Celebrating Wellness in Recovery

Presented by John Newport, Ph.D., CEAP

Author: The Wellness-Recovery Connection

This presentation is ideal for alumni reunions or in-service trainings!

This presentation highlights practical, day-to-day applications of wellness principles in the lives of people recovering from addictive disorders. Materials presented draw upon Dr. Newport's groundbreaking book The Wellness-Recovery Connection: Charting Your Pathway to Optimal Health While Recovering from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction (Health Communications, Inc., 2004).

In this dynamic, interactive presentation, participants learn how to use the tools of wellness to pursue optimal health and experience the full joy of sobriety.

Topics covered include:

  • Why wellness is essential to recovery
  • Role of wellness in safeguarding against relapse
  • Laying a solid nutritional foundation for lasting recovery
  • Fitness and recovery
  • Conquering nicotine addiction - the leading cause of death for people in recovery
  • Central purpose: The royal road to health and longevity
  • Stress management in recovery
  • Action planning for wellness


Length: Presentation format can run anywhere from a 1½ hour Keynote presentation to a day-long intensive training.

CREDENTIALS:
John Newport holds doctorates in psychology and public health, and is passionately committed to empowering people in recovery to take charge of their health. He is a leading authority on the role of healthy lifestyles in recovery from addictive disorders, and has authored over 200 articles on addictions and health care issues. He is a featured columnist for Counselor magazine and is serving on a panel convened by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) to develop treatment improvement protocol for health and wellness in recovery.

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