Recovery Capital and Resilience: Head and Tail of the Same Coin

Beyond sobriety, programs dealing with substance use disorders have embraced a more comprehensive goal: Recovery.  There are four recognized domains of recovery: Health, Home, Purpose, and Community.  There are a myriad of resources, both internal and external, that make up recovery capital.  As a person begins their journey, they draw on their initial store of recovery capital and as that journey continues, they gain more recovery capital.  More recovery capital, more recovery.  More recovery, more recovery capital. By assisting an individual identify their recovery capital and make plans for its increase, their recovery becomes stronger. 

This session, presented by Norma Jaeger, PhD (ABD), Executive Director of Recovery Idaho, will explore the many potential elements of recovery capital and how to support an individual in building more recovery capital to support their life in recovery.