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HELPING MEN RECOVERSession Two: Men in Recovery

Stephanie S. Covington, Dan Griffin & Rick Dauer

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Group Agreements

Attendance

Confidentiality

Safety

Participation

Honesty

Respect

Questions

Staying on Task

Punctuality

Abstinence

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Meditation

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Participant Goals

To understand our ideas about masculinity.

To better understand the principles of recovery.

To look at typical messages about being a man and how these impact the experience of being in recovery.

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What Does It Mean To Be a Man?

What do you think the ‘rules’ are for being a man.

What were you told and taught as a boy?

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What Does It Mean To Be in Recovery?

What do you think are the main principles of being in recovery?

What do you need to do to stay sober?

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Lecture: Growing up Male

Societies have ideas of what ‘manhood’ is and treat boys accordingly.

At this point in our lives it is important to decide whether these ‘rules of manhood’ help us be and get what we want.

Many of these rules are ‘nots’, men cannot show weakness, talk about feelings, have fear.