Resources

Resource Category Topic Type
You and Substance Use
Like all things involving humans, substance use is complex (not just “good” or “bad”) and has the potential to both help and harm. What’s more, the…
Tips for Avoiding Recurrence
The most important moment before recurrence is not the final decision to use a drug. It is when you decide to expose yourself to stressors. For…
The Seven Stages of Grief
Most people react to learning about a loss with numbed disbelief. You may deny the reality of the loss at some level to avoid pain. The shock…
Substance Use Discussion Questions
Oftentimes, a person’s relationship with drugs and alcohol will change over time. For example, you might have initially used drugs only a few times a…
My Personal Medicine
Personal Medicine is what we do to get well and stay well. Personal Medicine can be the big things that give our lives meaning and purpose. It can…
Adult Children of Alcoholics
Adult children of alcoholics discussion questions
Behavioral Health & Wellness Resources, Health & Genetics Resources Substance Misuse Supports & Services
The Engaged Feedback Checklist
Daring Feedback Engaged Feedback List
Strengths Discussion Questions
Strength discussion questions
List of Values - Brené Brown
List of values
Best Possible Self - Visualization Exercise
What would your life look like in a perfect future? How would you spend your time? Who would be by your side? In this exercise, you will imagine your…
Motivational Interviewing: The Basics, OARS
Motivational Interviewing is an “empathic, person-centered counseling approach that prepares people for change by helping them resolve ambivalence,…
Setting and Using Norms with APGs
Group norms are a set of agreements about how members will work with each other and how the group will work overall. These agreed-upon behaviors help…
Mindful Reflection: Share Your Rose, Thorn, and Bud
Mindful reflection: Rose, bud, thorn
APG Talent and Interest Survey
APG Talent and Interest Survey
Active Listening - Communication Skill
Treating listening as an active process, rather than a passive one. This means participating in conversation, rather than acting as an audience.…
Ethical Guidelines for the Delivery of Peer-based Recovery Support Services
There is a long history of peer-based recovery support services within the alcohol and other drug problems arena, and the opening of the twenty-first…
Creating Connections Ethical Dilemma Training Scenarios
Read through the following scenarios and think about how you would respond/ handle each situation. Discuss these with your Coach/ Supervisor and…
Alternative Peer Group Coach’s Fidelity Tool
Cloutier, H., Raiche, H., Clausen, K., Fletcher, J., Heinrich, H., Ross, G., Agonis, G., Ainsley, L. (2020). The Alternative Peer Group (APG) Coach’s…
APG Coaches Checklist
Checklist for APG Coaches
SAMHSA Core Competencies
In 2015, SAMHSA led an effort to identify the critical knowledge, skills, and abilities (leading to Core Competencies) needed by anyone who provides…