Recovery · 15–25 MIN · ADULTS / FACILITATED GROUPS

Build a Support Constellation

Map practical, emotional, peer, and professional supports—then shape one request.

UNDERSTAND

What is happening here?

Support is more than encouragement. Transport, housing, food, flexible appointments, and belonging can matter alongside treatment. A useful network contains different kinds of help. An empty area is information about an unmet need, not evidence that someone has failed to build relationships.

Conceptual background

SAMHSA · About recovery. This reference supports the broad concept; it does not validate or endorse this original exercise.

PRACTICE WITH PURPOSE

How to use it

Use roles rather than names to protect privacy.
Add one possible support to any circle that fits. A service, community, or person may fit more than one.
Choose one specific, consent-based request and a backup if that support is unavailable.

Map connections

Explore · Adjust · Reflect

Your 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.

What kind of help is hardest to access?What would make asking safer or more practical?One small next step, adaptation, or question to bring to a session

Choose another experience

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: Do not assume family or community contacts are safe. Participation does not require disclosing contact details.

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.