Men's Relational Recovery Group
Facilitated by Bob Spiegel formerly with Daring Ventures
What is a Relational Recovery Group?
The Men’s Relational Recovery Group is designed for men who have established and maintained Sobriety but are still not able to have that Emotionally Intimate and Connected Relationship with their wives. Yes, we’ve stopped addictive behaviors and have come to understand “Why we did What we did,” but something is missing. She says I’m not meeting her needs…..that I’m shutting down and not Empathizing with her. Have you heard her say, “Well, now you’re making it all about you Again”? So, what is she really saying….what does she mean by that? Do you find your conversations going nowhere and often ending in more conflict and neither of you getting your needs met? Do you feel more like roommates or, even at times, like roommates or even enemies than living a life of emotional, intimate connection?
If that’s you, then I invite you to join me in this group to learn what she deserves and needs from you and how to transcend the One Person Psychology ……… that need for Survival, Self-Protection, and Defensiveness…… “making it all about us.” Until we are able to get beyond these defense mechanisms and behaviors, we are at a deficit intellectually, mentally, and emotionally of being able to truly hear, understand, and comprehend our wives’ need for acknowledgment and validation for all the hurt, pain, devastation, and trauma that we have put them through…..in a word Empathy.
It takes an Emotional response from us to heal her Emotional Hurt, Pain, and Trauma
