Substance use recovery / SUR-A16-5
Enjoyment beyond Substance Use — Review journal
Review an attempt at enjoyment beyond substance use and choose what to keep, change, or leave aside.
10 minutes · Journal prompts · 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.
Before looking back
Choose one ordinary attempt or decide to review the fictional example instead. This journal has no scores, required disclosure, or expectation of progress.
Revisit the practice
Plan a small accessible activity and notice its actual effect, including a neutral response.
Notice context and impact
Record what actually happened, including an unhelpful or neutral outcome. Note resources, power differences, accessibility, and changed conditions rather than attributing everything to personal effort.
Choose a revision
What is worth trying again, changing, or setting aside? Keep the approach, change one part, ask for support, or set it aside. A mismatch is useful information.
Prompts for this resource
- What I tried, or what happened in the fictional example:
- What I noticed before, during, and after; what remains uncertain:
- What helped, did not help, or was outside my control:
- What is worth trying again, changing, or setting aside? My optional adjustment or support request:
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.