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Kayla, today we will do the Recovered Podcast a little different. Kayla is a regular host on the Recovered Podcast, but today I want our listeners to know you Kayla in a more complete way. I want our listeners who happen to be young students to be inspired by your story.
So, today Kayla, I want you to share with our listeners your story.
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Let’s start at the beginning Kayla
Where were you born, tell us your early story
When did you first drink
When did you first drug
What was that like?
How did your disease progress?
How did that affect your school?
How did it affect your goals
How did it affect your choice of friends?
How did it affect your relationship with your parents?
When did you know you had a problem?
How did your disease manifest itself?
How did you end up in your first 12-step recovery meeting?
Describe your first meeting??
But today, you are a student at Wayne State University, what are you studying?
Tell us about Students for Recovery.
What are some of the challenges to the student in recovery?
Some challenges include
stigma
pressure to use
hostile environment
stress
Isolation from off-campus support
What are barriers to success?
What are positive signs on campus for the student in recovery?
What supports are available?
Where do students go for support?
What kind of meeting should a student look for?
What if these types of meetings are not available?
What about time, aren’t students too busy for recovery activities?
Being the youngest in the group, is this a special challenge?
What about dating, what are your suggestions?
How about sponsorship? Any guidelines?
What is the experience with parents when they find out their student is in recovery?
In 2007, 10% of AA is less than 30 years old, do you think this has changed? Why or why not?
Don’t all students drink and do drugs, how does someone know they have a problem?
For the student, what are some red flags which indicate possible addiction?
What was the #1 thing that has held you back in your recovery life?
What is the best recovery advice you ever received?
What is something that is working for your recovery life right now?
Other than the Big Book and the 12 and 12, what is the best recovery book you have read?
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Being in recovery at any age elicits both challenges and rewards
But being young, at a pivotal, sometimes confusing point in life
even without worrying about sobriety,
makes said challenges and rewards even more prominent.
This is from an official AA pamplet Young People and AA
Coming into A.A. as young people, we found
that there were common challenges to face. In
the beginning, we often feel we are too young
to be alcoholics. Some of us didn’t drink for a
long time; others didn’t drink hard liquor, stumble
around, or forget what we did or said when
drunk. Being young in the everyday world we
face peer pressure, stressful relationships with
our parents, and parties being a way of life. In
A.A., we often feel different because we may be
the youngest person in our group, and some have
even had an uninformed older member discourage
us by saying things like “I spilled more booze
than you drank.”
You guys have probably heard that one
To get the community thinking about this topic this week, I sent out a survey on this topic.
I asked our listeners how old were you when you attended your first recovery meeting?
https://www.surveymonkey.com/analyze/Urp29ltLieUvDWeK9shuNw93CUhunzjL3T4oKUqs7_2Fs_3D
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Lets begin our discussion by talking about
What are some of the challenges for the young person in recovery?
What stigma does the young person have to overcome?
How does stigma affect the young person?
How about pressure to use?
Can campus life be a hostile environment for recovery?
How does does stress affect your recovery?
Have you suffered enough?
Wish I came in when you did?
Dos and don’ts
What are barriers to success?
What supports are available?
Where do students go for support?
Where do young parents go for support?
Have you suffered enough?
Wish I came in when you did?
Dos and don’ts
What kind of meeting should a young person look for?
What if these types of meetings are not available?
What about child care, do any of the meeting you attend provide this?
What about dating, what are your suggestions?
What about drama
socialize?
How about sponsorship? Any guidelines?
What is the experience with parents when they find out their child is in recovery?
In 2007, 10% of AA is less than 30 years old, do you think this has changed? Why or why not?
For the young person, what are some red flags which indicate possible addiction?
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Researchers have studied how quickly wounds heal in people who are relaxed compared with people who are stressed. Their results have generally shown that the calmer and more supported you feel, the faster you will recover. This is probably true for people in recovery from drugs and alcohol as well.
Those individuals who are recovering from an addiction can gain particular benefit from using relaxation techniques. These are some of the most prominent ways in which these techniques can aid in recovery:
* Anger and resentment can be a real problem for people who are recovering from an addiction. These are dangerous emotions because they can act as relapse triggers. By practicing relaxation techniques the individual can reduce the amount of anger they experience.
* Early recovery is often described as an emotional rollercoaster as people learn to deal with their feelings. The addict is able to escape dealing with their emotions by using alcohol and drugs, but this option is no longer available in recovery. This means that early sobriety can be a particularly stressful time; relaxation techniques can help the individual deal better with this stress.
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What does relaxing in recovery mean to you?
Why is this important?
How do you find the time?
Are you ever bored?
What do you do with your free time?
How do you relax?
How do you do hobbies?
What do you like to do?
Exercise
outdoors/hiking
Prayer/meditation
Meetings
Golf?
What are some of the obstacles to you relaxing?
What is the best advice you have received about relaxing in recovery?
What is working for you today?
What book would you recommend?
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Drew from New England
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What would you say to the new guy about relaxing in recovery?
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