1. Personal hygiene, cleanliness and order of personal surroundings
2. Keeping to the program’s time schedule and requirements; workings as part of the group
3. Ability to be part of the group at large
4. Accepting that the addict is powerless and needs the help and support of others
5. Being open and identifying emotions on an elementary level

LEVEL 1: The goal of this level is for the client to socialize within a functioning system and to be able to set boundaries for himself. The client is attempting to begin work on his personal relationships and to recognize and identify his problematic behaviors.

Completion of the following goals is a prerequisite for moving on to the next level:

1. To develop skills to know himself and to express inner emotions
2. To learn to ask for and respond to requests for help
3. To recognize weak personality traits and be able to deal with them in himself and when relating to others
4. To look at his life story from a new perspective and to contemplate how this will affect his his emotional perspective
5. To learn to cope with overwhelming emotions in a way that is not detrimental to himself or others
6. To recognize and change behaviors which have been detrimental to his wellbeing
7. To learn how to use positive, non-negative behaviors
8. To learn how to relate to family in a positive way

This level generally takes up to three months.

LEVEL 2: The people in this level are considered senior members of the community. These are the clients who are able to take a wider range of responsibility for themselves, for others and to fill positions of authority upon other members of the community. It is their responsibility to see that things are working within the community the way they are meant to. These clients are supposed to see that the goals of the previous levels are being carried out by clients at earlier stages of treatment. A major goal of this level is for the client to take responsibility upon himself and establish long term emotional stability which will serve him well when he leaves the community and takes his place in the outside world.

Completion of the following goals is a prerequisite for moving on to the next level:

1. To set goals and to aim towards them
2. To take a position of authority within the community
3. To help newer clients and those at earlier stages of treatment
4. To be able to withstand stress of a higher level
5. To be express emotion without prompting and to work on feelings that arise, using tools learned previously in the community
6. To strengthen personal independence and ability to deal with responsibility
7. To further build and strengthen relationships with family

This level generally takes two months.

LEVEL 3: This level is the bridge between the work the client has done in the community and the outside world. The goal of this level is to gradually work his way into the outside world. The clients on this level are a source of strength and encouragement to clients who are newer to the program, showing them what can be accomplished through the work in the community. The main objective of clients who have achieved this level is to have a weekly schedule. This includes work or school outside the community, having a place to live, continuing sessions with the therapist he had while in treatment, and attending at least three 12-step meetings every week.

*In special cases, a tailored/custom program can be developed for people with special needs or requirements. This includes but is not limited to: special dietary needs, adverse behavioral issues, medication incapacitations, language barriers, etc.

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