👥 Support Basics
This type of system uplifts you, encourages a better version of you, and gives you a sense of belonging.
What is a recovery support system?
This work contact can support you by providing information about company benefits and options regarding treatment.
An employer or human resources director.
This specific term describes the regular meeting where you feel safe, comfortable, and like you truly belong.
A home group.
It is common practice to select a Twelve Step sponsor who is of this gender orientation.
The same gender, or someone to whom you are not physically attracted.
This group uses principles from CBT and REBT to address a holistic 4-point program instead of a Twelve Step model.
SMART Recovery.
True or False: A healthy recovery support system helps you only during the good times.
False (It also involves helping during rough times).
Sharing your challenges and goals with these specialists can help you consider less risky alternatives to habit-forming medications.
Healthcare providers, such as doctors, therapists, or psychologists.
Participants are encouraged to do this by attending several different meetings to find out what fits them best.
Experiment and attend multiple groups.
These peer individuals provide unique support with wisdom gained directly from their own recovery journeys.
Other people in recovery.
This peer-led, trauma-informed organization incorporates Buddhist principles, mindfulness, and daily meditation.
Recovery Dharma.
Recovery is described as this kind of effort, which works best when you help others with theirs.
A team effort.
These two traditional support organizations offer community help specifically to individuals affected by a family member's addiction.
Al-Anon and Nar-Anon.
This concise phrase summarizes the reciprocal relationship between an individual and their primary recovery meeting.
"The more you nurture your home group, the more it nurtures you".
In a Twelve Step program, a sponsor is a member who shares how they achieved sobriety and mental health by doing this action.
Working the Twelve Steps.
This fellowship specifically describes substance use and psychiatric disorders as two "no-fault illnesses".
Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA).
This personal action simply means giving people close to you permission to be part of your recovery.
Empowering your support system.
Depending on your unique home environment, a participant might find it helpful to explore these two professional modalities at some point.
Couples therapy and family therapy.
Setting up chairs, making coffee, and being a meeting greeter are examples of these commitments used to nurture a group.
Service commitments.
This type of entertainment, recreation, and exercise can boost your recovery efforts even if the focus is not directly on recovery.
Substance-free activities.
This organization utilizes 13 acceptance statements to empower women and women-identifying people to adopt positive thinking.
Women for Sobriety, Inc. (WFS).
These are the two primary parts explored in Session 45 of this recovery curriculum.
Building Your Recovery Support System and Strengthening Your Social Support System.
Your recovery will be greatly improved if you ensure your various healthcare professionals understand this critical piece of information.
The treatment you are receiving from other providers.
People with co-occurring disorders should look for a group where members possess a strong, healthy recovery and show this specific familiarity.
Being familiar and comfortable with co-occurring disorders.
A strong sponsor candidate should actively care for themselves across these four specific dimensions of health.
Physical, psychological, social, and spiritual dimensions.
This organization adds a unique 5-step hybrid layer to AA to underscore the need for medical management and clinical therapies.
Dual Diagnosis Anonymous (DDA).