Why a Supportive Living Environment is Vital for Addiction Recovery
author Jonathon Garner
Imagine waking up each morning feeling accepted, supported, and secure. With an estimated 20 million Americans struggling with addiction, the need for supportive environments is more critical than ever. A sense of stability and emotional security, a daily routine, and access to counseling services are but a few elements that make a supportive living environment crucial in the journey toward sobriety. In this article, we’ll explore why a supportive living environment is paramount for anyone undergoing addiction recovery.
I first heard about the Therapeutic Spiral decades ago when a colleague attended a workshop at an ASGPP conference led by this woman named Kate and her friend Mimi. They presented a thing called the TSIRA and used Barbie Dolls to illustrate the various roles. As my colleague explained what she had learned I began to see how this internal role map had significant application for the work we were doing in New Hampshire with adolescents, whether trauma survivors or not. I decided to learn more about this Therapeutic Spiral thing and the rest, as they say, as history.