“Knowledge is power”
Below are PAL’s current 9 “key” lessons and three supplemental lessons about addiction and recovery. Please utilize the core lessons in order and you may use the supplemental lessons as desired. Following the lessons is a guide for each lesson with background information on each, notes, and points to help you drive home the key concepts. The information provided is significantly more than can be covered in one meeting and is designed to allow you to emphasize a variety of points in each lesson keeping it fresh for many weeks. The idea is that you can present each lesson many times and have new insights each time you present. Please notify the board if there are any errors or if you have any suggestions or further insights into the lessons at help@legacy.palgroup.org. Thank You!
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PAL Resources
PAL’s 9 Lessons
| Lesson 1. Delayed Emotional Growth | Guide |
| Lesson 2. Three Promises to a Loved One | Guide |
| Lesson 3. Helping: Healthy vs Unhealthy | Guide |
| Lesson 4. Enabling Checklist | Guide |
| Lesson 5. 4 Stages of Growth | Guide |
| Lesson 6. 13 Family Lessons About Recovery | Guide |
| Lesson 7. Roles Addict Alcoholic and Family | Guide |
| Lesson 8. Understanding Re-Entry | Guide |
| Lesson 9. Healthy Adult Relationships | Guide |
| Supplemental. Respond Rather than React | Guide |
| Supplemental. Six Steps for Families | Guide |
| Kristen Smith Video | |
| Kristen Smith Video Lesson Part 1 | Guide |
| Kristen Smith Video Lesson Part 2 | Guide |
| Lesson Enhancers. Questions to Enhance Lessons |
PAL’s 9 Lessons in Spanish
| Lección 1 de PAL Desarrollo emocional demorado | Guía |
| Lección 2 de PAL Tres promesas a un ser querido que sufre de adicción | Guía |
| Lección 3 de PAL Ayuda: Nociva vs. saludable | Guía |
| Lección 4 de PAL Lista de comprobación de posibilitación | Guía |
| Lección 5 de PAL Cuatro etapas de desarrollo de la recuperación | Guía |
| Lección 6 de PAL Trece lecciones familiares acerca de la recuperación | Guía |
| Lección 7 de PAL Papeles: Adicto/Alcohólico y la Familia | Guía |
| Lección 8 de PAL Comprender acerca de reingreso, vida transicional y cuidados posteriore | Guía |
| Lección 9 de PAL Relaciones sanas de adultos | Guía |
| Lección suplementaria de PAL Responder en lugar de reaccionar | Guía |
| Lección suplementaria de PAL Seis pasos que tomar por las familias | Guía |
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
