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Get A Life - The alternative to 12-step programs.
To Celebrate Life and Support alcohol/Drug free living ,through the Development of personal balance of Mind, Body, and Spirit.
RIGHT ON PROGRAMS INC. / PADRE .Has been providing DUI programs since 1978. Through the years thousand of clients have asked for ongoing support and follow-up to help reinforce their decision and lifestyle changes for acohol/drug-free living. They have also asked how friends and family members can get the same training without getting a DUI.
GET A LIFE! is a new program designed to meet these needs by offering:
APPROPRIATE FOR ANYONE
The positive non-judgemental approach of the meetings does not label anyone as "alcoholic" or "addict" but rather promotes the concept that life works better for anyone without alcohol or other drugs.
Therefore, the meetings are appropriate for anyone interested in an alcohol/drug-free lifestyle regardless of their patterns of use, abuse, or addiction.
The self-empowerment groups are also appropriate for spouses, family, or friends seeking better understanding of human behavior and personal balance.
ALTERNATIVE TO 12-STEP PROGRAMS
GET A LIFE! self-empowerment groups are an alternative or addendum to 12-step programs for anyone seeking support, motivation, and life skills for substance-free living. The format is highly interactive, emphasizing the positive, fun, and rewards of alcohol/ drug-free living.
Using the innovative and highly successful left/right brain model developed by John A. Marshall, for DUI programs.GET A LIFE! addresses all aspect of living alcohol/drug-free in todays society.
A NEW PARADIGM
Below are the paradigm differences between 12-step programs and GET A LIFE!, recognizing that the goal of both programs is the same but the language and emphasis is different.
| AA/NA etc. | GET A LIFE! |
| medical model | natures design |
| disease | wellness |
| powerless | self-empowering |
| alcoholic (label) | person (no label) |
| sobriety | alcohol/drug-free |
| anonymous | pro-active |
| separate fellowship | social integration |
| higher power | spirtitual experience |
| different | same |
| support | support |
| meetings | lifestyle |
| denial | discovery |
| exclusive | inclusive |
| 12-steps | Balanced Living |