Substance use recovery / SUR-A14-1
Money and Everyday Stability — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind money and everyday stability and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Jordan struggles to balance travel costs and groceries.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Practical stability can support recovery without moralizing spending.
The idea
Practical stability can support recovery without moralizing spending.
An ordinary example
Jordan struggles to balance travel costs and groceries.
What this can look like
Map one weekly money pressure, a protective routine, and a resource for financial or material assistance.
Check the fit
Which need requires external support rather than tighter self-discipline? 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 need requires external support rather than tighter self-discipline?
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.