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What EMERGE 8 is
EMERGE 8 Recovery is an eight-week emotional sobriety and recovery action program for adults whose alcohol use is connected to pain, anger, shame, isolation, or relationship stress. It combines lived experience, structured worksheets, peer accountability, practical regulation tools, relapse-prevention planning, support mapping, and referral navigation.
Delivery model
Weekly 90-minute cohort sessions · 8–15 participants recommended · participant workbook · facilitator guide · referral protocol · completion framework · 30/60/90 continuation planning.
Program boundary
Recovery education and support only unless delivered within an appropriately credentialed clinical structure. EMERGE 8 does not independently diagnose, detox, prescribe, provide psychotherapy, or replace licensed treatment.
Eight-week sequence
| Week | Focus |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Pattern Has a Name |
| 2 | The Room, The Mood, The Story |
| 3 | The 90-Second Interruption |
| 4 | Shame, Anger, and the False Solution |
| 5 | Relationship Damage and Repair |
| 6 | The Relapse Decision Tree |
| 7 | Support Is a System |
| 8 | The Recovery Action Plan |
Participants
Structured, practical support without a high-cost consumer barrier.
Partners
A portable delivery model with facilitator, referral, safety, and reporting requirements.
Funders
A pilot-ready intervention with proposed outcome measures and post-cohort reporting.