Base Camp Phase

Base Camp – “Get Real”

After the orientation phase, boys enter the next part of treatment in program. Base Camp is designed to last at least 1 – 2 months, however, many students fight change, as well as program rules and standards, leading to negative behavior which keeps them at this phase for a longer period.

This step-through phase of treatment has been designed to help each student begin to “get real” with himself and others. Getting real refers to breaking through the walls of one’s own denial. It means realizing that he is responsible for how he chooses to respond to situations in his life.

While working on this step-through phase of treatment, a student begins to identify his “thinking errors,” the problems in his current beliefs, coping mechanisms, and lifestyles and how these problems affect his happiness and others around them.

As a student progresses through this step-through phase of treatment, he begins to look at himself more honestly, take more and more responsibility for his choices, and stop blaming others for his problems.

Awareness, acceptance, decisions, and sharing are the objectives of this phase of treatment.

Objectives:

1. Become aware
   1. I admit that my life has become unmanageable, and change is needed.
   2. I accept that change is not possible until I look at myself without lies and drugs.
2. Accept

                1. I accept that lies, blaming, and escaping create insanity that hurt my                          judgment and balance.

2. I accept that only a Power greater than I could restore me to sanity.

3. Decide
   1. I decide to get sober.
   2. I decide to find truth.
   3. I decide to trust my Higher Power and ask for help.

     4.  Look Inside

1.  I make an honest inventory of my values, morals, and behavior

2.  I look inside myself for truth.

5.  Share the Pain

1.  I share the pain of my past believes and choices with someone/a                                   group I trust and with my Higher Power.

2.  I share the truth I have found to this point with someone/a group I                             trust and with my Higher Power.

3.  I publicly denounce my past demons, drugs, negative friends,                                         negative activities and negative lifestyle.

Habit Focus:

Habit 1.  Be Proactive