SOCW-6202-WK11-Assignment

Final Counseling Session Final Counseling Session Program Transcript FEMALE SPEAKER: I'm afraid. I have become comfortable here and feel safe\ and supported.

I cried coming in and now I'm going to cry going out. The funny thing is\ , I don't even know why I'm crying. I'm supposed to be happy. I'm going home and I\ 'm afraid? That doesn't make any sense.

It's like-- I don't know, it's like I'm coming up out of a storm cellar after a tornado and facing all the destruction around me.

I think I do have what it takes to do it now. I've learned so much here \ and I've picked up a lot of insight into my disease.

I understand that I have to manage it, just like I would any other illne\ ss. I have to be aware of the signs and I have to be able to stop the behavior before \ it starts.

I just have to apply what I've learned. I know what to do. It's doing it\ , and knowing that I can.

For a start, go to AA. 90 meetings in 90 days. Get a sponsor and keep working on the 12 steps.

I plan on following the treatment plan we worked on together and keep on\ participating in aftercare programs. Those will keep me on track and rem\ ind me of all the tools we developed to help me cope with stress and anger.

I will go back to the psychiatrist, so that she can keep evaluating my d\ epression.

She said if I remain depressed for six months or so after I'm sober, it \ may be a clinical depression that would be helped by medication and counseling. T\ hat was good to hear.

I thought I didn't have it in me to be happy, but it turns out I might a\ ctually have a real health issue that we can treat.

And I plan on doing my best to do all the other things I've learned here\ . Like I've learned in the AA meetings here, I plan to keep on keeping on.

I'll never be as low as I was before I came in here again, no matter wha\ t happens. Even if I relapse, and I know relapse may be part of recovery, \ I know what to do now to get back on my feet.

I know now that addiction is a disease and I know about the support I can get from groups like AA.

1 Final Counseling Session I feel like a baby bird being pushed out of the nest. But I'm ready to t\ ake a deep breath, spread my wings and fly, and take it one day at a time.

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