NCJ Number
191137
Date Published
1992
Length
405 pages
Annotation
This is the Counselor's Manual for use in the Hazelden Substance Abuse Curriculum for Offenders.
Abstract
A Design for Living is Hazelden's highly effective program for educating and treating offenders who are substance abusers, including chemical dependents. The recovery information in this curriculum is based on Alcoholics Anonymous, commonly known as the "Big Book," the textbook written in 1939 by 100 recovering alcoholics. It provides a precise method for leading offenders through the sequence of actions that lead to recovery, each one building on the previous one. Applied randomly, the remedies will probably not work. When presented to substance abusers in a systematic way, the Hazelden program offers a comprehensive, effective method of education, treatment, and prerelease/aftercare. The three core components of the program are divided into 21 units -- 3 in Education, 11 in Treatment, and 7 in Aftercare. Each unit is further divided into three to five smaller sections of information called modules. Following the modules there is a Unit Overview that includes Objectives, Key Ideas, Outcomes for the Client, and Notes to the Counselor. The counselor's role is to guide clients through this life-changing program. Unit topics from the Treatment and Aftercare Components include: Making Amends; Letting Go of Character Defects; Working With Sexual and Other Harms; Working With Fears; Working With Resentment; Chemical Dependency Affects You on All Levels; Substance Abuse Hurts More Than the Abuser; Finding a Job and Keeping It; The Basics After Prison; Release Preparation; and Improving Your Conscious Contact -- Daily Direction From a Power Greater Than Self. Appendixes