Eight modules. Eight participant artifacts. One usable recovery action system.

The curriculum is hands-on, plain-spoken, and solution-based. Every session ends with a concrete assignment that moves the participant from reflection into behavior.

The Pattern Has a Name

Define emotional drinking and map the personal trigger chain.

Participant artifact: Trigger-chain map

Field assignment: Track three emotional states before any drink, urge, or conflict.

The Room, The Mood, The Story

Expose environments, isolation habits, and mental scripts that make drinking more likely.

Participant artifact: High-risk room map

Field assignment: Change one environmental cue and record the impact.

The 90-Second Interruption

Teach practical regulation tools that can be used before the first drink or first argument.

Participant artifact: 90-second pause plan

Field assignment: Use the pause plan twice and record what changed.

Shame, Anger, and the False Solution

Reduce shame-driven isolation and create a direct alternative to drinking through pain.

Participant artifact: Shame-to-support worksheet

Field assignment: Make one support contact before the next session.

Relationship Damage and Repair

Build ownership language, repair scripts, and conflict boundaries.

Participant artifact: Repair script

Field assignment: Have one sober accountability conversation or write the script if conversation is unsafe.

The Relapse Decision Tree

Turn relapse prevention into a visible decision process.

Participant artifact: Relapse decision tree

Field assignment: Test the decision tree against one real scenario.

Support Is a System

Build a support map that includes peers, professionals, family, faith/community, and crisis options.

Participant artifact: Support ecosystem map

Field assignment: Confirm two support contacts and one professional or community resource.

The Recovery Action Plan

Finalize the written plan, commitment statement, and 30/60/90-day continuation model.

Participant artifact: Personal recovery action plan

Field assignment: Attend one external recovery support activity within 14 days.

Session operating rhythm

Every week converts conversation into action.

Scope and safety check
Teaching in plain language
Guided personal reflection
Participant worksheet or decision tool
Practice or rehearsal
Accountability commitment
Field assignment

Core facilitator rule

Use lived experience as a bridge, not as the whole curriculum. The participant must become the subject of the work.

What the program is designed to build

Recognition

Participants learn to see the trigger chain earlier instead of explaining the damage afterward.

Response capacity

Participants build specific, rehearsed alternatives for emotion, urge, conflict, and isolation.

Support execution

Participants leave with a support ecosystem and a written plan for high-risk moments.

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