The Importance of Relationships

Welcome to Module 4- The Importance of Relationships.  I’m sure you’ve heard the expression: “No, man, is an island.”  What does that really mean?  Well, humans were made to live in relationship. We are in relationship to our Creator and creation from day 1, as well as to our mother and father, guardians, teachers, brothers, and sisters. Soon we connect to neighbors, colleagues, peers, and other acquaintances in our communities. We socialize, work, pray, celebrate, grieve, solve problems, and create new ones with others.

There are certainly times we act with a degree of autonomy and spending some time in solitude can be beneficial. Many of the world’s great thinkers and inventors were not strangers to spending time on their own! There is much that requires 2 or more working together, like a conversation. Often life is more enjoyable sharing experiences with others. Starting from when we are very young, we are eager to connect to others; sharing new things we are learning. 

Module V – Avoiding and Recovering from Relapse

After a real conviction and sense of urgency brings someone to the dry ground of sobriety and you have walked in those shoes for a while, there can be a “letting down of the guard.” This is where the commitment to stay sober, 12 hours at a time, may be challenged! You may make a decision that does not have your best interests at heart, but rather feeds into the mental compulsion to drink or use. If you give into this pull to go back to the old stand-by way of escape, falling back into consuming substances to numb the discomfort or pain, back into the old behavior and habits, then you are said to have had a recurrence or a relapse.

Modules VI – Elements of Self Compassion

Just because you have slipped and fallen that does not mean you are not worthy of love. It means you are human. Getting back up and dusting yourself off will require a certain tenderness toward yourself. Your commitment to stand firm is not about being perfect or stronger than everyone else. Rather, listening for that voice in the dark that urges you forward and gives you the reassurance that self-kindness is greater than self-judgment.

Modules VII - Career Path Development

Modules VIII and IX – In Development

Table of Contents

One - First Steps

1. Sentenced to Sobriety. Now what?
2. Making a Commitment (Principles before personality).
3. The Truth About Alcohol.
4. A Healthy Self-Image.
5. Testimonial.
6. Some Key Factors in Understanding Addiction.
7. Putting it All Together.

Two - Emotional Intelligence

1. What Are All These Emotions Anyway?
2. Structuring Your Environment for Successful Recovery.
3. The Truth About Opiates?
4. A Place of Serenity.
5. Emotions in Learning.
6. Echoes of Joy and Happiness.
7. Putting it All together.

Three - Mental Health - Working through Depression, Fears, Resentments, and PTSD.

1. Conflict is Normal to Life.
2. What is Situational Depression vs. standing depression/brain injury/chronic patterns?
3. The Truth About Marijuana.
4. Being Decisive.
5. PTSD/Moral Injury .
6. Uncovering Fear and Resentment.
7. Putting it All together.

 Four - The Importance of Relationships

1. Introduction to Relationships Module.
2. Navigating Peer Pressure and Cultural Norms.
3. Healthy Habits with Technology.
4. Seeking Good Council/Power of Groups.
5. Healthy Boundaries.
6. Forgiving Others and Yourself, Making Amends.
7. Putting it All together.

Five - Avoiding and Recovering from Relapse

1. Understanding Relapse.
2. Identifying Personal Triggers.
3. The Truth About Sexually Transmitted Disease.
4. Strength and Vulnerability.
5. Prayer and Meditation
6. Hobbies That Heal.
7. Putting it All together.

 Six - Elements of Self-Compassion

1. Introduction to Elements of Self-Compassion Module.
2. Perfectly Imperfect.
3. The Truth About Suicide.
4. A Heart Healthy Lifestyle.
5. Listening to the Voice of Love.
6. Loving Your Future Self.
7. Putting it All Together.

Seven - Career Path Development

1. Getting a Job with a Criminal Record.
2. Career Assessment- Knowing Your Skill Set.
3. The Truth About Smoking and Vaping.
4. Making a Resume! Utilizing Social Media and Your Professional Profile.
5. 5 Keys to a Successful Interview.
6. High School Equivalency - Taking a College Class - Finding Good Childcare.
7. Putting it All Together.

Eight - Family

1. Family of Origin.
2. Explore the Family Tree.
3. Are you the Scapegoat?
4. Grieving and Letting Go in Times of Loss.
5. Say What You Need to Say.
6. Do it For Your Kids.
7. Putting it All Together. 

Nine - Where to Go from Here?

1. Your Reason to be Whole.
2. The Road Less Traveled.
3. The Truth About Sobriety.
4. Everyday Miracles.
5. Testimonial on Long Term Sobriety.
6. Don’t Forget Your Toolbox.
7. Putting it All Together- Congratulations!