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Recovery Capital is an evidence-based concept that refers to the broad range of personal and external assets available to individuals that help in not only starting but sustaining their recovery. It is often categorized into various types, including:

• Personal Recovery Capital: The individual's skills, health, aspirations, values, and knowledge. It encompasses mental and physical health, personal competencies, resilience, and coping strategies.
• Social Recovery Capital: This involves support systems and networks available to the individual, including relationships with family, friends, peers in recovery, and the larger community. Social capital provides emotional and practical support through connections with people who are supportive of each other on their recovery journeys.
• Community Recovery Capital: This refers to the availability and accessibility of resources within the community that support recovery, including treatment and recovery services, recovery-oriented systems of care, educational and employment opportunities, and safe, stable housing.
• Cultural Recovery Capital: This involves the values, beliefs, and norms within a person's culture that support recovery. It includes a sense of belonging to a community with shared experiences and values that reinforce recovery behaviors.

The concept of Recovery Capital is holistic and acknowledges that recovery is not solely about abstaining from substance use but involves building a fulfilling, meaningful life. By assessing an individual's Recovery Capital, treatment providers can tailor interventions to strengthen these resources, address gaps, and support a more robust and resilient recovery process. 

The more Recovery Capital an individual has, the better their chances of achieving and maintaining recovery.