The Path to Emotional Sobriety: A New Freedom and a New Happiness

Presented by Candace Bahr

Emotional sobriety refers to the ability to be present with all of your feelings without any one of them defining or controlling you.  Addictions and out-of-control behaviors are really about numbing pain and not coping with it. The remedy is learning a healthy coping mechanism that will get you through that pain. It’s putting an end to cravings and finding the courage to address underlying issues – emotional sobriety. 

In this time together we will look at our emotions as valuable partners in our journey to a more awake existence with ourselves and others. To know your innermost self is to master inner strength and peace; self-harming no more. Worksheets and small group discussion incorporated with lively presentations and self-care practices will be a part of our sessions as we come together. There will be plenty of time for individual prayer and reflection, Guided Meditation and Thai Chi.

Candace Bahr is a recovering alcoholic/addict. The twelve-step spiritual program is her blueprint for living! She grew up in an alcoholic home and is a survivor of mental and physical abuse and a consumer herself of professional treatment services. She is committed to sharing her story so that it will help others know that healing and transformation is possible. Candace is retired from a twenty-five-year career in Mental Health, AODA and Trauma Based Treatment Services. She was trained and licensed with the state of Wisconsin. Candace has a certification in Spiritual Direction from the FSPA program in La Crosse, WI. She intends to be of service to others as a spiritual companion on an individual/group basis and within the retreat setting.

Registration begins at 3:00 pm on Friday, followed by orientation at 5:45 and supper at 6:00. The retreat concludes after the noon meal on Sunday.

The investment for this weekend retreat is $225 and includes lodging in a regular room and six meals.