Substance use recovery / SUR-A16-2
Enjoyment beyond Substance Use — Practice worksheet
Plan a small accessible activity and notice its actual effect, including a neutral response.
15 minutes · Worksheet · 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.
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
Plan a small accessible activity and notice its actual effect, including a neutral response.
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
What is worth trying again, changing, or setting aside? 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:
- What is worth trying again, changing, or setting aside?
- 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.