Recovery is the foundation.
It isn't always enough.

When loss, grief, and change arrive (and they will), even a strong recovery can be put under strain. The Recovery Safety Netâ„¢ helps people build the support they can reach for when life becomes difficult.

A Unique Approach to Relapse Prevention

Illuminating Recovery Instituteâ„¢ presents a unique approach to relapse prevention that prepares professionals and organizations to address what happens when loss, change, and grief put recovery under strain.

Developed by Dr. NoerĂ©na Abookire, the Recovery Safety Netâ„¢ brings together three essential areas of healing: Recovery Practices, Spiritual Action, and Knowledge of Grief.

Recovery practices provide the foundation. Spiritual Action helps people identify the personal beliefs, values, meaning, and practices they can put into action. Knowledge and language of grief help people understand their experiences of loss and change as they protect their recovery.

Together, these three categories help people build a personalized Recovery Safety Netâ„¢ they can reach for when life becomes difficult.

The Recovery Safety Netâ„¢

Developed by Dr. Noe, the Recovery Safety Netâ„¢ weaves together three essential threads that help strengthen recovery when life brings unavoidable loss, change, and grief.

Recovery provides the foundation.

The practices, principles, supports, and go-to actions people already rely on to sustain their recovery.

Spiritual Action provides meaning and direction.

Personal beliefs, values, meaning, and practices that can be put into action when life becomes difficult.

Knowledge of Grief provides the understanding.

The knowledge and language to recognize loss, change, and grief, and respond without putting recovery at greater risk.

Woven together, the three threads of the Recovery Safety Netâ„¢ create something worth holding onto.