This program is for adult males, including men, trans men, and nonbinary people who have a masculine experience of the world, who have substance use disorders.

Helping Men Recover: A Program for Treating Addiction (Helping Men Recover), a community-based, trauma-informed program, is designed to treat addiction and decrease substance use, raise awareness of experienced and perpetuated trauma, decrease post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma symptoms, and increase self-worth.

No peer-reviewed publications evaluating the effectiveness of this program were located.

Helping Men Recover focuses on the unique strengths and challenges that men face while in recovery from addiction. The program addresses the impact of male socialization on the recovery process, the relational needs of men, and experienced and perpetuated abuse and trauma. The program includes four modules that focus on key areas of men's recovery process:

• Module A: Self (5 sessions) – define the self, review principles of recovery, create a sense of self, understand emotions, consider relationships and feelings, explore communication and feelings;
• Module B: Relationships (7 sessions) – review family of origin and family roles; understand barriers to healthy relationships; discuss abuse, trauma, power, control, and interpersonal violence; consider mothers and fathers and their relationships with their children; develop healthy relationships and support systems; learn how to use healthy communication; create and maintain intimacy;
• Module C: Sexuality (4 sessions) – understand basic sexuality and the connections between sexuality, feelings, and addiction; consider sexual identity; review social messages about sexuality and gender; discuss barriers to sexual health; learn about healthy sexuality; and
• Module D: Spirituality (4 sessions) – define spirituality; understand power, privilege, and behaviors; develop resilience; create a vision for the future.

The program is delivered to groups of 6 to 12 men. Participants complete activities during each session and use a workbook and a journal to practice new skills and process their group experiences.

There is also a criminal justice version of this program. Please visit https://www.stephaniecovington.com/books/bookstore/helping-men-recover-a-program-for-treating-addiction-2nd-edition-criminal-justice/ to learn more.

Pilot tests of the program have been conducted at the River Ridge Treatment Center in Burnsville, Minnesota, and at Cooper Street Correctional Facility in Jackson, Michigan. Previous use beyond these pilot tests was not located.

This program is facilitated by drug and alcohol counselors; mental health professionals; or program administrators for outpatient, residential, and community-based treatment centers. On-site, off-site, and online training options are available. There is also a manual that describes how to implement the program. Please use details in the Contact section for more information on training and costs.

Considerations for implementing this program include recruiting a suitable facilitator and making arrangements for them to receive training, acquiring participant buy-in, locating space to hold sessions, obtaining any materials or supplies needed for sessions and activities completed during sessions, and ensuring the program is delivered with fidelity.

The Clearinghouse can help address these considerations. Please call 1-877-382-9185 or email Clearinghouse@psu.edu

If you are interested in implementing Helping Men Recover, the Clearinghouse is interested in helping you!
Please call 1-877-382-9185 or email Clearinghouse@psu.edu

The program consists of 21 2-hour sessions, and sessions may be delivered once or twice per week.

The second edition of the facilitator's guide and participant workbooks are available. The facilitator's guide plus one workbook costs $205, and one workbook costs $34.95. Please visit https://www.stephaniecovington.com/books/bookstore/helping-men-recover-a-program-for-treating-addiction-2nd-edition/ for more information on implementation materials and to purchase items.

To move Helping Men Recover to the Promising category on the Clearinghouse Continuum of Evidence, at least one evaluation should be performed demonstrating positive effects lasting at least one year from the beginning of the program or at least six months from program completion.

The Clearinghouse can help you develop an evaluation plan to ensure the program components are meeting your goals. Please call 1-877-382-9185 or email Clearinghouse@psu.edu

Contact the Clearinghouse with any questions regarding this program.
Phone: 1-877-382-9185 Email: Clearinghouse@psu.edu

You may also contact Stephanie Covington by mail 1201 Camino Del Mar, Suite 204, Del Mar, CA 92014, phone 1-858-454-8528, fax 1-858-454-8598, or visit https://www.stephaniecovington.com/contact/ or contact Dan Griffin by phone 1-424-254-9946, email dan@dangriffin.com, or visit https://dangriffin.com/contact/

https://www.cebc4cw.org/program/helping-men-recover-a-program-for-treating-addiction-hmr/detailed, https://www.stephaniecovington.com/books/bookstore/helping-men-recover-a-program-for-treating-addiction-2nd-edition/, and https://dangriffin.com/helping-men-recover-program-treating-addiction-complete-program/