Substance use recovery / SUR-A14-2
Money and Everyday Stability — Practice worksheet
Map one weekly money pressure, a protective routine, and a resource for financial or material assistance.
15 minutes · Worksheet · 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.
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
Map one weekly money pressure, a protective routine, and a resource for financial or material assistance.
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 need requires external support rather than tighter self-discipline? 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 need requires external support rather than tighter self-discipline?
- 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.