Family Recovery Learning Series

PEP's Family Recovery Learning Series offers free, online monthly sessions designed to help you understand addiction, care for your own well-being, and feel more confident in the middle of it all.

Each session offers practical tools, helpful insights, and a chance to connect with others who get it.

• When: First Monday of each month

• Where: Online (Zoom)

• Time: 6:30 – 8:00 PM MT

• Cost: FREE

• Register below!

This month's session:
Understanding Addiction: Knowledge is Power

What You’ll Explore in This Session

1. How addiction changes the brain, behaviour, and relationships and why understanding this can help you respond differently as the situation evolves

2. Why behaviours like denial, manipulation, lying, or distorted thinking are part of addiction and not personal attacks on you

3. How addiction has affected your own life and how understanding it can help you take care of yourself and support your own recovery

4. How seeing addiction as a complex condition instead of a personal or moral failing can change how you respond

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July 7th, 2025

What to Expect

Each session focuses on a key recovery topic. You’ll learn foundational knowledge about addiction and Family Recovery, gain tools for clearer communication and healthy boundaries, and explore practical ways to care for your own well-being.

Sessions are evidence-informed, interactive, and discussion-based with a safe space to reflect, ask questions, and connect with others who understand.

Topics We Cover

Each month, we focus on one of these core topics. The series repeats every six months, so no matter when you join, you’ll have the chance to explore them all.

• Understanding Addiction - What addiction is and how it affects families

• Exploring Family Recovery - Making space for your own needs while still caring deeply for your loved one

• Nurturing Wellbeing - Tools for your well-being

• Aligning With Values - Reconnecting to and operating from what matters most to you

• Improving Communication - Learning how to express yourself and listen in ways that reduce conflict

• Establishing Boundaries - Understanding what boundaries are and how to set them with care and confidence

How it Connects to Family Recovery Meetings

The Learning Series is part of a larger conversation happening across all of PEP programming.

Each month, Family Recovery Meetings focus on the same topic, but in a different way. While the online series offers structured education and tools, the meetings are group discussions with knowledge sharing and peer support. Both are designed to support you in the way that works best for you. You can come to learn, to talk, to listen, or just to feel less alone.

About Our Facilitators

PEP facilitators are trained in addiction, recovery, and skilled group facilitation. They follow a "coach approach," which means they guide rather than direct. Our learning sessions are participant-led, with space to reflect, share, and connect in ways that feel right for you.

Remember: sessions are FREE. All you have to do is register.