Nutrition directly affects our mental and emotional well-being . This group focuses on price of food, financial resources, accessibility, dietary behaviors, planning & prepping skills, consumption, and awareness.

Topics include: Cooking, nutrition, planning meals, food budgeting, food resources, kitchen basics, food and feelings, sleep, hygiene.

Life skills are defined as competencies and interpersonal skills that help people make informed decisions, solve problems, think critically and creatively, communicate effectively, build healthy relationships, empathize with others, and cope with and manage their lives in a healthy and productive manner.

Topics include: Assertiveness & Self Control, Adapting to Change, Goal-Setting, Creative/Ethical Thinking, Critical Thinking Skills, Hygiene, Values/Beliefs, Personal Strength, Positive thinking, Self-esteem, Empathy, Listening skills, Interpersonal effectiveness, Handling disputes, Managing relationships, Confident communication, Goal setting, Decision making, Problem solving, Executive function skills, Resilience (bouncing back from adversity), Time Management/Making a Schedule, Ambitions, Daily Routines

Coping refers to what a person does to avoid, remove, lessen or "get through" a stressful situation.

Topics include: Self-Care, Stress Management, Anger Management, Personal Strength, DBT/CBT, Self-Care, Identifying Triggers, Problem Solving, Loneliness, Depression/Anxiety, Resentment, Forgiveness, Establishing Boundaries, Healthy Relationships, Grief/Loss, Guilt/Shame

SMART (Self-Management and Recovery Training) is more than an acronym, it is a transformative method of moving from addictive substances and negative behaviors to a life of positive self-regard and willingness to change. SMART Recovery is a fresh approach to addiction recovery. 

WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) is a way of monitoring wellness, times of being less well and times when experiences are uncomfortable and distressing.

Key principles are: Hope, personal responsibility, education, self advocacy, and support. It also includes details of how an individual would like others to support them at these different times.

Social activities in recovery improve self-esteem, assists in learning healthy ways to spend free time, grows your support system, gets you a new start in social relationships, and helps you to learn how to have fun again.

Activities Include: Boards games, bingo, movie & popcorn, outdoor games, celebrations, etc.

Because creativity stems from a deep emotional place inside, the arts enable an unparalleled self-discovery process and helps to hone the healing of common emotional ailments and inhibitions such as perfectionism, “never enoughness”, black and white thinking, and many shades of fear. Creativity becomes a unique journey to expression of inner feelings, deepest desires and long-lost intuition. In other words, the creative process becomes the pathway to emotional health.

Topics include: Language Arts (poetry, journaling, stories, song writing), Visual Arts (drawing, painting, sculpting, collage, self-portraits, photography), Movement & Sound (body awareness, guided imagery with music, making/playing instruments, dance), Dramatic Arts  (skits, improve, role-playing)

Because taking the time to do things that help you live well improves both your physical health and mental health, movement is an important part of recovery. On the first Monday of every month, we offer “recovery-infused yoga” with a licensed instructor. Additionally, we offer the use of a fitness room and encourage participation in meditation, stretching exercises, nature walks, and planned team sports activities.

Topics include: Yoga, meditation, stretching exercises, nature walks, planned team sports activities

Community resources can be essential in helping the people access assistance and expand their range of outlets of support to meet their needs. Community resources help build stronger, more resilient individuals and communities.
 

Topics include: Volunteering (last Friday of each month), Housing, Food, Clothing, Agency Speakers, Financial Management/Budgeting, Counseling, Employment, Healthcare, Transportation, Rent/Utility Payment Assistance, Legal Assistance, Obtaining Personal Documents (I.D., Birth Certificate, Social Security Card)

Music through song and dance is a powerful tool that can provide comfort, support, and motivation throughout the recovery process and can be used as an appropriate and alternative activity to improve physical health when access to other activities can be limited by time and resources.