Family Recovery Program

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We want the family to know that addiction is a Family disease, and everyone in the family is affected. It is very important that all adult family members attend our Weekly Wednesday Family Night Program for a Group Session so that the whole family can learn about addiction, heal from its effects, and move into a bright and productive future together, as a family!

Family Support Night

It is the significant other of the substance abuser who is the client. Our Family Recovery Program can be applied to spouses, partners, parents, grandparents, and even adult children of substance abusers and addicts. It is important, however, that this person (or persons) have frequent contact with the substance abuser. Clinically, we have found that those seeking treatment are, in general, family members or partners on whom the substance abuser is dependent in one way or another.

 

The eight core topics of the program are as follows:

Topic 1: Introduction and Assessment
Topic 2: The Principles of Twelve Step Fellowships
Topic 3: Al-Anon and other Support Groups
Topic 4: Denial
Topic 5: Enabling etc.
Topic 6: Acceptance
Topic 7: Caring Detachment
Topic 8: Surrender

 

 

 

The purposes of our “Family Program” are to introduce and educate family members on topics and issues such as:

• What is 12 Step?

• Co-occurring disorders.

• When does life return to normal?

• What role does Stress play in Relapse?

• Co-Dependency, Enabling & Enmeshment.

• What about Medication Assisted Treatment?

• Choice or Disease: Is Addiction really a Disease?

• My loved one has stopped using, isn’t that enough?

• Introduction to Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, and the other 12 Step Support groups.

• Do I also have to attend Al-Anon, parenting classes, couples therapy, and individual therapy?

• Understanding the importance of establishing a spiritual component to the addict/alcoholics program.

• Phase II Recovery Life and Love Relationships beyond addiction. Living a productive, rewarding, healthy, and sober life.

• The role of the Facility Director, Therapist, Residential Coach, Case Manager, Administrative Director, and how each plays a role in assisting you and your loved one restore appropriate lines of communication which can be and are often non-existent as a result of addictive behaviors.

 

However, virtually any appropriate topic the participants themselves choose to discuss can be processed.

In most cases, there is no fee for the family member to attend.  We only ask that your loved one be a current client/patient of either the Lion’s Gate Residential Program OR in either of our two IOP programs, and, that they are current on their program fees.