THE JOY IS IN CREATING—NOT MAINTAINING Vince Lombardi

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THE JOY IS IN CREATING—NOT MAINTAINING – Coach Lombardi

I stumbled across this quote last night and I strongly agree with Coach Lombardi.

I came out of the public treatment system (with a couple years of private treatment work thrown in there). 13 plus years in very traditional clinical settings.

Systems that were focused on maintenance rather than creativity.

Is the “recovery support system” focused on maintenance or creativity?

Hundreds of “peer support staff” all trained via the same model. A “Medicaid approved” manual.

Tons of “trainer the trainers” all following the same protocols.

People training others out of some manual. With little personal experience or intuition involved.

The movement is moving into “maintenance.

I Would Contend:

  1. We have NOT arrived at best practices in recovery coaching. It’s still a new discipline in need of continuous evolution.
  2. Recovery coaching should have “sub-specialties”.
  3. Recovery coaching requires different skills across different settings.
  4. There is still an over-emphasis on a willing participant. Action-stage of change. Complete and follow a recovery plan.

I hope there is more to come. I hope we have another huge evolution in care.

Also, I have zero interest in maintenance of systems. Create new things or quit and start an coffee shop.

Maybe both 😎

Rich Jones | Recovery Cartel