Forty-eight weeks, week by week.
Three blocks of sixteen weeks, the three and the sixteen of John 3:16. The first block explains what happened. The second builds the routines of a new life, and the third turns a participant toward the people who will come after them.
What happened to me
- 01
Anatomy of deception
Neurobiology of methamphetamine
Worksheet: Translate the sensation
- 02
Craving on a schedule
Three ways to intercept a craving: the traffic light, spoken prayer, the cold shield
Worksheet: My intercept plan
- 03
Step one
Powerless over the substance, able to ask for help
Worksheet: Step one in my words
- 04
The real price, part one
The cost to yourself
Worksheet: Personal ledger of losses
- 05
The real price, part two
Family, the law, fentanyl
Worksheet: Two roads
- 06
Family week one
What use cost the people at home, and how help turns into enabling
Worksheet: Family session
- 07
The true value of recovery
Investment, grace
Worksheet: Investment portfolio
- 08
Steps two and three
Trust, and the decision
Worksheet: The decision, written down
- 09
Steps four and five
The ledger as an inventory, read aloud to one person
Worksheet: Reading the inventory
- 10
The relapse map
The stages that lead to relapse, and my own pattern
Worksheet: Relapse calendar
- 11
False beliefs
The beliefs that keep use in place, and what replaces them
Worksheet: Belief inventory
- 12
People, places, things
Triggers, HALT, a plan for each
Worksheet: Trigger map
- 13
Body repair
Sleep, food, the daily walk
Worksheet: Repair plan
- 14
The gratitude journal
Daily practice begins
Worksheet: First seven entries
- 15
Identity in Christ
Who I am now, and what I value
Worksheet: Values inventory
- 16
Block one review
Knowledge quiz, questionnaires again, family day
Worksheet: Sixteen-week review
Building the new life
- 17
The science of new beginnings
Habit loops, environment design
Worksheet: Habit map
- 18
The gratitude engine
Letters of gratitude, the investment calculator
Worksheet: Investment calculator
- 19
Support network
A sponsor, an accountability team, a home group outside the center
Worksheet: Support map
- 20
The renewed mind
Christian cognitive tools, Lectio Divina, the Examen
Worksheet: Taking thoughts captive
- 21
Steps six and seven
The character list, and the prayer
Worksheet: Character list
- 22
Communication plan
Boundaries, amends, rebuilding trust
Worksheet: Role-play
- 23
Steps eight and nine
The list of people, the first act of amends
Worksheet: List of people
- 24
Family week two
Boundaries at home, detaching with love
Worksheet: Family session
- 25
Financial foundation
Zero-based budget, emergency fund
Worksheet: First budget
- 26
Debts and obligations
Fines, restitution, the payoff order
Worksheet: Payoff plan
- 27
Work
A working day, skills, the first job
Worksheet: Work plan
- 28
Body as ally
Exercise plan, strength, sleep
Worksheet: Exercise plan
- 29
Anger and stress
The body's alarm, and what to do in the first minute
Worksheet: First-minute plan
- 30
Rest that restores
Nature, music, volunteering, sober weekends
Worksheet: Weekend plan
- 31
Relapse rehearsal
Stress-tests of craving, the plan for life after residence
Worksheet: Written relapse plan
- 32
Block two review
Questionnaires again, second family day, the plan for block three
Worksheet: Thirty-two-week review
How I lead
- 33
Proactive life
Circle of influence
Worksheet: Personal mission
- 34
First things first
The week planned around what matters
Worksheet: Weekly plan
- 35
Interdependent life
Empathic listening, win-win at home
Worksheet: Listening practice
- 36
Life plan
Personal objectives for five years
Worksheet: First objective
- 37
Step ten
The daily inventory as a habit
Worksheet: Daily inventory
- 38
Step eleven
Prayer and Scripture as a rule of life
Worksheet: Rule of life
- 39
Leaving well
Housing, documents, probation and court obligations
Worksheet: Exit checklist
- 40
Serving
Volunteer work in the center and the church
Worksheet: Service log
- 41
Leading a group
Running the open share group by its rules
Worksheet: Group leader's card
- 42
Teaching week one
Presenting the first lesson to the next cohort
Worksheet: Lesson plan
- 43
Step twelve
Carrying the message, walking with someone newer
Worksheet: Mentoring agreement
- 44
Family week three
The family after graduation
Worksheet: Family session
- 45
Home congregation
A church, a mentor, a place to serve
Worksheet: Congregation plan
- 46
The year after
Mentor calls, graduates' group, voluntary testing, booster sessions
Worksheet: After-care agreement
- 47
Leading by serving
Renewal in four dimensions
Worksheet: The path to mentoring
- 48
Graduation
Questionnaires again, commissioning, the next cohort
Worksheet: Graduation
After graduation
Graduation comes at week forty-eight. The first months after a residential program carry the highest relapse risk, so the structure carries on for a year after it. Every graduate has a mentor for weekly calls, a weekly graduates' group, a home group such as NA or Celebrate Recovery, and a sponsor. Graduates who stay the course are invited back to help run the next cohort.
Inside the week
Sessions run two hours, two or three times a week, in a group of eight to fifteen. Each week pairs a theme with a passage of Scripture and one worksheet the participant keeps. A gratitude journal and a habit tracker run every day. On Wednesdays the group checks in on the stages that lead to relapse, so an early warning sign is caught before it becomes a relapse. Each block ends with a review week: a knowledge quiz, the questionnaires again, and a family day.
We are choosing the host center for the first cohort. Write to us to talk about hosting it.