Substance use recovery / SUR-A07-2
Return-to-Use Response — Practice worksheet
Draft a nonjudgmental plan to reconnect with care, review immediate safety, and ask what needs to change.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Jordan misses an appointment after a return to use and feels embarrassed to call.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A return to use calls for reassessment and support rather than shame.
1. Choose a workable example
Use the fictional example below or an ordinary situation of your choosing. Keep identifying details out of shared copies.
2. Try the practice
Draft a nonjudgmental plan to reconnect with care, review immediate safety, and ask what needs to change.
3. Compare possibilities
Generate at least two interpretations or options. Mark what you know, what you are guessing, and what remains outside your control.
4. Decide together
What message would make reconnecting easier? Choose one small action, a support request, or no action. Review the fit with your clinician when relevant.
Prompts for this resource
- My chosen or fictional situation, and what I know about it:
- My response to the practice task above:
- What message would make reconnecting easier?
- An optional next step, support, adaptation, or reason to stop:
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.