{"id":10568,"date":"2017-02-15T23:14:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T07:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/?p=10568"},"modified":"2019-02-18T20:57:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T04:57:45","slug":"rec-family_solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/healthcare\/recovery-co-lab\/recovery-co-lab-blogs\/pwi-co-lab-staff\/rec-family_solution\/","title":{"rendered":"PWI Recovery Co-Lab Introduces<br>A Family Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Opening Insights<\/h2>\n\r\n\t<style>\r\n.rTable {    \r\ndisplay: table;    \r\nwidth: 100%; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableRow {    \r\ndisplay: table-row; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableHead {    \r\ndisplay: table-header-group;  \r\nwidth: 50%;\r\nbackground-color: #ddd;  \r\nfont-weight: bold; \r\ntext-align: center; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableCell, .rTableHead {    \r\ndisplay: table-cell;    \r\npadding: 3px 10px;  \r\nfont-size: 12px; \r\n\twidth: 50%;\r\nborder: 1px solid #FFFFFF; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableFoot {    \r\ndisplay: table-footer-group; \r\nwidth: 100%; \r\nfont-weight: bold; \r\ntext-align: center;  \r\nbackground-color: #ddd; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableBody.Bold {    \r\ndisplay: table-cell; \r\nfont-weight: bold; \r\ntext-align: center;  \r\n}\r\n\t\t\r\n.rTableBody.Italic {    \r\ndisplay: table-row-group; \r\nfont-style: italic;\r\n}\r\n\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<h3>Addiction: Nature Vs. Nurture<\/h3>\n<p>The recovery industry has attested for many years that addiction is a family disease. While evidence points to both biological and hereditary genetics, the fact is that the environmental effects of addiction are undeniable and evidence-based.<\/p>\n<h2>Informational Insights<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;<em>Human beings have a natural and innate need to bond, and when we&#8217;re happy and healthy, we&#8217;ll bond and connect with each other, but if you can&#8217;t do that, because you&#8217;re traumatized or isolated or beaten down by life, you will bond with something that will give you some sense of relief. Now, that might be gambling, that might be pornography, that might be cocaine, that might be cannabis, but you will bond and connect with something because that&#8217;s our nature. That&#8217;s what we want as human beings<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">(Hari, 2015)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With the problem and cause of addiction clearly defined one must therefore ask: why are the old recovery models of individual treatment still taught, practiced and maintained? Is it that the recovery industry cannot find a solution or is it that they don\u2019t want a solution?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201c&#8230;We&#8217;ve traded floorspace for friends, we&#8217;ve traded stuff for connections, and the result is we are one of the loneliest societies there has ever been.\u2026 [We] talk all the time in addiction about individual recovery, and it&#8217;s right to talk about that, but we need to talk much more about social recovery. Something&#8217;s gone wrong with us, not just with individuals but as a group, and we&#8217;ve created a society where, for a lot of us, life looks a whole lot more like [an] isolated cage[]&#8230;\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">(Hari, 2015)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Recovery as an individual exercise is predominantly followed by relapse. Recovery as a systemic environmental change prepares the addict to meet and overcome past influences and situations where resolution was before unattainable. True addiction recovery needs to address both the environmental and the biological causes of addictions.<\/p>\n<p>To do this, we must take the sliver out the same way it came in. This does not mean we need to cure the alcoholic with alcohol or the crack addict with crack or the heroin addict with methadone \u2013 these programs have proven to be ineffective in long-term recovery. It means that we need to accept both the environmental and biological challenges addicts face and confront them head on.<\/p>\n<h3>Solutions Orientated Recovery<\/h3>\n<p>One may come into the world with an addictive gene but the <em>environment<\/em> is what triggers and conditions the addict to seek external <em>solutions<\/em> to \u201c<em>deal with life<\/em>.\u201d Maturity stops at the age when an addict picks up a chosen substance, chemical or behavioral process. Over time the behavior of seeking an outside means to manage emotional stimuli becomes an automatic reaction to managing, coping and dealing with life.\u00a0 Akin to learning how to ride a bike; at first we must choose to balance and decide when to put our feet down, but once learned we can do it without thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Returning to the principle of taking the sliver out the same way it went in: We must identify the triggers and root causes of the automatic reactions, unlearn the associated beliefs then learn and relearn mature thinking processes to create new neural pathways in the brain. This can only be done through the repetition of new experiences that reinforce healthy and mature thinking and reasoning processes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Relating and collaborating with others<\/li>\n<li>Learning <em>how to think, rather than what to think<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Dealing with life on life\u2019s terms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Given these realities one need not argue the flaws of traditional treatment and recovery models, in which a high recidivism rate is unavoidable. How will a recovering addict ever hope to change if they go from treatment, right back to their homes and lives that drove them into rehab in the first place?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>What must be done?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c<em>The opposite of a problem would likely be the correct solution.<\/em>\u201d<br \/>\nJoey Lawsin<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10588 aligncenter\" src=\"\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/PWIModels\/col_lab_rec-model-1024x530.png\" width=\"546\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/PWIModels\/col_lab_rec-model-1024x530.png 1024w, https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/PWIModels\/col_lab_rec-model-600x311.png 600w, https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/PWIModels\/col_lab_rec-model-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/PWIModels\/col_lab_rec-model.png 1672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/>The solution is to provide the addict with an environment that brings recovery principles into his or her life, while also providing an environment of collaboration (contrary to the isolation that is characteristic of the addictive personality).<\/p>\n<p>The most successful long-term recovery programs are the ones that incorporate employment, for example: Salvation Army, HIMS and others. Keeping this in mind <strong>Pocket Wisdom Insights<\/strong> developed a new Recovery Model that incorporates a blend of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Technology<\/li>\n<li>Methodology<\/li>\n<li>Human-Understanding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2026delivered (by Strategic partners: Treatment centers, aftercare programs, EAPs, HR Organizations, community groups, etc.) in a structured implementation process \u201cthrough Collaborative Teams known as Co-Labs.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>PWI Recovery Co-Lab: Real Recovery<\/h3>\n<p>The PWI <strong>Five Dimensions of Recovery<\/strong> Model&#x2122; provides a holistic <u>solution<\/u> that supports a systemic environmental change preparing the addict to meet and overcome past influences and situations where resolution was before unattainable. It creates a new strategy and new environment where recovery is infused into all aspects of life.<\/p>\n<p>The Model is implemented in an environment of collaboration where friends, family members, colleagues, co-workers and a facilitator\/mentor join the recovery process in a <a href=\"\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/co-lab-series\/colab_glance_mdm\/?redirect=true\">Collaboration Laboratory Institute (Co-Lab)<\/a>. This collaborative team and process ensures that the isolation and secrecy characteristics of the addictive personality are interrupted and replaced.<\/p>\n<p>This environment is not a support group, group share or therapy session, it\u2019s an experiential learning ecosystem. \u201cExperiential learning is the pathway to behavioral, neural and biological change (neuroplasticity)\u201d (Jorgensen, 2003). <strong>The PWI Recovery Co-Lab Process guides and engages participants in a simple 1, 2, 3 step process:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Problem: define the root cause (and effect)<\/li>\n<li>Answer: discover the complement to the cause, the resolution to the effect<\/li>\n<li>Solution: implement a proven collaborative process<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The PWI Recovery Co-Lab Process and the Five Dimensions of Recovery Model&#x2122; were proven and validated through field research, government-funded studies, the Federal Aviation Administration HIMS program and other various case studies. Results consistently showed long-term success in multiple settings with multiple demographics and populations. Additionally, this process successfully addresses the largest problem in addiction recovery &#8211; fixing the dysfunctional family.<\/p>\n<h3>Fixing the Dysfunctional Family\/Environment \u2013 Fixing Immaturity<\/h3>\n<p>We are products of our environment. Addicts are by nature immature. PWI Recovery Co-Lab provides an environment in which addicts and recovering addicts have the opportunity to <strong>learn how to grow up, interact and relate to others<\/strong>. To reach maturity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Girls must receive teaching and approval from their mothers and unconditional love from their fathers.<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Boys must receive teaching and approval from their fathers and unconditional love from their mothers<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">(Jorgensen, 1998)<\/p>\n<p>As children go through this <strong>Transitional Passage<\/strong> process it shepherds them into adulthood. (On a side note: when this process is missed or incomplete the individual is unable to relate to either gender.)<\/p>\n<p>A team-driven PWI Recovery Co-Lab family process creates an environment where recovering addicts and their family members learn how to relate and begin to correct the dysfunctional family dynamics that are characteristic of the addicted family (i.e. passive aggressive behavior and poor communication).<\/p>\n<p><strong>As participants engage and collaborate with the PWI Recovery Team isolation tendencies are reduced, the Three Voices of Addiction&#x2122; (secrecy, judgment and control) are addressed and expectations and walls of the past are broken down.<\/strong> This is done through a carefully constructed process of collaboration, interaction and engagement initiated and implement by a certified facilitator\/mentor and supported by the PWI Recovery Team (which may include recovering addict, friends, family members, co-workers, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>In the PWI Recovery Co-Lab family members participate in the process, while gaining invaluable knowledge of themselves, the recovering addict and others. Over time the parent is guided on how to change their behaviors by tapping into the Teaching and Approval, and Unconditional Love model, and role, required for maturity. At first the facilitator\/mentor takes on the Teaching and Approval role, but it is soon shared with the parent. Once a trust-bridge is built the recovering addict grows to accept it and then becomes able to receive a missing, two integral parts of the maturation process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The PWI Recovery Co-Lab Model&#x2122;\u00a0addresses the family disease:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\">The parent comes to meetings on a regular basis, which over time establishes the parent as dependable, consistent and therefore trustworthy in the recovering addict\u2019s and the team\u2019s eyes.<\/li>\n<li data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\">The parent engages team members in front of the recovering addict \u2013 sharing experiences of self and life the parent my not have shared with the addict recovering \u00a0before or in private. Additionally, this allows the recovering addict to see the parent as a person, not the infallible super-human an immature addict would expected them or wanted them to be.<\/li>\n<li data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\">The facilitator\/mentor forms a bond with the recovering addict providing the essential Teaching and Approval, and Unconditional Love.<\/li>\n<li data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\">The recovering addict learns how to hear, care, receive and accept the Teaching and Approval, and Unconditional Love from the facilitator\/mentor.<\/li>\n<li data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\">The parent learns from, and models after, the facilitator\/mentor in communicating the Teaching and Approval, and Unconditional Love to the recovering addict.<\/li>\n<li data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\">The parent and recovering addict are empowered to have a real relationship and walk through the transitional passage together \u2013 allowing the recovering addict to experience him or herself as emotionally stable, sober and capable of &#8220;<i>dealing with life on life\u2019s terms.&#8221;<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The PWI Recovery Co-Lab facilitator\/mentor builds a bridge between the recovering addict and the parent. He\/she opens the door to discovery and models appropriate behaviors and communication skills without creating embarrassment or shame in the participants. <span class=\"TextRun SCX81910378\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX81910378\">A new <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCX81910378\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX81910378\">behavioral model develops<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX81910378\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX81910378\"> for the recovery addict\u00a0to learn from, the parent is validated and each person <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCX81910378\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX81910378\">gains a new perspective<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCX81910378\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX81910378\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCX81910378\">\u00a0<\/span>The process unfolds because the environment is created; an environment of collaboration, where the intent and focus of the process is on a common goal and experience rather than on a single end-result.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"tab-stops: 2.5in;\">Possibilities for Consideration<\/h2>\n<p><strong>In the final analysis, the PWI Recovery Co-Lab Model&#x2122; works by integrating the principles of sobriety, maturity, relational thinking and communication into all aspects of the recovering addict\u2019s life. <span class=\"TextRun SCX147217242\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCX147217242\">As team cohesion increases in the PWI Recovery Co-Lab the family dynamic\/environment begins to heal and everyone realizes they are all <em>equal, but different<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Take a moment and examine\u2026<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>As you reviewed the material above, what stood out to you?<\/li>\n<li>What is the potential impact, economically and\/or socially?<\/li>\n<li>What action is needed to stop or support this idea?<\/li>\n<li>You may want to consider whether you:\n<ul>\n<li>want to be <em>aware<\/em> of,<\/li>\n<li>should become <em>supportive<\/em> of,<\/li>\n<li>would want to be <em>active<\/em> in this topic?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Add Your Insight<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. 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