In exploring the 12-step model of recovery, it is important to take a look at the origins of addiction and its treatment providers. The Church once played a pivotal role in the treatment of addiction until the medical model for addiction made popularity. Addiction can be categorized as ingesting a substance or a process addiction. No matter how an addiction is categorized, the 12-step model is applicable. This session purposes to introduce the first step: awareness. Awareness involves an important paradox that involves the admittance of one’s powerlessness to find strength. Although one is powerless over addiction, he or she is not helpless. Coaches have a unique opportunity to raise an individual’s awareness and acceptance of the unmanageability in his or her life as a result of the addiction.
Learning Objectives
Participants will:
1. Investigate the historical origins of the characterization of addictions and their treatment
2. Apply biblical teaching to addiction treatment and the 12-step model of recovery
3. Gain an understanding of awareness and its common factors and contributors that affect it as the first step in the recovery process