Relapse Prevention & Recovery Skills
A personal recovery risk assessment organizes individual vulnerabilities, warning signs, protective factors, and response plans before a crisis develops.
Risk changes over time. A person may be stable in one environment and vulnerable in another. Regular assessment helps identify what is changing and what level of support is appropriate without treating risk as shame or failure.
Track frequency, intensity, duration, and access to substances.
Housing, relationships, work, pain, medication, grief, and legal stress can shift risk.
Isolation, secrecy, missed treatment, dishonesty, and testing boundaries.
Hopelessness, resentment, anxiety, numbness, shame, or overconfidence.
Treatment, housing, medication, connection, purpose, routines, and accountability.
Match the plan to risk: coping, contact, urgent evaluation, or emergency help.
Relapse prevention becomes stronger when insight is turned into a specific plan that can be used during stress, cravings, or uncertainty.
High relapse risk, suicidal thoughts, severe withdrawal, overdose danger, or inability to remain safe requires immediate professional or emergency support.
Informally each day and more thoroughly during transitions, rising cravings, major stress, or changes in treatment.
No. It signals that stronger protections and support are needed now.
Treatment professionals, recovery supports, medical providers, and trusted loved ones can add perspective and help activate the plan.
Alpine Recovery Lodge helps adults recognize risks, strengthen coping skills, and create practical plans for continued recovery.
Alpine Recovery Lodge
1018 E Oakhill Dr
Alpine, UT 84004
