David W. Lewry
  • Build a life of Service
  • Biography and Resume
  • Freedom's Path Recovery Society
    • Counselling and Consultation
    • A Pathway to Freedom Group
    • A Pathway to Freedom Overview
  • David's Books
    • Channel of the Broken Gun
    • Angst
    • Head
    • Bleed
    • Empty
  • David's Blog
  • David's Poetry and Youtube Video's
    • Knowing >
      • Knowing on You Tube
    • Grace
    • Our loss, our gain >
      • Our loss, our gain you tube
    • No more Child to See >
      • No More Child to See You Tube Video
    • Grey Faded Light
    • Seeking Love >
      • Seeking Love YouTube Video
    • Some Disease
    • This Poem
    • fuck the poem
    • When the Dream Ate its Own Head >
      • When the Dream Ate It's Own Head on You Tube
    • The Devil’s Hooves >
      • Devil's Hooves on You Tube
    • Day Break
    • Dream’s Delight
    • Road
    • Tethered, Bleeding, Left for Dead >
      • Tethered,Bleeding, left for Dead YouTube
    • Emilia
    • Sanity
    • To The Dark
    • One more Kiss
    • Banned Videos
    • You Tube
  • David's Short Stories
    • LOVE - LORN
    • A SIMPLE PROSTITUTE
  • Contact David
  • Welcome to the Circus
  • Links
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  ​A Pathway to Freedom treatment overview 

Treatment Program – Condensed 3 day course - (has been priced at $400.00 per person [groups from 1 – 20 person])
- Price includes: materials, coffee and snacks.
- All group participants can continue counselling up to 3 years post group.
- All participants in A Pathway to Freedom programs have resource referral opportunities.
Day 1
  • Opening statements and introductions
  • Distribution of materials; manual, pens, note books.
  • Presenting and discussion of ego and its role in addiction and compulsive behaivors
  • Closing introducing strategies to come to terms with our issues that we may move forwrad into proactive solutions.
Day 2
  • Review of recovery as a process, which takes time and patience.
  • Step 1, 2, and 3 discussion
Break
  • Written step 1
  • Identifying relapse warning signs
  • Identifying set up behaviors, thoughts and emotions
Break
  • Step 4 set up and discussion
  • Begin write up for Step 4
Break
  • Discussion on triggers and cravings
  • Closing - discuss any challenges the group members may be having and provide strategies for addressing these difficulties. Provide feedback on inventory. 
  • Homework: continue and complete written step 4/in depth personal inventory
Day 3
  • Check in - discuss questions and concerns.
  • Written step 4 continue
  • Steps 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 discussion
Break
  • Discussion of Character defects and assets
  • Further discussion of Ego defense mechanisms and their relevance to recovery
  • Discussion of anger/resentment
Break
  • Discussion on boundaries
  • Discussion on prayer and meditation
  • Step 10 discussion
Break
  • Steps 11 and 12 discussion – importance of home group, sponsorship, recovery reading, and meeting attendance
  • Discussion on living sobe
  • Open discussion and questions
  • Closing statements