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Moving Through Breakdowns With Transformation

Success in recovery, or rather, staying people, places, things, circumstance or
in recovery, is dependent upon a variety situations. Within the structure of the
of factors. For example, it appears story, inherent to it, will be the belief
that attending daily NA or AA meetings that the external events are the real or
and staying in communication with ones true cause of how the person is feeling.
chosen sponsor will definitely assist an It is with these thoughts that the
individual in successfully implementing breakdown and inauthentic way of being
his recovery plan. Getting and staying exists, a pretense that it is about
committed to working the 12 Step Program another, hiding what it is truly about.
also appears to increase the probability As mentioned above, blame and resentment
of the person staying abstinent from will eventually result. Becoming present
drugs and alcohol. While the to the story is vital if one is not to
above-mentioned elements of a persons impulsively act upon it and as a result
overall recovery plan are crucial to his bring its destructive consequences into
recovery, another major factor that will existence with respect to his life.
greatly influence an individual's Becoming present or an observer to ones
continued abstinence is how he is able to story is crucial to transforming a
handle the breakdowns that happen in breakdown.
life. The third component involves becoming
Knowing about breakdowns, what they are present to ones self-limiting belief, to
and how to manage them, is absolutely the source, to that which actually
necessary for one to stay committed to created the breakdown. Becoming present
his recovery plan. Breakdowns are what to ones self limiting belief, to that
brought an individual into treatment and which has determined ones life up until
eventually created the space for him to the process of transformation began to
begin his recovery. Breakdowns also take place, is the first component in the
happen while a person is in treatment and process of transformational counseling.
will continue to take place after he Even though the distinction of ones
leaves. Even after successfully self-limiting belief will create the
completing a treatment program, space for the person to begin to create
breakdowns are almost certain to happen his life anew, it does not go away,
as one returns to the community from become fixed or get cured. The
which he came. In fact, both the client self-limiting belief, much like a virus
and his counselor should expect that has appeared in the human body,
breakdowns to occur after treatment. It continues to exist. As with any idea
is for this reason that knowledge of the that we have or create about us, it is
structure of breakdowns and how to also a way of being. We be or exist by
transform them is very important if not what we think and more specifically by
crucial for the individual wanting what we think about ourselves. What we
recovery. are familiar with is being our
What are breakdowns? Experientially self-limiting belief in the world. It is
breakdowns start to occur when an event familiar for us to think and feel that
or events happen that the individual the world is more powerful and real than
believes should not happen or ought to we are and furthermore, that it is
happen differently than how they take something that must be controlled and
place. As a result the individual starts even survived. We will eventually
to feel frustrated, angry, disappointed experience a breakdown given our sense of
or even sad about what is happening in inadequacy with respect to the world as
his life. Inside these types of emotions this is how we have been in the community
the person starts to become resentful, in the past. However, once the
creating a story about the event and to self-limiting belief is again
which he will eventually begin to blame, distinguished the inauthenticity begins
be it other people, places, things, to weaken or be dissolved.
situations or circumstances for that The fourth component of enrollment
which is appearing. A breakdown involves creating a possibility inside
eventuates into a relapse when the the breakdown experience. This act of
individual believes that his experience creation can be to invent a new
is intolerable, feels inadequate with possibility or enroll oneself back into a
respect as to how to handle it and person's previously chosen possibilities.
chooses to use drugs or alcohol to reduce Creating possibilities for ones life is
the emotional component of that he is the second component of transformational
experiencing. In this case, a breakdown counseling. However, once we get it that
and ones inability to transform it leads we are being our self limiting belief,
directly to relapse. that the source of the breakdown is the
Inside the work of transformational self limiting belief and not that which
counseling, the process of enrollment the story tends convey, it is at that
will assist the individual in becoming moment that we can generate a possibility
authentic where he was being inauthentic to be at that moment, a possibility to
and also allow that person to stay in his stand inside given the breakdown
recovery. Enrollment is the third experience. It is by generating a
component of transformational counseling possibility by our spoken word that the
the utilization of which allows the experience itself will transform. The
individual to again move out of his breakdown only happens because of who we
self-limiting belief and back into being are being. It is by causing a
his created possibilities. When one possibility to come into existence
begins to experience a breakdown he has through our word that the inauthentic way
gone back into being his self-limiting of being completely dissolves and with it
belief. Their will be the pretense of the breakdown itself. It is with the
what is happening and that which is again creation of a possibility that the
hidden from him hence the created person's power and freedom are once again
inauthenticity. The technology of the restored.
enrollment process allows the individual The final component of the enrollment
the ability to transform the experience technology is acknowledgement. Once the
by being authentic and as a result experience is transformed it is important
regaining his power and freedom through for a person to get the victory that his
being his possibilities. Utilization of possibility has made for himself and his
the process of enrollment as with life, to acknowledge the difference of
transformation itself is a practice that such a victory. Acknowledgement is about
requires a great deal of commitment. As getting how the created or invented
with any skill the structure of possibility has transformed the breakdown
enrollment is taught and it is in from what it was to that which is truly a
communication with the persons coach or breakthrough for the individual,
even sponsor that its implementation is especially with respect to the event or
brought forth into the individual's life. experience occurring. Acknowledgement is
The first component of enrollment has to about getting the power of our word for
do with recognizing when one is in a allowing us to transform breakdowns into
breakdown. The key to such awareness is breakthroughs, to once again become our
to be found in how the individual is possibilities. It is this
feeling about what is happening in his acknowledgement that strengthens ones
life at any one moment. There are many process of transformation leaving the
times in our lives where we do not stop person's power, freedom and
to monitor or become present to how we self-expression fully restored.
are feeling. Sometimes we have a Acknowledgement is about standing in ones
tendency to merely ignore or move away possibility, celebrating ones power and
from how we are feeling about something freedom having given up being a victim.
or someone. Breakdowns have certain The practice of enrollment will make a
emotions attached to their design. Those difference for the person wanting
most common are emotions such as fear, recovery. Applying the technology of
anxiety, anger, frustration and sadness. enrollment will enable the person to
The first part of utilizing the transform a breakdown when it happens and
enrollment process is to monitor ones as a result avoid the destructive and
feeling state, to become present to how possibly even lethal consequences that
one is feeling and to do so to the point would have happened as a result of
that it becomes part of ones very way of staying in a breakdown. For the
being in the world. Learning how to stay individual in recovery, staying in a
aware of ones emotional state is crucial breakdown only increases the chances that
to being able to successfully transform he will turn to drugs and/or alcohol to
the breakdown experience that is being reduce the emotional component of a
created. breakdown. Staying in a breakdown as
The second component has to do with opposed to being able to transform tends
becoming present to the story that the to lead to relapse. Clients at the
person is creating with respect to the Holistic Addiction Treatment Program in
breakdown. While the emotional state of North Miami Beach, Florida are taught to
the individual is very important to distinguish their self-limiting belief,
become aware of, listening to the story create new possibilities for their life
that he is creating is also equally of and furthermore, how to utilize the power
importance. Within a conversation of of enrollment technology. The success of
transformation, every emotion is created utilizing enrollment and even recovery
by a thought. When there are negative itself, especially in the early stages of
emotions present in a person's life as he sobriety, will necessitate the person
is experiencing a breakdown there are staying in contact with his sponsor or
also corresponding thoughts taking place. counselor especially when breakdowns
The thoughts that are taking place will happen. It is only in communication with
appear as a story in the person's mind. another that the individual will continue
Within a breakdown the story will be to be his possibilities in life.
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