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Setting Recovery Goals

3 Nov 2023 · 1 min

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A short transcript excerpt from a YouTube video by Amber Hollingsworth about setting recovery goals within the "invisible intervention" approach. Hollingsworth advises choosing very small, behavioral goals at the start that build connection and credibility (examples: sit together once a week to watch a show, have a light/funny conversation, or do an activity that doesn't go badly) as incremental steps toward larger aims like treatment or sustained sobriety.

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My question is regarding setting my first goal in the invisible intervention. I'm having a hard time coming up with one. Most of my goals is only a desire if he gets sober. In the invisible intervention we talk about setting like little behavioral goals and if you're at the very beginning of it then what you try to do in the beginning is anything that creates connection and credibility. So it's once a week sit on the couch and watch our show together, whatever it is or have a funny conversation or go do something together and it not go badly. That's a good goal. So I know it seems crazy because your big goal might be for them to go to 90 days treatment, get sober, make a man's do all this stuff. But it's like what is the next little tiny step to get there? It's restructuring the nature of the relationship is what it's doing. And so think of it that way.