Addiction & Recovery Worksheets
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15 worksheets available. Free to browse, read, and print.
Building Your Recovery Safety Net
A structured guide to identifying warning signs and strengthening sobriety
Envisioning Two Futures
Comparing the Impact of Continued Use vs. Recovery Across Life Areas
Exploring Your Relationship with Substance Use
Guided Reflection Prompts for Recovery Conversations
Gambling Disorder: When the Odds Are Stacked Against You
Recognizing problem gambling, understanding its impact, and finding a path to recovery
Mapping Your Relapse Triggers
Identifying the people, places, and things that activate cravings and developing a proactive avoidance plan
My Recovery Action Plan
A personal plan for coping skills, support, and motivation in recovery
Readiness for Change Planner
Mapping your position in the change process
Readiness for Change: A Motivational Interviewing Guide
Exploring ambivalence and building internal motivation for substance use recovery
Recognizing My High-Risk Situations
Mapping triggers and building a proactive relapse prevention plan
Recovery Coping Toolkit
Evidence-based strategies for sustaining addiction recovery
Relapse Prevention Strategies
Evidence-based tools for sustaining recovery from substance use
Relapse Triggers and Protective Coping Strategies
Building awareness of high-risk situations in addiction recovery
Substance Use Patterns and Impact Inventory
A structured self-assessment of substance use history, frequency, and functional consequences
Understanding Substance Use Disorder
The science of addiction, warning signs, and pathways to recovery
Understanding the Origins of Bipolar Disorder
Genetic, Biological, and Environmental Contributors to Mood Dysregulation
Free Addiction & Recovery treatment manuals
Complete open-access protocols from sources like SAMHSA, the VA, WHO, and RAND that pair with the worksheets above. Each one links to the official source and states its license, free and legal to use.
Anger Management CBT Manual
A 12-week cognitive behavioral group protocol for treating anger problems in adults with substance use or mental health conditions, written by Reilly and Shopshire for SAMHSA. Each session gives the group leader suggested remarks, exercises, and homework, covering anger cues and triggers, anger control plans, the aggression cycle, A-B-C-D cognitive restructuring, assertiveness, and conflict resolution.
TIP 57: Trauma-Informed Care
SAMHSA's consensus guide to delivering trauma-informed care in mental health and addiction treatment settings. Part 1 gives clinicians concrete guidance on screening, assessment, and trauma-specific interventions; Part 2 shows administrators how to build a trauma-informed organization and workforce.
Matrix Model IOP Counselor's Manual
The counselor manual for the Matrix Model, a structured 16-week intensive outpatient program for people dependent on stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine. It gives session-by-session talking points, handouts, and protocols for early recovery skills, relapse prevention, family education, and social support groups.
TIP 35: Enhancing Motivation for Change
SAMHSA's flagship guideline for using motivational interviewing and the stages of change model in addiction treatment. It walks counselors through building rapport, handling ambivalence, drawing out change talk, and matching interventions to a client's readiness, from precontemplation through relapse.
Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) Manual
The original therapist manual for Motivational Enhancement Therapy, written by William Miller and colleagues for Project MATCH, the large NIAAA trial that compared three treatments for alcohol problems. It lays out a four-session MET protocol built on motivational interviewing and structured personal feedback, with session-by-session instructions, sample therapist language, and guidance for handling resistance and involving a significant other.
CBT Coping Skills Therapy Manual
The CBT treatment arm manual from Project MATCH, the largest clinical trial of alcohol treatments ever run in the United States. It walks therapists through 12 structured sessions of coping skills training for alcohol use disorder, including managing cravings, drink refusal, problem solving, anger, and planning for high-risk relapse situations.
More Addiction & Recovery manuals: Twelve Step Facilitation Therapy Manual, CBT for Cocaine Addiction (NIDA Manual 1), TIP 41: Group Therapy, TIP 42: Co-Occurring Disorders, TIP 48: Depression in Early Recovery, Brief Counseling for Marijuana Dependence, mhGAP Intervention Guide, BRIGHT Group CBT Leader's Manual.