Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Reflection questions:
1. Do you have any questions about the Course Contract?
2. What expectations do you have personally for the Hope for Healing
course?
You will see God take the worst thing that has ever happened to you and
make it the best.
You will find new passion for life and hope for the future.
You will lose your regrets and become a liberated person at peace with
your memories.
2.
3.
4.
Maintain a beginners mind accepting that maybe I dont have all the
answers.
Pride is death and unteachable. Taking on the beginners mind-set requires
humility and a willingness to accept that maybe I dont have all the
answers. As I see it, if we had all the answers then we wouldnt be in this
fix to begin with. Be open to seeing things from a new perspective.
5.
6.
Take assignments seriously and come prepared to share my work with the
group.
One goal of this course is for you to complete a Life Recovery Plan. To
do so will require taking lessons learned each week and applying them
to your life. Completing these assignments will add insight, understanding,
and support in your quest to find a new life.
7.
Pray for God to use this process to help you become a more loving person.
Each day ask God to speak to your heart and open your eyes to wisdom
and to bless the interactions you have through this group.
8.
A note on divorce: For those who are divorced or divorcing, please continue to
complete all assignments, even those that ask specifically about your mate. In
most cases, you will still need to repair this relationship so that you can be a
functioning parenting team. You will also want to complete the exercises to get
the full benefit of the course and transform your pain. We dont want you
carrying this same baggage over to a new relationship, so please complete
every question to the best of your ability. In cases where answering about your
spouse is not applicable, think instead of a close friend.
Your Story
Reflection Questions:
1. Take an honest look at yourself: How did you get here?
ii. List ways youve hurt her in the same ways she has hurt you.
2) Improving communication
4) Leaving
5) Self-improvement
Reflection Questions:
1. After reading the AR note on Whats the Problem? How would you
describe the problem?
2. Write yourself an action plan for creating change and becoming the person
you want to be. You may want to begin by defining where you are now and
where you would like to be.
b. Which of their faults did you focus on to justify your lack of love?
c. What are five ways youve considered your needs and desires as more
important than your mate?
e. After reading the article, can you identify ways you are in the box
toward others besides your mate?
2. Re-read your story from week three and look at what you wrote on that
document. Mark the specific sentences that correspond to a thinking error.
o For example: She came out of the room completely naked, what
was I supposed to do? victim thinking
3. From the video:
a) In the past, what attempts have you tried in order to change?
Lesson 5: Brokenness
Reflection Questions
1. After reading the workbook chapter, in which direction do you feel you lean
more toward pride or toward brokenness? Where do you fall on the
continuum between pride and brokenness?
4. The part of you that wants to maintain your image what does it say to you?
5. The part of you that longs for brokenness what does it say to you?
5. Since answering the questions on change a few weeks ago, what attempts
have you made to change? How effective were you? What kept these
attempts from working?
7. Write your plan for dealing with your mates physical reality as you go
forward. (This question is applicable even to those who are divorcing,
especially if you have children.)
8. How has anger played out in your recovery and how are you going to address
that?
6. Write the letter you think your mate would write you if they were to let you
know how this has impacted them. (Should be about one page at least.)
2. In the past how have you tried to make amends (if you ever did)?
3. Make a plan for anyone else you need to go to and make amends.
4. Identify which of the six responses described in the video have been the
most difficult for you and why. (safe personal boundaries, defensiveness,
ground rules, one-way recovery, family boundaries, surviving recovery)
6. How have you dealt with rejection from your wife in the past? Make a plan
for how you will become safe for your wife.
2. Who modeled the relational killers to you and how has that message
affected your marriage?
2. How did it impact you to get in touch with your mates feelings?
4. Which of the four responses do you tend to use when listening from a selfcentered perspective? How often would you say you listen to be understood
rather than to understand?
*Dont forget your 2 additional assignments this week (at the end of the
chapter right before your reflection questions).
1. Spend ten minutes learning to listen. See the workbook for the
guidelines of this assignment.
2. Listen to reflect the emotions behind what other say. Again, see
the workbook for guidelines.
3. How did you respond when your mate failed to meet your needs?
4. How did you respond when your mate let you know you werent meeting her
needs?
6. At this time in your life do you still hold the same expectations of your mate
that you did when first married?
*Be sure to carefully review the Discussion Questions. This week requires
some planning and forethought to answer these questions on your call.
2. What did you learn about female sexuality from this lesson?
3. What are some ways you can help your wife to feel desire?
4. Describe an example of something you have felt about your mate that
accurately reflected your beliefs, but did not reflect truth?
5. Where does your attachment currently lie: your affair partner, your mate,
yourself, God, or something/someone else? How does this affect your
marriage and/or your recovery?
6. Whats your plan to help the two of you move to a deeper level of intimacy?
2. What can you do to correct the wrong-thinking that enabled your infidelity?
What truths do you need to be reminded of? How will you help yourself to
live in that truth?
3. What circumstances could make you vulnerable again? Do you have trouble
admitting vulnerability? Why, and what effect do you think that will have
one your probability of relapse?
4. As a result, what activities do you need to include in your Life Plan Journal
in order to stay safe in the future?
5. Write a one page essay (in story form) describing how you relapsed five
years from now. (Write from the point of view of your future-self.)
b. Internal:
2. Identify the SUDs that either have operated in the past or could possibly
operate in the future that could put you in a compromising situation
unawares.
3. What are your lapse behaviors and what cues would let you know youre
slipping?
3. When youre deceived, what do you think you want? Is that what you really
want?
4. What do you need to add to your Life Plan as methods youll use to handle
temptation or your thought life?
5. What have you believed or spoken into your nature that is not actually true?
2. After reviewing your Life Plan, what will your recovery program be?
4. How could you use giving back to others as a way to stay the course?
6. Using everything you learned, create your own recovery plan, complete
with spiritual goals, marital goals, and recovery goals. (See Life Plan
below.) If you have another section (individual goals, parenting goals, etc.)
youd like to add, feel free to do so. (Keep in mind: these goals will
probably evolve and change as you mature and progress in your recovery.
They dont have to remain stagnant and they arent written in stone, so
dont stress. Just get some goals written down.)
2.
3.
Week 5:
How will you know in the future if you are walking in pride or brokenness? Add
these to your life plan: Examples: Pride: defensiveness, contempt, brokenness,
peace, yielded to God
Week 9:
How do you plan to respond if either you or your wife begins to flood?
Week 11:
What are your goals for listening?
Week 12:
To love in a healthy life from this day forward I will
Week 13:
Whats your plan to help to help you and your mate move to a deeper level of
intimacy?
Week 14:
What makes you vulnerable to relapse?
List you Internal High Risk situations that make you vulnerable
What actions steps do you commit to take if you commit any of the abovementioned Lapse Behaviors?
Change
No Change
Week 16:
What Thought Patterns do you need to guard against?
Whats your plan for dealing with these thoughts if they become a problem?
Week 17:
What you feel you need to do to stay the course in the future?
What are your three primary takeaways from the HFH course?
How could you use giving back to others as a way to stay the course?
_____________________________________________________________
Relapse Prevention Daily Log
Day
Problem behavior ________________________
Time ____________
Time ____________
Time ____________
_____________________________________________________________
Lapses:
1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
Possible Interventions:
1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
Travel Plan
Purpose: When a person has been unfaithful, a problem in the relationship is
revealed, and he or she not only destroys the mates trust but also learns they
are at risk. Good intentions are not sufficient to protect loved ones and
reestablish trust between the spouses. Restoring a sense of safety and trust
requires intentionality. Creating a plan before he or she travels away from
home is necessary to protect family and for trust. If you have plans to travel,
obtaining your mates feedback and approval (if applicable), as well as that of
your therapist, creates a path for success while away from your mate. Approval
means that you have learned to act in safe, careful, and thoughtful ways while
away from home or in other high-risk circumstances.
Instructions: Prior to requesting approval to travel, which may place you in
high trigger/impulse areas, complete the questions below. Be very specific. It
is your responsibility to complete a plan in plenty of time for your travel or
entry into a high-risk situation. After you complete the checklist, present the
information to your spouse and (if applicable) your therapist. Prepare this list
at least one week before travel. Both your spouse and (if applicable) your
therapist must approve of the plan.
Plan:
1. Place and dates of travel (or of other high-risk circumstances) with exact
times of arrival and departure.
2. Possible areas of temptation and high trigger/risk situations during
travel.
3. Why do I need to make this trip?
4. What triggers, impulses, or fantasies do I expect?
5. What external controls will be operating?
6. What internal controls will be operating?
7. Who will know my plans?
8. At what level and/or quantity of triggers should I leave a situation? What
are the mental and physical signs I will experience when I know the
temptation has reached a level that indicates exit is essential?
9. What are my exit plans?
10.I plan to deal with the expected triggers/impulses in the following ways
(list at least five ways):
11.Make a list of the negative consequences to possible behavior (you will
commit to keep this list with you at all times during your travel if your
plan is approved).
12.Make a list of your mental, emotional, and spiritual states as you plan for
this trip to be successful and safe.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
10. I plan to deal with the expected triggers/impulses in the following ways (list
at least five ways):
1. Limit glances to three to five seconds
2. No second looks
3. Balance my eyes
4. Close my eyes and pray
5. Picture an image of Betsy
6. Think about each woman as someones daughter (like Faithy)
11. Make a list of the negative consequences to possible behavior (you will
commit to keep this list with you at all times during your travel if your plan
is approved):
Hurting Betsy
Hurting my children
Guilt
Shame
Losing my family
12. Make a list of your mental, emotional, and spiritual states as you plan for
this trip to be successful and safe.
I am aware of Betsys concern and nervousness and I feel bad that
she has to feel that way because of my actions. I am confident that
Gods grace will get me through any situation. I am excited to have
a chance to spend time with my friend Sean, and also with Brian. I
feel I may have the opportunity to steer conversations toward Christ
and marriage, which is exciting. I am praying regularly and have
been very open and honest with my accountability partners, close
friends, Betsy, and men in my 12-step group about my relationship
with God. I feel I am in a good place right now, constantly speaking
with God, relying on Him each day, and measuring my thoughts
and behaviors against His Word. I feel I have planned for this trip
well by setting boundaries with Brian ahead of time so I wont feel
bad should I need to implement an exit plan. I have my own
transportation, and I have a close friend and accountability partner
with me whom I trust.
13. What factors, external and/or internal, would cause me to cancel this trip?
14. Make a list of a minimum of ten different and relevant What ifs. Include
how you will handle each What if.
1. What if I see an attractive woman in short shorts and a tight top
at the game? Stick to the three-to-five-second rule, no second
glances, and picture an image of Betsy (see #10).
2. What if they want to go to a bar for a drink after the game? I will
not go, suggest something else, and/or just go back to the hotel
if needed.
3. What if they want to eat at Hooters or another inappropriate
establishment? I will say I cannot eat in there, and Sean has
already said he will have my back. Since Johnny and Poole also
know my addiction, they will understand.
4. What if I need to exit a situation? I will be riding with Sean and
we will make sure I am able to leave without impacting the
others at any point.
5. What if I am having trouble sticking to the guidelines? I will talk
to Sean, or call Russ, Rob, Jack, or Betsy.
6. What if Marty is not giving up and being inappropriate? I wont
participate with him, and if needed, I will comment that he is
being over the top.
7. What if Marty talks them into going to a strip club? Sean and I
will exit to the hotel to watch an appropriate movie.
8. What if they want to rent an inappropriate movie in my/our
room? I will go to sleep in a separate area/room or get my own
room if need be.
9. What if some girls start flirting with us? I will not participate and
wont be rude but wont engage in conversations with women.
10. What if they give me a hard time about not drinking? I will tell
them I cant drink because of the medication I am currently
taking.
15. Who will you be traveling with that you will be accountable to?
Sean
16. How will you remain accountable to your spouse (if applicable) and your
therapist?
I will call Betsy in the evening and morning to tell her how things
are going. I will have someone with me who can be trusted to hold
Reading:
Exercise:
Recreation:
Marriage enrichment:
Spiritual Growth:
Therapy: