Understanding Recovery Capital
Building Capacity for Recovery
Increasing people's recovery capital is at the core purpose of recovery community centers. As we offer services, encouragement, and information, we help people be more likely to maintain their recovery. On this page, you'll find resources to increase your understanding the the important concept of recovery capital.
On this page, you’ll find one of our self-paced trainings called "Understanding Recovery Capital”. This training explains the concept of recovery capital. It also discussed how RCCs can measure it with the BARC-10. During the interactive training, you will also have an opportunity to review several of the resources included on this page. You can either explore the training by clicking the hyperlinked title or the preview image to open the training in a separate webpage.
Beyond the training, you’ll find additional resources that discuss recovery capital. You can find the resources on this topic and a description of each item in the list below. You can click on the title of the resource to jump down to it on the page, or simply scroll down to see previews of each resource.
Available Resources
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Interactive Training
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Articles and Blogs
This interactive training focuses on the concept of recovery capital. It also explains how recovery capital can be measured with the BARC-10. The training module is self-paced (meaning you can complete it anytime and at your own pace), and it typically takes 15-20 minutes for participants to complete. To get started with the training, you can click on the title or on the preview image to open it in a separate window.
Videos
In this article, you can learn more about how recovery capital interacts with peer-based recovery services, as well as how to integrate them in your RCC.
Articles and Blogs
In this article, you can learn more about how recovery capital interacts with peer-based recovery services, as well as how to integrate them in your RCC.
What is recovery capital, and how do you really measure it for yourself? In this article, you can learn a little more about the core tenets of recovery capital.
We invite you to review this scientific article on recovery capital. This article can be used to gain a better understanding of the concept, or as data evidence.
This resource from Faces and Voices of Recovery discusses what recovery capital is, and how it should pertain to those who are professionals in the addiction recovery space.
What is recovery capital, and what might it look like? This resource answers some of those questions and provides a scale for measuring recovery capital.
CCAR offers this worksheet as an additional option for a person to assess their own recovery capital. This resource pairs well with the Recovery Capital Planning Sheet.
Recovery capital is a combination of all the resources that help people maintain their recovery. This graphic made by Master Recovery Coach, Art Woodard, puts them into three categories.
This worksheet provides a natural next step for someone who has just done a self-assessment of their own recovery capital. This planning sheet helps people set goals and plan to achieve them.