Jun 30, 2019
“Spirituality in Recovery: The Many Paths to Spiritual Fitness“ was presented on June 25, 2019; by Jerry Fouchey, BS, MA, SpA, CADC; Dawn Farm Personal Medicine Therapist and Didactic Group Facilitator. Spirituality can play an important role in recovery initiation and maintenance. Research has demonstrated that self-identification as a “spiritual” person correlates positively with successful abstinence regardless of whether the person self-identifies as a “religious” person. Twelve Step recovery programs challenge participants through the Eleventh Step to “seek through prayer and meditation to improve their conscious contact with God as they understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will and the power to carry that out.” The literature points out that recovering people have "tread innumerable paths" in this process. This presentation will encourage participants to clarify their personal understanding of a Higher Power, examine the quality of their relationship with that Power, and explore vehicles to build their conscious contact.
This program is part of the Dawn Farm Education Series, a FREE, annual education series developed to provide accurate, helpful, hopeful, practical, current information about substance use disorders, recovery, family and related issues. The Education Series is organized by Dawn Farm, a non-profit community of programs providing a continuum of substance use disorder treatment and recovery support services. For information, please see http://www.dawnfarm.org/programs/education-series.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Jerry Fouchey, BS, MA, Sp.A., CADC
Jerry Fouchey has extensive experience in the field of education as
an administrator, facilitator, strategist, teacher and practitioner
in the areas of educational administration, curriculum, instruction
and staff development, and has played leadership roles in many
initiatives in various public school districts. After several years
as a Dawn Farm Spera Recovery Center Counselor and later as an
Outpatient therapist, Jerry Fouchey currently serves as a Lifestyle
Medicine therapist and didactic group facilitator for Dawn Farm. He
earned his BS, MA, and Sp.A. from Eastern Michigan University, has
received additional training in substance use disorder prevention
and treatment procedures, and is a Certified Alcohol & Drug
Counselor (CADC). Jerry was instrumental in the implementation of
Dawn Farm’s Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Lifestyle
Medicine programs.