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Getting back to work

Name your strengths, choose work that fits your recovery, and practice how you'll explain a gap in your work history.

About 20 minutes · 8 questionsVocational recovery
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Work, housing & life admin~20 minVocational recovery

Getting back to work

Name your strengths, choose work that fits your recovery, and practice how you'll explain a gap in your work history.

Why this helps

Work brings structure, income, purpose and connection — all strongly linked with staying in recovery. Planning for recovery-friendly work, and having a short, honest answer about gaps, makes the search much less intimidating.

1. Skills and experience I have — paid or not

2. Strengths other people see in me

3. What I need from a job right now

Check any that apply

  • Steady daytime hours
  • Time for meetings and appointments
  • No alcohol or betting at work
  • Lower stress while I'm early in recovery
  • Room to grow
  • Working with my hands
  • Working with people
  • Close to transit

4. Jobs or settings that could put my recovery at risk

5. My short, honest answer about a gap in my work history

"I took time to deal with a health issue. It's behind me, and I'm ready to work — here's what I've been doing…"

6. Who I'd tell about my recovery at work, if anyone — and why

What you share is up to you. In the U.S., some laws protect people in recovery; a legal aid office or workforce center can explain your rights.

7. Help I'll use (workforce center, staffing agency, second-chance employers, recovery home staff)

8. This week's job-search steps

From the Workbook on Amity Connect, via RecoveryHome.comFor reflection and practice — not a diagnosis or a substitute for professional care. In crisis, call or text 988.amityconnect.com/app/workbook/job-search
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About this worksheet
It comes from the Amity Connect workbook, built by the same team as RecoveryHome, and is free to print and share. It's for reflection and practice — not a diagnosis, and not a substitute for professional care. Content is never written or edited by advertisers. If you're in crisis, call or text 988.

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