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GROW is a peer support and mutual-aid organization for recovery from, and prevention of, serious mental illness. GROW was founded in Sydney, Australia in 1957 by Father Cornelius B. "Con" Keogh, a Roman Catholic priest, and psychiatric patients who sought help with their mental illness in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Consequently, GROW adapted many of AA's principles and practices. As the organization matured, GROW members learned of Recovery International, an organization also created to help people with serious mental illness, and integrated pieces of its will-training methods. As of 2005 there were more than 800 GROW groups active worldwide. GROW groups are open to anyone who would like to join, though they specifically seek out those who have a history of psychiatric hospitalization or are socioeconomically disadvantaged. Despite the capitalization, GROW is not an acronym. Much of GROW's initial development was made possible with support of from Orval Hobart Mowrer, Reuben F. Scarf, W. Clement Stone and Lions Clubs International.〔 == Processes == : ''For more details on this topic, see Self-help groups for mental health: Group processes GROW's literature includes the Twelve Stages of Decline, which indicate that emotional illness begins with self-centeredness, and the Twelve Steps of Personal Growth, a blend of AA's Twelve Steps and will-training methods from Recovery International. GROW members view recovery as an ongoing life process rather than an outcome and are expected to continue following the Steps after completing them in order to maintain their mental health.〔 The Twelve Stages of Decline # We gave too much importance to ourselves and our feelings. # We grew inattentive to God's presence and providence and God's natural order in our lives. # We let competitive motives, in our dealings with others, prevail over our common personal welfare. # We expressed our suppressed certain feelings against the better judgment of conscience or sound advice. # We began thinking in isolation from others, following feelings and imagination instead of reason. # We neglected the care and control of our bodies. # We avoided recognizing our personal decline and shrank from the task of changing. # We systematically disguised in our imaginations the real nature of our unhealthy conduct. # We became a prey to obsessions, delusions and hallucinations. # We practised irrational habits, under elated feelings of irresponsibility or despairing feelings of inability or compulsion. # We rejected advice and refused to co-operate with help. # We lost all insight into our condition. The Twelve Steps of Recovery and Personal Growth # We admitted we were inadequate or maladjusted to life. # We firmly resolved to get well and co-operated with the help that we needed. # We surrendered to the healing power of a wise and loving God. # We made a personal inventory and accepted ourselves. # We made a moral inventory and cleaned out our hearts. # We endured until cured. # We took care and control of our bodies. # We learned to think by reason rather than by feelings and imagination. # We trained our wills to govern our feelings. # We took our responsible and caring place in society. # We grew daily closer to maturity. # We carried GROW's hopeful, healing, and transforming message to others in need. GROW suggests atheists and agnostics use "We became inattentive to objective natural order in our lives" and "We trusted in a health-giving power in our lives as a whole" for the Second Stage of Decline and Third Step of Personal Growth, respectively.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「GROW」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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