Afternoon Group Therapy – What is addiction?

Course Focus: What is addiction?

Course will include any combination of the following key recovery topics:

• Medical model of addiction
• Disease concept used by 12 step programs
• Substance dependency is a brain disease
• Signs/Symptoms DSM 5
• Most effective forms of treatment
• Recovery is a journey, not an event – trust the process
• Concepts of powerlessness
• Living sober
• Establishing healthy support networks