CELEBRATE RECOVERY

Rules and Why’s

OTHER FOCUS:
Concentrating on others needs and problems.  Analyzing their motives and behavior.  Asking questions of others.  Telling stories about what he/she did.

NEGATIVE RESULTS:  Helps us avoid our own issues.  Makes us observers, not participants.  Puts a safe (and lonely) distance between others and ourselves.

RULE 1:  Keep your sharing focused on your own thoughts and feelings.  Please limit your sharing to 3-5 minutes.

RULE 2:  We are here to support one another.  WE will not attempt to “fix” one another.

GOALS:  Work on self.  Share personal needs, feelings, ideas and problems.  Allow time for all those who need to share.

BREAKING CONFIDENTIALITY:
Telling outsiders what was said or done in group.  Gossip disguised as a prayer request.

NEGATIVE RESULTS:  Violates trust and safety.  Makes members afraid to share risky material.

RULE 3:  Anonymity and confidentiality are basic requirements.  What is shared in the group, stays in the group.

GOALS:  Celebrate Recovery is a safe place.

CROSS-TALK:
Interrupting people, asking questions, having a dialogue with one other member of the group.

NEGATIVE RESULTS:  Members fear that they won’t be able to finish sharing, that their ideas are not valued, or that they won’t get a chance to speak.

RULE 4:  There will be no cross-talk please.  Cross-talk is when two individuals engage in a dialogue, excluding all others.  Each person is free to express feelings without interruption.

RULE 5:  Offensive language has no place in a Christ-centered recovery group.

GOALS:  Listen respectfully to what others choose to share.