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PAL is a support group for parents and other family members who are trying to help a loved one in seeking recovery.
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PAL provides nine “key” lessons and 2 supplemental lessons about addiction and recovery. One is chosen each week for group discussion in our meetings.
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PAL Resources
- Preamble
- Meeting Format
- English – PAL Gems – Things to say to our loved one
- English – PAL Nuggets – Affirmations for yourself
- Espanol – PAL Joyas
- Espanol – PAL Perlas
PAL’s Nine Lessons
- Lesson 1. Delayed Emotional Growth
- Lesson 2. Three Promises to a Loved One
- Lesson 3. Helping: Healthy vs Unhealthy
- Lesson 4. Enabling Checklist
- Lesson 5. 4 Stages of Growth
- Lesson 6. 13 Family Lessons About Recovery
- Lesson 7. Roles Addict Alcoholic and Family
- Lesson 8. Understanding Re-Entry
- Lesson 9. Healthy Adult Relationships
- Supplemental Respond Rather than React
- Supplemental Six Steps for Families
- Supplemental Kristen Smith Pt 1
- Supplemental Kirsten Smith Pt 2
PAL’s Nine Lessons in Spanish
- Lección 1 de PAL Desarrollo emocional demorado
- Lección 2 de PAL Tres promesas a un ser querido que sufre de adicción
- Lección 3 de PAL Ayuda: Nociva vs. saludable
- Lección 4 de PAL  Lista de comprobación de posibilitación
- Lección 5 de PAL  Cuatro etapas de desarrollo de la recuperación
- Lección 6 de PAL Trece lecciones familiares acerca de la recuperación
- Lección 7 de PAL Papeles: Adicto/Alcohólico y la Familia
- Lección 8 de PAL  Comprender acerca de reingreso, vida transicional y cuidados posteriore
- Lección 9 de PAL Relaciones sanas de adultos
- Lección suplementaria de PAL Responder en lugar de reaccionar
- Lección suplementaria de PAL Seis pasos que tomar por las familias
- Lección suplementaria de PAL: Kristen Smith Pt 1
- Lección suplementaria de PAL: Kirsten Smith PtÂ
We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.” -Marcel Proust