Family Education

Saturday Visitation

Our Family Education Program is held on Saturday afternoon from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., followed by family visitation from 2:00 - 3:30 pm. Topics include: Communication Skills, Disease Concept, Chemical Dependency and the Family, Relapse Prevention, Boundaries and Al-Anon.

The purpose of Family Education at Austin Recovery is to utilize the family's strengths and resources to find ways for the person who abuses alcohol or drugs to live without substances of abuse and to ameliorate the impact of chemical dependency on both the client and the family.

Family Education can help families become aware of their own needs and aid in the goal of keeping chemical dependency from moving from one generation to another.

Multi-Family Group

Recovery is a family affair. Everyone in the family is impacted by addictions. The Multi-Family group is designed to help the entire family develop new ways of relating, communicating and managing conflict. These skills will assist family members in maintaining sobriety.

In this group, families will learn about and discuss:

• Chemical dependency and recovery as a family
• New communication skills
• Healthy vs. unhealthy family behaviors
• Effects of enabling
• Relapse prevention
• Rebuilding the family
• Anger and conflict management
• Self-esteem

Multi-family Group meets Thursdays from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. at Austin Recovery’s Edith Royal campus. Contact Coleen Moreno for more information (512-697-8560).