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The main components of a Break The Cycle
retreat:
- Self Awareness:
observing oneself and recognizing one's feelings; building
a vocabulary for feeling; knowing the relationship between
thoughts, feelings, and reactions.
- Personal
decision making: examining one's actions and knowing
their consequences; knowing if thought or feeling is ruling
a decision; applying these insights to issues such as
sex, alcohol, or drugs.
- Personal
Responsibility: taking responsibility; recognizing
the consequences of one's decisions and actions, accepting
one's feelings and moods, following through on commitments
(e.g. studying, exercising).
- Conflict
Resolutions: how to resolve problems with others,
with parents, with teachers; the win/win model for negotiating
compromise.
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Schedule
of Events
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Day
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Session
One: Self– Awareness
“Please Hear What I’m Not Saying”
- Small Group re-flection on common fears, hopes,
feelings and sense of self
Session Two: Self-Responsibility
Taking charge of Your Life—Participants
discuss and process ways to put their lives
back in order and take charge of their
lives
Session Three: Eradicating Fears
Identifying and taking a closer look at personal
fears that prevent us from being ourselves and
performing at peak levels
Session Four: Character Development
The importance of accepting one’s self
and taking full
responsibility for all our choices and actions.
Learning to
identify our personal character flaws and taking
the necessary
steps to eradicate them.
Session Five: Setting Personal
Goals
Making a strong commitment to changing the course
of our
lives, from a path of self-destruction, self-hatred
and
unhappiness to one of responsibility, self-acceptance
and
happiness
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Day
Two |
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Ropes
Course 1 |
Ropes
Course 2 |
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- team work
- respect
- listening skills
- facing fears
- clear communication
- cooperation
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- encouragement
- challenge
- leadership
- determination
- commitment
- building
trust
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Talk: Addiction
“Breaking Chains To Freedom.” Learning
that only by acknowledging and facing our fears, addictions
and character defects are we set free of patterns that enslave
us and cause harm to ourselves and those who love us.
Session Six: Affirmation
Strength Bombardment & Personal Goal-Setting.
Realizing our unique gifts and talents and taking
concrete, observable and measurable steps to achieving our
personal goals.
Talk: "Commitment to Life-Long
Change" by a Program Graduate
This speaker gives his reflection on life’s
challenges after the weekend. He highlights the issues
that confronted him with family, friends, and schoolmates
upon returning from the week end and throughout
the program. What happens when someone makes a commitment
to change?
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