Long-term recovery
Stay well as life changes
Years into recovery, work, relationships and your reasons for staying sober may change. Find guides about maintaining recovery, making plans and trying new interests.
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How can I decide what deserves more or less of my time now?
Your days may be full of commitments that made sense before but no longer fit what you need.
Read the guideReading selected for long-term recovery. Choose a section below to find guides and related topics.
Work and relationships.
A new job, a changing relationship or a need for new friends can raise questions about how recovery fits into your life. Browse the related reading below.
Guide · 3 min read
How can I choose the next practical step with work?
You may have a long list of work tasks and still feel unable to move toward a job.
Guide · 3 min read
How can I have one clearer conversation about a practical problem?
You need to discuss a ride, bill or household task, but the conversation may carry a much older argument into the room.
Guide · 4 min read
How can I make room for connection when I do not know where to begin?
You want company, but not knowing whom to ask can make even an open evening feel difficult.
Have something to look forward to.
An open afternoon or a project you have been curious about. Explore the time, space and cost before deciding what fits your life.
Guide · 4 min read
How can I choose something to do with an open afternoon?
You have an open afternoon and may feel pressure to make good use of it before you even know what you want.
Project · 4 min read
How can I plan a small garden before buying anything?
Choose one possible growing spot, learn what its light and access can support, and price one suitable plant setup.
Project · 4 min read
Is a backyard chicken project workable for my everyday life?
Decide whether you can legally keep chickens at the property and provide their daily care, suitable housing and ongoing costs before buying birds or a coop.
Project · 4 min read
How can I organize one evening meal without making it a large project?
Choose a meal that fits the people eating, the food available and the equipment and energy you have tonight.
What matters to you now?
Explore questions about purpose, faith, interests and helping other people, however long you have been sober.
Guide · 4 min read
How can ordinary commitments help me understand what matters to me?
You may want your days to mean more while feeling unsure what deserves your attention.
Guide · 5 min read
How can I explore meaning, faith or a secular practice on my own terms?
You may be looking for somewhere to belong, something to believe or a way to sit with questions you have avoided.
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