Substance use recovery / SUR-A13-1
Recovery and Loneliness — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind recovery and loneliness and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Jordan wants company without discussing recovery at every meeting.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Connection should be chosen, accessible, and culturally fitting.
The idea
Connection should be chosen, accessible, and culturally fitting.
An ordinary example
Jordan wants company without discussing recovery at every meeting.
What this can look like
Compare several ways of connecting, including peer support, a hobby, faith, family, or a quiet shared activity.
Check the fit
Which setting offers belonging on your terms? 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 setting offers belonging on your terms?
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.