Substance use recovery / SUR-A17-2
Recovery Identity beyond Labels — Practice worksheet
Create an identity map that includes roles, strengths, culture, interests, and desired relationships.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Jordan wants to be seen as a parent and musician as well as a person in recovery.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A person is more than substance-use history or a treatment label.
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
Create an identity map that includes roles, strengths, culture, interests, and desired relationships.
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 part of you needs more room in your current plan? 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 part of you needs more room in your current plan?
- 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.