Substance use recovery / SUR-A19-2
Recovery Group Mutual Aid — Practice worksheet
Use fictional examples to exchange one useful coping idea and one support request; permission is required before advice.
15 minutes · Worksheet · 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.
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
Use fictional examples to exchange one useful coping idea and one support request; permission is required before advice.
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
How can the group respect different definitions of progress? 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:
- How can the group respect different definitions of progress?
- 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.