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Compass Form

The document discusses the complexities of recovery, emphasizing that it's normal to feel a mix of readiness, fear, and uncertainty when leaving treatment. It introduces the Compass Drawing as a tool to acknowledge various emotions and truths, helping individuals recognize their strengths and support systems while navigating their journey. The message encourages staying connected to one's values and seeking help when needed, reinforcing that recovery is about honoring one's experiences and maintaining a sense of direction.

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Compass Form

The document discusses the complexities of recovery, emphasizing that it's normal to feel a mix of readiness, fear, and uncertainty when leaving treatment. It introduces the Compass Drawing as a tool to acknowledge various emotions and truths, helping individuals recognize their strengths and support systems while navigating their journey. The message encourages staying connected to one's values and seeking help when needed, reinforcing that recovery is about honoring one's experiences and maintaining a sense of direction.

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What I Feel Ready For

Dreams, strengths, insights, or small wins


you feel proud of or capable of carrying
forward.

What Is Grounding Me What I Still Need


People, practices, values, memories, or Support systems, inner qualities,
moments from treatment that offer resources, healing, structure,
stability and meaning. connection, safety.

What I’m Scared Of


Fears, doubts, or insecurities about
leaving treatment, facing the outside
world, or failing.
Finding Direction In Uncertainty
In recovery, we don’t always feel ready. Sometimes we feel brave and
grounded. Other times we feel overwhelmed, unsteady, or scared to move
forward. The Compass Drawing is a way to name all of that, not to force an
answer, but to honor the truth.

A compass doesn’t tell you when to move. It doesn’t force you into action.
It simply orients you. It shows you where you are and what direction exists
around you, even if the path ahead is still unclear.

The compass has four directions, but within each of us, there may be many
more: the part that hopes, the part that doubts, the part that’s grieving, the
part that’s growing. This activity helps you recognize those parts and let
them all speak. In recovery, holding many truths at once is not weakness,
it’s wisdom. You can feel proud and scared. You can be clear on some things
and confused about others. You can carry strength and still need support.
All of it belongs.

If you don’t feel fully ready to continue your journey after treatment, that’s
okay. You’re not alone. Readiness is not about feeling confident all the time,
it’s about being willing to stay in relationship with your values, your tools,
your truth. Sometimes, taking the next step simply means asking for help,
reaching out to someone safe, or reminding yourself that you can return to
your compass, again and again.

As you move through this activity, notice what direction feels easiest, and
which feels hard to name. Let the drawing reflect your honesty, not your
performance. When you leave treatment, you don’t need to have everything
figured out. You only need to stay connected to yourself, and to what
steadies you when you forget who you are.

You are not walking into the unknown empty-handed. You carry wisdom
from your pain, support from your peers, and insight from every moment
you stayed. Let your compass show you not just where you’re going,
but who you are as you go.

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