We spent the last two weeks working on our summary for the film production team to help them understand the emergent world of family recovery. While it’s not a brand new concept, there has been a profound shift in the way families are being taught to support their loved ones, access support for themselves and how everyone in the system recovers from the trauma caused by the ways in which the culture taught us to respond. It’s a process to get to the heart of things, the essence of things. The essence though, that’s the foundation.
What the film seeks to do is get to the essence of family recovery so that you have a felt sense of that essence. A return to self, to you and your family’s most deeply held values for health, wellbeing and relationship.
What I personally hope to deliver on is clarity. I will be listening deeply and keenly for ambiguity as we weave the stories and commentary together. The intent is that you will walk away with a sense of purpose (to devote to recovery) a sense of possibility (recovery is probable) and a felt sense of peace (or your desired sense) in your body, mind and spirit.
We’ve received some inspiring family recovery stories that we will be sharing with you in the future and we have three incredible experts that will be weaving evidence based commentary to support the impact of family recovery work. I hesitate to call it work because it becomes a practice. At first though you devote to the work of recovery and the repair that heals relationships and your own spirit. Addiction is insidious in a family system. No one gets out unharmed. Recovery can be insidious too but in the most deeply felt, healing way.
What I desired was to feel peace and connection again. To experience myslef and my family whole. I sent my clip in yesterday for “why I am making this film.” I ended with, “The work you do in recovery will be worth it.”
Keep sending your stories. Keep leaning on family recovery.
We are with you all the way.