Self Awareness

GROUP EXPECTATIONS: 

  • Although voluntary, you are expected to attend consistently and to participate in a constructive manner.
  • Group runs 9:00 AM through 12:00PM, there are two 10 minute breaks.
  • Maintain Confidentiality. It is essential that everything said in group therapy is kept private by all group members and leaders. 
  • Respectful to others.  Expected to listen attentively, refrain from disruptive behavior, and tolerate differences in personal opinion and opposing value systems. 
  • No cellphones.

INTRODUCTIONS: 

  • How are you feeling?
  • What are you working on, what is it you are changing?
  • In what ways are you succeeding?

SELF AWARENESS

The ability to focus on yourself and how your actions, thoughts, or emotions do or don't align with your internal standards. If you're highly self-aware, you can objectively evaluate yourself, manage your emotions, align your behavior with your values, and understand correctly how others perceive you.

  • What was the first drug you used? How old were you? Who were you with? Give as much detail as possible.
  • Describe what was happening in your life at the time.
  • What were you trying to feel? Or not feel?
  • What made you use again?