Earnie Larsen

Friday, October 27, 2000, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

LIVING LIFE ON LIFE’S TERMS – THE CORE OF RECOVERY

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Saturday, October 28, 2000, 12 Noon to 3:00 PM

WALKING THE WALK - BUILDING AND MAINTAINING

HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS

You are welcome to attend either or both of the presentations.

Beverage and light snack provided free of charge.

at

St. Francis DeSales new parish hall, Maria Drive, Colonie

Between Sand Creek Road and Albany Shaker Road.

Earnie Larsen, an internationally recognized author and lecturer, has worked in the field of chemical dependency for more than 25 years.  He is the originator of the Stage II recovery model and has written 10 books related to recovery and building healthy relationships. He is known for his engaging, sensitive, thought provoking and insightful style of presentation.

Living Life on Life’s Terms – The Core of Recovery is the title of the Friday night presentation, and will use material from Earnie’s book, Stage II Recovery: Life Beyond Addiction.  The focus will be on spiritual and personal growth after early recovery work in AA/NA/Al-Anon has stabilized the primary addiction. He will discuss the action steps necessary for breaking old patterns of addictive behavior and the “stinking thinking” that often keep individuals from moving forward and changing in positive ways. If you are feeling stuck in your recovery, frustrated with “living life on life’s terms”, or want to deepen your working the steps, this workshop will help.

Walking The Walk - Building and Maintaining Healthy Relationships is the title of the Saturday presentation, and Earnie will use material from his book, Stage II Relationships: Love Beyond Addiction.  He will cover the steps necessary to achieve a trusting and loving relationship once a primary addiction has been arrested.  He will use a self- evaluation questionnaire to help participants assess their individual capability of functioning in a healthy relationship.  Earnie will help participants develop and improve on relationship skills such as trust, intimacy, fears of rejection and abandonment, control and problem solving.

These two personal recovery workshops are designed primarily for AA’s and NA’s in later recovery, but treatment professionals may also attend free of charge.  This training is provided under NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) Education and Training Provider Certificate Number 0211.  Each workshop has been approved for three CEU hours. 

Please fill out and mail in the registration form.  As always, these workshops are free of charge. Earnie Larsen’s books and audio/video tapes will be for sale at both workshops.