Substance use recovery / SUR-A03-1
Recovery Capital Map — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind recovery capital map and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Jordan has a supportive friend but unreliable transport to appointments.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Recovery draws on personal, social, material, and community resources.
The idea
Recovery draws on personal, social, material, and community resources.
An ordinary example
Jordan has a supportive friend but unreliable transport to appointments.
What this can look like
Map current supports and access gaps, including transport, housing, treatment, and chosen community.
Check the fit
Which missing resource could make the next step more workable? You may disagree with the framing, use fiction, or decide that this approach is not useful today.
A useful distinction
A return to use is information for reassessing care and support, not a verdict on personal worth.
Prompts for this resource
- What part of this idea makes sense to me?
- Which missing resource could make the next step more workable?
Conceptual background
Substance Use Disorders — National Institutes of Health
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.