The Recovery Files · Workbooks
Sobriety & Resilience
Building the rest of your life
Stopping is the beginning. Once the substance is gone, the rest of life is still there: how you talk to yourself, your family, your work, your money, your home, and what you do for fun. These twelve workbooks take one area of life each and help you build it in a way that protects your sobriety.
Each one has short readings and ten worksheets, and takes a few hours. Start with the area that feels most unsettled right now, and bring what you write to your counselor, sponsor or group.
These workbooks support professional treatment and are not a substitute for it. In a crisis, call or text 988, or call SAMHSA at 1-800-662-4357.
Inside yourself
How you treat yourself, the habits you carry, how you grow, and what gives life meaning.
Relationship to Self
What do you say about yourself — to yourself?
Every other part of recovery rests on how you treat yourself. This one listens to your inner voice, audits your self-talk, and builds a picture of who you are growing into.
Inside: your relationship with yourself · self-talk in recovery · growth beyond sobriety · the brain science of self-talk · building the life recovery makes possible · 10 worksheets, including a self-compassion letter
49 pages · about 2–3 hours
Breaking Bad Habits
The next frontier of recovery growth
Sobriety doesn't cure every habit. This workbook looks at the sober plateau, transfer addictions, and how habit loops work, then builds new practices that last.
Inside: the sober plateau · transfer addictions · the brain science of habit · from surviving to thriving · 10 worksheets, including a habit loop decoder
56 pages · about 3–4 hours
Learning & Intellectual Growth
Reclaiming your curiosity and building a mind worth living in
Addiction narrows the mind. This workbook looks at why people stop learning, how learning helps the recovering brain heal, and how to become someone who keeps growing.
Inside: what happened to your mind · why we stop growing · the cost of not growing · how learning heals the brain · becoming someone who grows · 10 worksheets, including a beginner's courage workshop
47 pages · about 3–4 hours
Spirituality in Recovery
Finding meaning, connection and transcendence
The spiritual side of addiction and recovery: where the emptiness comes from, what it costs, and practices for meaning, forgiveness and letting go.
Inside: the spiritual dimension · why we disconnect · the cost of disconnection · how spiritual practice changes the brain · from emptiness to fullness · 10 worksheets, including a forgiveness workshop
48 pages · about 3–4 hours
Your people
Partners, friends and family — the relationships recovery changes most.
Relationships in Recovery
Now that you're sober — building the love you deserve
Romantic relationships in sustained recovery: attachment styles, the relationship patterns that threaten sobriety, and what a healthy partnership looks like.
Inside: relationships as the next frontier · attachment and the brain · the relapse relationship · a recovery framework for love · 10 worksheets, including a red flag / green flag assessment
51 pages · about 2–3 hours
Community, Friends & Belonging
Building the connections that sustain you
Feeling alone in a room full of people. This workbook looks at why connection is hard in recovery and how to build friendships at every level, from fitting in to real belonging.
Inside: isolation in recovery · the brain science of social pain · how friendships are built · from fitting in to belonging · 10 worksheets, including a vulnerability ladder
54 pages · about 2–3 hours
Family Resiliency
Now that you're sober — how will you show up for your family?
The damage addiction left at home, the roles and rules every family falls into, and the slow work of rebuilding trust through boundaries and living amends.
Inside: what happens to your family now · the impact of addiction · family roles and patterns · from wreckage to restoration · 10 worksheets, including a living amends planner
60 pages · about 3–4 hours
Your everyday life
Work, money, time, home and fun — the practical shape of a sober life.
Career, Business & School Life
Building a professional life worth living in recovery
Work after the first year: who you are beyond the diagnosis, whether and how to tell people, and how recovery skills carry into the job. It also covers feeling like an imposter and balancing work with recovery without burning out.
Inside: career and purpose after year one · professional identity · recovery skills at work · balancing work, life and recovery · building a legacy · 10 worksheets, including a disclosure decision guide
50 pages · about 2–3 hours
Money & Financial Resilience
Healing your relationship with money in recovery
The financial wreckage of addiction, the shame and habits around money, and the beliefs you grew up with. This one applies recovery principles to money and builds a plan that supports sobriety.
Inside: the financial wreckage · the psychology of money · inherited money messages · twelve-step principles applied to finances · building financial resilience · 10 worksheets, including financial amends planning
52 pages · about 2–3 hours
Time Management Resiliency
How will you invest your time in recovery?
The hours addiction used to fill. This one looks at procrastination as avoidance, staying busy as a new addiction, and building routines that support growth.
Inside: time as recovery's currency · procrastination and addiction · the busyness trap · intentional time · 10 worksheets, including a recovery routine designer
57 pages · about 3–4 hours
Home as Sanctuary
Building a living space that supports recovery growth
Your home says something about your recovery. This one walks room by room through triggers, clutter and old reminders, and turns your space into something that supports sobriety.
Inside: what your space says · how your surroundings shape the brain · what your home is holding · building a sanctuary · 10 worksheets, including a room-by-room walkthrough
52 pages · about 2–3 hours
Fun, Entertainment & Adventure
Reclaiming joy and building a life worth living
When recovery feels gray. This one looks at the joy deficit, why fun is not optional, and how to rebuild play and adventure without substances.
Inside: the joy deficit · why recovery feels gray · the cost of a joyless recovery · how fun heals the brain · from surviving to thriving · 10 worksheets, including a recovery adventure bucket list
48 pages · about 3–4 hours
Still in early recovery? Recovery Deep Dives works through single problems like cravings, fear and relapse, and Recovery Patterns has 64 shorter self-studies.
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