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A Co A — A dual recovery intensive. Twelve steps worked through two lenses at once — the substance use in front of you, and the family system it grew out of.
Anger Spectrum — A 10-question self-assessment measuring how anger is operating in your life right now — from healthy clean anger that signals and informs, to chronic…
Challenge Summary — Challenge Summary on The Recovery Files. The Recovery Files transforms complex recovery concepts into accessible.
Fear Spectrum — A 10-question self-assessment measuring how fear is operating in your life right now — from working courage to chronic fear that runs your decisions.
Imposter Syndrome Spectrum — A 10-question self-assessment measuring the gap between your external evidence of competence and your internal experience of fraudulence — how often, and how…
Resentment Spectrum — A 10-question self-assessment measuring how resentment is operating in your life right now — from clean processing of hurt to chronic resentment that shapes…
Self Confidence Spectrum — A 10-question self-assessment measuring self-worth, self-trust, and inner relationship with yourself — how the voice in your head treats you, especially when…
About — This innovative app brings to life the transformative concepts from four essential recovery guides, creating a comprehensive digital ecosystem that supports…
Agnostic Approach — A secular pathway to recovery rooted in connection, reason, and personal responsibility — for those who find traditional spiritual framing a barrier.
Alanon Deep Dive — Where two programs meet one truth. A blended exploration of Al-Anon and Alcoholics Anonymous, for those touched by addiction on both sides of the equation.
Attachment Styles — How you bond with people is how you bond with substances. Explore your attachment style and what it means for your recovery and relationships.
Blog — Insights, tips and inspiration for your recovery journey, written by a substance use disorder clinician.
Daily Accountability — Step 10: Continued to take personal inventory and when wrong, promptly admitted it.
Deep Dive — Comprehensive recovery intensives that take one topic at a time and work it all the way through, with readings, self-assessments and worksheets.
Deep Dive Assessments — Self-discovery and evidence-based workshops. Short self-assessments that show where you are and what to work on next.
Disease Model — Five dimensions of how addiction works in the body and brain, explained in plain language for people in recovery and their families.
Experience Strength Hope — Twenty-five recovery narratives, each paired with a matched self-assessment. The story shows you the pattern from the inside; the assessment asks where it…
Family — Guides for parents, partners and loved ones of someone with a substance use disorder: what is happening, what helps, and how to look after yourself.
Family Program — A structured program for family members affected by a loved one’s addiction, covering boundaries, communication, codependency and healing.
Father Martin Deep Dives — Father Joseph Martin's classic chalk talks on alcoholism, worked through as guided readings, reflections and self-assessments.
Finding Purpose — Fifteen modules on meaning, direction, and what you want your life to be about. Each one has slides, an assessment, a worksheet, and a mind map.
Glossary — Every module, assessment, timeline, deep dive, challenge, journal, and tool — all in one place. Click any item to go directly to that page.
Halt — Learn the H.A.L.T. check-in used in recovery: notice when you are hungry, angry, lonely or tired before it turns into a craving or a relapse.
Home — The Recovery Files transforms complex recovery concepts into accessible, actionable guidance for individuals and their loved ones navigating substance use disorder recovery.
Interactive Worksheets — A library of interactive recovery worksheets for self-exploration. Fill them in on your phone and keep your answers.
Learn — Every recovery topic in one place: steps, relapse, emotions, family, spirituality and more, explained by a substance use disorder clinician.
Life Of Use Flash Cards — Flash cards for looking honestly at your history of use: what it gave, what it took and what you want instead.
Meditation — Seventy guided practices, sorted by what you need right now
Meeting Finder — Straight through to the official directories, then into your schedule
Modules — Structured, self-guided tools designed to help you navigate early recovery with clarity and build a solution-focused sobriety — one domain at a time.
NA Deep Dive — Work the Narcotics Anonymous twelve steps one at a time, with readings, reflections and self-assessments for each step.
Need Help — State and local addiction treatment resources for all 50 states, plus crisis lines. Find help near you today.
Report Problem — Report Problem on The Recovery Files. The Recovery Files transforms complex recovery concepts into accessible.
PAWS Journal — Post-acute withdrawal does not announce itself. This gives it a name and a pattern.
PDF Workbooks — A curated library of self-guided, printable workbooks covering recovery support topics and psychoeducational content — designed for all stages of recovery.
PDF Viewer — PDF Viewer on The Recovery Files. The Recovery Files transforms complex recovery concepts into accessible.
Periodic Table — Thirty-two substances across nine pharmacological classes, with mechanism, withdrawal profile, interactions, and recovery considerations for each.
Prayer Builder — Build a personal recovery prayer from words that fit your own spiritual journey, whatever your beliefs.
Professionals Program — Specialized recovery content for professionals navigating early sobriety
Recovery Capital — Assess and build your recovery foundation across six domains, and see where your recovery capital is strong and where it needs work.
Recovery Games — Interactive games and creative exercises for connection, reflection, and growth
Recovery Narratives — Real recovery stories of experience, strength and hope, each one paired with reflection questions.
Recovery Reconstruction — Structured deep work after a relapse or a discharge. Forty-four readings, slides, assessments and worksheets.
Recovery Songs — Music with messages of hope, recovery and resilience, gathered for people in recovery.
Reel Recovery — Movies about addiction and recovery, with the lessons each one teaches and questions to reflect on after watching.
Relapse Deep Dive — Eight modules on how relapse builds long before it happens, plus a thirty-day connection challenge.
Relapse Prevention — Relapse prevention tools for recovery: warning signs, triggers, and a plan you can use before a slip happens.
Relationships — How addiction affects relationships, and how to rebuild trust, set boundaries and connect again in recovery.
Resource Directory — A directory of recovery resources: helplines, support groups, treatment finders and organizations for people in recovery and families.
Resources — Topic studies on the core themes of recovery, each with slides, a reading, a self-assessment and a worksheet.
Sayings — Deep dives into time-tested recovery sayings like "One day at a time" and "This too shall pass": what they mean and how to use them.
Sobriety Resilience — For those with 1+ years of recovery who are ready to move beyond maintenance and into meaningful growth, transformation, and the fullest expression of who…
Spiritual Development — A journey, not a destination. Spiritual practices, prayers and challenges for recovery, open to every belief and none.
Step Working Guide — Seventy-nine topics across the Twelve Steps and the themes that run through them. Slides, an assessment and a worksheet for each.
Thirty Day Challenges — Thirty-day recovery challenges for prayer, meditation, honesty, meetings and connection. One small step a day.
Timelines — Interactive boards for seeing the full picture of your journey - how addiction developed, progressed, and touched every corner of your life.
Tools — Recovery tools in one place: trackers, worksheets, assessments, journals and planners for every stage of recovery.
Topic Generator — Hundreds of topics for recovery meetings, group sessions and personal reflection.
Treatment Plan Builder — Recovery is not linear. Build your own recovery plan with goals, supports and next steps.
Trigger Alert System — Know your triggers and stay ahead of them. Map the people, places and feelings that put your recovery at risk.
Twelve Step Deep Dive — The twelve steps read twice — once as they were written, once in plain terms. Built for anyone who wants the mechanism behind the language.
Twelve Steps — The twelve steps of recovery explained one at a time, in plain language, with ways to start working each step.
Twelve Steps Backward Forward — A library of interactive recovery worksheets for self-exploration. Fill them in on your phone and keep your answers.
Videos — Talks, chalk talks, documentaries and meeting recordings, gathered in one place
Wired To Use — Understanding the neurological connection between ADHD and substance use disorder — and designing recovery for the brain you actually have.
Dis Ease Addiction10 Day — Seven Dimensions of Internal Conflict Underneath Addiction. A 10-day program of readings, a self-assessment and daily exercises.