12 Steps to Sober Leisure

Abagail Bernard, CTRS Activities Coordinator Conifer Park, NY

This session will teach participants how to incorporate the 12 Steps of AA/NA into leisure education programs that they provide to people in treatment for Substance Use Disorder. This session will include an overview of the "12 Steps to Sober Leisure" workbook and its applications. Abagail Bernard, CTRS, has worked in SUD treatment for almost 30 years at Conifer Park in Glenville, NY. In 2012, she implemented a leisure education group called "12 Steps to Sober Leisure", a successful group that received positive responses from her clients. In May 2018, she published a workbook based on this experience. Since its publication, it's been purchased and implemented in treatment facilities and the recovery community in the US, Canada, and England! This session will demonstrate the applications of "12 Steps to Sober Leisure' within a leisure education program.