This manual offers a step-by-step process to help individuals safely explore the roots of both their addiction and recovery within a group format. The process is broken into modules that can be used in weekly meetings or in a full-day event.  This entire process, or individual modules, can be used within a retreat or workshop setting. It is also a good fit for groups offered in outpatient or residential settings. 

Trained EMDR Therapists will find the modules helpful in the stabilization and history taking phases of EMDR therapy, although any group work facilitator will find the material easy to use. 

The information gathered while using the modules in this manual can help  decrease the shame related to having a history of addiction and trauma, increase insight into the connection between addiction and trauma, normalize commonly experienced symptoms, and provide coping skills to address those symptoms.

Topics explored are: grounding and stabilization exercises, the impact of childhood and community-based trauma, the role of neglect, triggers, urges and other neurological aspect of addiction, along with an exploration of the components that build a solid foundation in recovery