The range of services, programmes, and community resources that help individuals sustain recovery and improve their health, wellbeing, and quality of life after or alongside treatment for substance use disorders. These supports may include peer support, recovery coaching, mutual-help groups, housing assistance, employment services, family support, and community-based recovery programmes. Recovery support recognises that recovery is an ongoing process and that long-term wellbeing often requires continued social, practical, and emotional support. By strengthening personal resilience, social connections, and opportunities for reintegration, recovery support plays an important role in comprehensive responses to substance use.
Recovery Support
HOW EMPOWERMENT BENEFITS RECOVERY
In recovery work, the urge to "fix" can often overshadow the real goal: empowering autonomy. As a recovery ally, I’ve learned that sustainable healing happens when we honour the individual’s journey and not impose our values on it. True...
THE POWER OF LOCALLY AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN ADDICTION PREVENTION
THE POWER OF LOCALLY AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN ADDICTION PREVENTION. Addiction prevention efforts are most successful when they are rooted in the local context—using what is available within a community to address its unique challenges. This...
Importance of Lived Experience in a Recovery-Oriented System of Care
Importance of Lived Experience in a Recovery-Oriented System of Care Submitted by Kwadwo Adu Boakye-Yiadom - 7 July 2025 Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) rely on lived experience as a cornerstone for designing effective, person...
Words Matter: Language and Stigma Reduction
ISSUP Global, in collaboration with Faces & Voices of Recovery, presents its webinar titled 'Words Matter: Language and Stigma Reduction.'
Words Matter: Language and Stigma Reduction
ISSUP Global, in collaboration with Faces & Voices of Recovery, invites you to the upcoming webinar titled 'Words Matter: Language and Stigma Reduction.'
Returning to Basics: Successful Advocacy 101
ISSUP Global, in collaboration with Faces & Voices of Recovery, presents its webinar titled 'Returning to Basics: Successful Advocacy 101'
Returning to Basics: Successful Advocacy 101
ISSUP Global, in collaboration with Faces & Voices of Recovery, invites you to part 4 of its webinar series titled 'Returning to Basics: Successful Advocacy 101'
A Deeper Look into the Roots of Substance Use Disorders
Addiction is often seen through the lens of poor choices or lack of willpower, but this view oversimplifies what is, in reality, a highly complex mental health condition. Through my academic journey in addiction counseling, I’ve come to...
BENEFITS OF ALLY AND PEER COLLABORATIONS IN RECOVERY WORK
Recovery Allies and Peer Recovery Support Specialists are highly resourceful individuals who can work collaboratively through actions that align with recovery principles. By working together from a science-based position and incorporating...
Resources for Building Compassionate and Responsive Recovery Systems
Recovery is not a one-size-fits-all process—it is dynamic, multifaceted, and deeply individual. To truly support individuals on their recovery journey, practitioners must access tools, systems, and knowledge that reflect the realities of those they serve.