Substance use recovery / SUR-A13-2
Recovery and Loneliness — Practice worksheet
Compare several ways of connecting, including peer support, a hobby, faith, family, or a quiet shared activity.
15 minutes · Worksheet · 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.
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
Compare several ways of connecting, including peer support, a hobby, faith, family, or a quiet shared activity.
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
Which setting offers belonging on your terms? 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:
- Which setting offers belonging on your terms?
- 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.