Recovery Conversations
Bring Gambling Concerns Into the Recovery Conversation
Gambling can affect recovery, money and relationships. Prepare a clear conversation with a clinician without waiting for a crisis or a label.
CARE & THE DAYS BETWEEN
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Recovery Planning
An Emergency Contact Is Not Blanket Permission to Share Your Care
Clarify the difference between an emergency contact, routine updates and permission to share treatment information, including who can explain local rules.
Health in Recovery
Routine Health Screening Belongs in the Recovery Conversation
Ask how routine screening, results and follow-up fit into recovery care, without assuming symptoms or substance-use history tell the whole story.
Coordinated Health Care
Make Room for Dental Care in a Recovery Plan
Include dental concerns in recovery care by sharing medication information, asking about pain plans and making the first appointment manageable.
Recovery Conversations
Pain Care and Recovery Belong in the Same Clinical Conversation
Discuss pain and recovery together with your care team, using a clear account of symptoms, existing treatment and concerns about the proposed plan.
Recovery Conversations
Ask Your Care Team About Tobacco Use During Recovery
Bring tobacco and nicotine use into the recovery-care conversation so support can be planned around your circumstances and treatment.
Family Conversations
Ask Before Turning Someone’s Recovery Milestone Into a Celebration
A recovery milestone can be meaningful without a public announcement. Ask what the person wants before planning a celebration or sharing their story.
Care Transitions
Missed a Treatment Appointment? Make the Next Call Easier
A missed visit does not have to become an unanswered week. Prepare a short message, contact the treatment team and ask what to do about the next step.
Care Transitions
Getting to Treatment Is Part of the Treatment Plan
Plan the journey, cost and return trip to addiction care, and ask the provider about access barriers before an appointment is missed.