Substance use recovery / SUR-A16-1
Enjoyment beyond Substance Use — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind enjoyment beyond substance use and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Jordan tries ten minutes of drawing and is unsure whether it helps.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Pleasure can be explored without demanding immediate enjoyment.
The idea
Pleasure can be explored without demanding immediate enjoyment.
An ordinary example
Jordan tries ten minutes of drawing and is unsure whether it helps.
What this can look like
Plan a small accessible activity and notice its actual effect, including a neutral response.
Check the fit
What is worth trying again, changing, or setting aside? 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?
- What is worth trying again, changing, or setting aside?
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.