The Evolution of Addiction Treatment

JOIN RICHARD THIS DECEMBER AT:

The Evolution of Addiction Treatment
A Different Kind of Substance Abuse and Addiction Treatment Conference

Click HERE for the link to the Conference

FRIDAY DECEMBER 9, 2011
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

& SATURDAY DECEMBER 10, 2011
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Wrecking Ball Made of Words – How Poetry Tears Down Self-Deception and Builds Up Authentic Self-Expression and Awareness

Through countless workshops in the past four years, Richard Osler has proven that poetry can be a powerful healing tool in addiction recovery. He has shown how men and women from all walks of life, with proper facilitation, can write themselves into a greater self-awareness; have a conversation with parts of themselves long-buried.

Osler will show how contemporary poems written by recovering addicts and so-called non-addicts prepare workshop participants to write their own poems in 15 minutes. He will then lead an in-session workshop with conference delegates who will write two poems: one based on a 2 – 3 minutes writing experience, and another based on a 15 minute writing experience.

Participants will be invited and encouraged to read their poems to the group. In this session they will discover, first hand, the power of this therapeutic approach in addiction recovery.