Substance use recovery / SUR-A04-1
Trigger Context Detective — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind trigger context detective and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Jordan notices stronger urges after a stressful shift and an empty evening.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A cue is part of a wider sequence rather than proof that use is inevitable.
The idea
A cue is part of a wider sequence rather than proof that use is inevitable.
An ordinary example
Jordan notices stronger urges after a stressful shift and an empty evening.
What this can look like
Map an ordinary high-risk situation through setting, thoughts, feelings, body cues, and available choices.
Check the fit
Where could support enter before the urge becomes harder to manage? 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?
- Where could support enter before the urge becomes harder to manage?
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.