Substance use recovery / SUR-A19-1
Recovery Group Mutual Aid — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind recovery group mutual aid and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Jordan's group includes people using different treatment and peer-support pathways.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A group can offer choice and shared learning without prescribing a single pathway.
The idea
A group can offer choice and shared learning without prescribing a single pathway.
An ordinary example
Jordan's group includes people using different treatment and peer-support pathways.
What this can look like
Use fictional examples to exchange one useful coping idea and one support request; permission is required before advice.
Check the fit
How can the group respect different definitions of progress? 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?
- How can the group respect different definitions of progress?
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.