The part that comes after treatment, and lasts longer.
Ongoing, peer-led support for the long stretch where the real work is staying well, not the appointment itself.
Overview
Recovery support is non-clinical, ongoing help delivered by peer specialists: people with lived experience of recovery and formal training in supporting others through it. It sits alongside clinical care rather than replacing it, and it frequently continues after treatment itself has ended.
The focus is on the practical and social work of staying well: building routine, rebuilding relationships, handling situations that used to involve using, and having somewhere to take a difficult week before it becomes a crisis. Because it is peer-led, the conversation is different from a clinical appointment; there is less assessment and more shared ground.
Who This May Help
Recovery support fits people at very different points in recovery.
- You have finished a treatment program and the structure has suddenly gone
- You are stable but isolated, and most of your social life used to involve substance use
- You are early in recovery and the daily practicalities are harder than expected
- You have been in recovery a long time and something has shifted, such as a loss, a relapse, or a move
- You want to talk to someone who has been through it, not only to clinicians
- You are working on the parts treatment does not cover: employment, relationships, purpose, routine
What to Expect
Recovery support is ongoing rather than a fixed program with an end date.
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A peer specialist, not a stranger each time
Regular contact with someone who has lived experience and training, not a rotating cast.
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A recovery plan you help write
Identifying your own warning signs and deciding in advance what you will do about them.
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Connection to community
Links to mutual aid groups, recovery communities, and local resources that fit what you actually want.
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A way back in if things get hard
A direct route back to clinical care if you need it, without starting the whole process over.
Recovery Support FAQs
Is this the same as therapy?
No. Recovery support is non-clinical and peer-led. It complements therapy and medical care rather than substituting for them, and many people use both.
Do I need to be in treatment to get recovery support?
No. It can continue after formal treatment ends, and some people start here without being in active clinical treatment at all.
Is this a 12-step program?
No. Recovery support is independent of any particular pathway. If mutual aid is useful to you, whether 12-step, SMART Recovery, or another approach, your specialist can help you connect with it, but nothing here requires it.
What if I use again?
Tell your recovery specialist. A return to use is part of many people’s recovery, and the response is to look at what happened and adjust the plan, including reconnecting you with clinical care if that is what is needed.
How long can I keep getting recovery support?
Recovery is long-term, and support is meant to be available for as long as it is useful. There is no fixed end date.