Recovery · 10–20 MIN · ADULTS / FACILITATED GROUPS
Build a Reward Menu That Fits
Choose accessible rewarding experiences without expecting immediate intense enjoyment.
Try the experience
UNDERSTAND
What is happening here?
After a difficult period, ordinary activities may feel muted or effortful. A menu can include interest, comfort, connection, and meaning rather than a demand to feel happy. Preferences and access matter; a small experience may still be worth noticing without changing mood immediately.
Conceptual background
NIH · Substance use disorders. This reference supports the broad concept; it does not validate or endorse this original exercise.
PRACTICE WITH PURPOSE
How to use it
- Choose up to three options that fit the situation and your capacity.
- Adapt one option and identify what would make it accessible.
- Plan a realistic moment to try it; you can change or decline any option.
Design a menu
Explore · Adjust · ReflectYour workspace
Use a fictional or manageable example. Responses stay in this tab and are not submitted or automatically saved. Export and print include what you enter. You may observe, adapt, or pass.
MAKE IT USEFUL
Notice. Discuss. Take one thing.
For thoughtful facilitation
Open with the concept, demonstrate one fictional example, allow individual exploration or paired discussion, and close with one optional takeaway. Ask what fits the participant’s culture, language, access needs, and present capacity. Invite observation instead of disclosure; do not interpret participation as a measure of motivation.
Fit and care: Use manageable or fictional examples and adapt within competence. This is educational practice, not diagnosis, crisis care, or individualized treatment.
Original AI-assisted educational activity; independent clinical review pending. This is not an assessment, a complete treatment protocol, or emergency care. No automated risk scoring or outcome claims are made.