Betty Ford Family Recovery Workshop!

In my last post you read that I am part of the Betty Ford Family Recovery Workshop--well this past week was my first workshop. What I love about this program that it just doesn't concentrate on the addict but the family as well.  The family is very important in ones path in recovery.  I was excited and nervous, but totally did an awesome job for my first time. Me and Brother Pat were in charge of the Communication Workshop, which went really well. We were a good tag team on this. Aside from the Communication workshop I was the "tech" person, I and also the help of my housemate Mike re-did the powerpoint for the workshop and set-up and took down the set-up (thank you Student Union) It was a long week but being able to talk to these ladies in our small groups was amazing. Ofcourse there was a lot of talk about their lives at home and how alcohol and drugs have effected them, but I was truly amazed at their strength. I saw God in every one of those ladies, they truly give me hope.  They came to this workshop to really make a difference in their lives and find that support they need to be in sobriety.  The value of social justice that us Jesuit Volunteers live by is surrounding me constantly and this workshop let me see that up close and personal.