BUILD — The Detailed Curriculum & Workbook

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Syllabus

Course Information

Everything a student — or a facilitator — needs before Day 31.

Field	Detail
Course code & title	RGR-201 · BUILD — The Working Skills of Recovery
Duration & load	Days 31–60 · 4 instructional units · ≈ 30 contact hours (≈ 1 hr/day: reading, workshop, journaling, meetings, partner/group time)
Format	Instructor-led (one 90-min group session/week, 6–12 participants) OR self-led (three weekly blocks + daily practice with an accountability partner)
Prerequisites	RGR-101 · STABILIZE passed: goals logging daily, journal habit real, plan snapshot complete. Bring your Trigger Margin inventory from Exercise 4.1.
Required materials	REBOOT study guides: Support Network · Managing Triggers · Managing Cravings · Healthy Habits — plus your STABILIZE journal, worksheets, and the FOCUS Framework guide
Goal load	Expands from 1–2 to 3–4 active FOCUS goals this month — never more than ONE new goal in any week, and every new goal scores 8+ before it starts
Crisis policy	This course is educational, not clinical. In crisis, stop coursework: call/text 988, call SAMHSA 1-800-662-HELP (4357), or 911. Coursework resumes when you're safe.

Learning objectives — by Day 60 the student can:

LO-1 — Map their circles of support with real names and contact details, attend at least two support meetings per week, and complete the first three outreach calls.
LO-2 — Produce a personal trigger map — internal and external triggers, intensity-rated — and run the four-step trigger response from memory.
LO-3 — Build and carry a craving plan card, apply at least three craving techniques on real cravings, and log which worked.
LO-4 — Run the five-habit weekly tracker (meals, movement, sleep, mindfulness, connection) for 7 consecutive days, and add one habit goal to the FOCUS portfolio scored 8+.
LO-5 — Manage a 3–4 goal portfolio through weekly reviews — re-scoring, recalibrating, and never adding more than one new goal per week.

Completion & assessment

Component	Weight	Passing standard
Weekly checkpoints (4)	40%	All four checkpoint boxes verified by facilitator or partner
Worksheet portfolio (7 worksheets)	25%	Complete, carried where required (craving card), brought to session/call
Daily journal, goal logs & meeting attendance	25%	≥ 24 of 30 days logged; ≥ 8 meetings attended across the month
60-Day Gate review	10%	Full FOCUS Check on the whole portfolio + month-in-review reflection
To pass	—	≥ 80% overall and no checkpoint skipped. Pass/continue, never fail — a hard week is data, not a verdict.

Map

Days 31–60 at a Glance

One core task per day. Miss a day? Log it as data and continue — never restart.

Day	Unit	Core task
31	U1	Read Support Network guide §1–2 · journal + goal logs (as every day)
32	U1	Complete Worksheet 1A — Circles of Support map, real names & numbers
33	U1	Attend meeting #1 · log it on Worksheet 1B
34	U1	Exercise 1.1 — The Three Calls: make call #1
35	U1	Calls #2 and #3 · update the map with what you learned
36	U1	Session 1 / Partner call · present your network map
37	U1	Checkpoint 1 · attend meeting #2 this week if not yet done
38	U2	Read Managing Triggers guide · pull out your STABILIZE Trigger Margin
39	U2	Worksheet 2A — draft the trigger map: external triggers first
40	U2	Worksheet 2A — add internal triggers (feelings, thoughts, states)
41	U2	Exercise 2.1 — rate every trigger's intensity 1–5; mark the top three
42	U2	Learn the four-step response (Worksheet 2B) · rehearse aloud twice
43	U2	Session 2 / Partner call · walk your top-three triggers & responses
44	U2	Checkpoint 2 · cross-check one week of journal entries into the map
45	U3	Read Managing Cravings guide · journal the last craving you remember
46	U3	Worksheet 3A — build your Craving Plan Card, technique by technique
47	U3	Exercise 3.1 — the 15-Minute Delay drill (real or rehearsed)
48	U3	Carry the card all day · log any craving on Worksheet 3B
49	U3	Practice one breathing + one distraction technique · log both
50	U3	Session 3 / Partner call · trade what's working; refine the card
51	U3	Checkpoint 3 · card complete, carried, and used at least once
52	U4	Read Healthy Habits guide · pick your five tracker habits
53	U4	Start the tracker (Worksheet 4A) · aim: 4+ boxes today
54	U4	Tracker + Exercise 4.1 — design one habit stack (anchor + new habit)
55	U4	Tracker · draft the habit goal in the Goal Builder
56	U4	Tracker · score the habit goal 8+ · add it to the portfolio (max 4)
57	U4	Session 4 / Partner call · tracker review + portfolio check
58	U4	Tracker · full Weekly Check-In on all 3–4 goals
59	U4	Tracker · prep the Gate: gather worksheets, card, map, tracker
60	GATE	The 60-Day Gate (Worksheet 4B) · mark the 2-month milestone · celebrate

Unit 1

Your People — Days 31–37

No one recovers alone — build the circles on purpose.

Unit objectives

Map all four circles of support — family & friends, professionals, peer groups, sober/structured living — with real names and contact details (LO-1).
Attend at least two support meetings this week, in person or online, and log them (LO-1).
Complete the first three outreach calls from the map (LO-1).
Keep the STABILIZE goals logging daily — BUILD adds, it never replaces.

Session 1 · timed agenda (instructor-led) — self-led students mirror with Read 45 / Workshop 30 / Partner call 30

Min	Segment	Facilitator notes
10	Check-in circle	One win, one hard moment, days count — plus one name: who showed up for you this month?
10	Scores go-round	Full FOCUS scores resume — every member, every goal, every week from here on.
25	Teach	Walk the Support Network guide: the four circles, what each is for, and why acquaintance-level support fails at 2 a.m.
20	Discussion	Prompt: “Which circle is thinnest for you — and what happened the last time you needed it?”
20	Workshop	Members complete Worksheet 1A with real names and numbers. No initials, no 'someone from group.'
5	Commit & close	Each member names their two meetings and their first call — with days attached.

Exercise 1.1

The Three Calls· 3 × 10–15 min across three days

Purpose — A support map is theory until you dial it. Three calls this week turn names into a network.

Step 1. From Worksheet 1A, pick three people: one green from STABILIZE (warm-up), one professional or peer-group contact, and one person you've been meaning to loop in.

Step 2. Before each call, write one sentence: what you want them to know, and what you're asking for (a standing check-in, a meeting companion, nothing but awareness — all valid).

Step 3. Make the call. If voicemail, leave the sentence. Text-first is allowed for call #3 only — one of the three must be your actual voice.

Step 4. After each call, log on Worksheet 1B: who, what you asked, what they said, and how it felt on a 1–10.

Deliverable — Three logged calls, and at least one new standing arrangement (check-in, meeting companion, or weekly call slot).

WS 1A

Circles of Support — The Map

Real names, real numbers. If a circle is empty, that's this month's work, not a failure.

Circle	Name	Contact	What I'll ask of them
Family / friends
Family / friends
Professional
Peer group / sponsor
Peer group / meeting
Sober / structured living

My thinnest circle, and one step to thicken it:

WS 1B

Meeting & Outreach Log

Two meetings minimum this week. Every call logged — including the awkward ones.

Meetings

Date	Meeting / format	One takeaway

The Three Calls

Who	What I asked	What they said	Felt (1–10)

Unit 1 homework & checkpoint

Homework	Est. time	Due
Read: Developing a Support Network (full)	90 min across the week	Day 36
Worksheet 1A — Circles of Support, complete with contacts	40 min	Day 32
Attend two support meetings; log on Worksheet 1B	2 × 60–90 min	Day 37
Exercise 1.1 — The Three Calls, logged	45 min total	Day 35
Journal + goal logs daily (STABILIZE goals continue)	15 min/day	Every day

CHECKPOINT 1 ☐ Network map complete with real contacts · two meetings attended · first three calls made · daily logs unbroken.

Unit 2

Know Your Triggers — Days 38–44

You can't manage what you haven't mapped.

Unit objectives

Build a personal trigger map: external triggers (people, places, times, situations) and internal ones (feelings, thoughts, body states) (LO-2).
Rate every trigger's intensity 1–5 and identify the top three (LO-2).
Learn and rehearse the four-step trigger response until it runs from memory (LO-2).
Cross-check the map against your real journal — the month of data you already own.

Session 2 · timed agenda

Min	Segment	Facilitator notes
10	Check-in circle	One win, one hard moment, days count.
10	Scores go-round	Members also report meetings attended — the new normal.
25	Teach	External vs. internal triggers; the intensity scale; then the four-step response: Name it → Move (change the scene) → Reach (use the map) → Log it.
20	Discussion	Prompt: “Bring your top trigger. What's the earliest moment you could catch it — before it's a craving?”
20	Workshop	Pairs walk each other's top-three triggers and rehearse the four-step response aloud, twice each.
5	Commit & close	Each member commits the week's goal: log every trigger — time, place, what I did next.

Exercise 2.1

The Intensity Pass· 25 min, solo

Purpose — A trigger map without intensities treats a stressful song and a dangerous street corner the same. This pass adds the numbers that set your priorities.

Step 1. With Worksheet 2A drafted, rate every trigger 1–5: 1 = noticeable, 3 = pulls at me, 5 = has led me to use before.

Step 2. Mark the top three by intensity. For each, note the earliest warning sign — the first physical or mental flicker that it's starting.

Step 3. For each top-three trigger, decide the avoid/manage split: is this one to engineer out of my week (avoid), or to meet with the four-step response (manage)?

Step 4. Bring the top three to Session 2 / your partner call and rehearse the response against each, aloud.

Deliverable — A prioritized trigger map: every trigger rated, top three flagged with earliest warning signs and an avoid-or-manage decision.

WS 2A

My Trigger Map

External and internal. Be specific — 'stress' is a category; 'Sunday night before the Monday meeting' is a trigger.

External — people, places, times, situations

Trigger	Intensity 1–5	Avoid / manage

Internal — feelings, thoughts, body states

Trigger	Intensity 1–5	Earliest warning sign

WS 2B

The Four-Step Response Card

Rehearse aloud until it runs without the card. Then keep the card anyway.

1 · NAME IT — say it plainly, out loud if you can: “This is my ______ trigger.” Naming interrupts autopilot.
2 · MOVE — change the scene within 90 seconds — another room, outside, water on your face. Break the setting.
3 · REACH — use the map: text or call one name from Worksheet 1A. Say what's happening. You are not asking to be saved; you're refusing to be alone.
4 · LOG IT — tonight, in the journal: trigger, intensity, what you did, what happened next. Every log makes the map smarter.

My top trigger & my rehearsed first sentence to my reach-person:

Unit 2 homework & checkpoint

Homework	Est. time	Due
Read: Managing Your Triggers (full)	90 min across the week	Day 43
Worksheet 2A — full trigger map, both halves	50 min	Day 40
Exercise 2.1 — The Intensity Pass	25 min	Day 41
Rehearse the four-step response aloud, twice (Worksheet 2B)	15 min	Day 42
Cross-check one week of journal entries; add every trigger they reveal to the map	20 min	Day 44
Journal + goal logs daily; log every live trigger this week	15 min/day	Every day

CHECKPOINT 2 ☐ Trigger map drafted and intensity-rated · four-step response rehearsed aloud · journal cross-check done · live triggers logged all week.

Unit 3

Ride the Cravings — Days 45–51

A craving is a wave: it rises, peaks, and passes — whether or not you use.

Unit objectives

Build a personal Craving Plan Card and carry it every day this week (LO-3).
Practice the 15-minute delay, one breathing technique, and one distraction technique on real or rehearsed cravings (LO-3).
Log every craving: intensity, technique used, and whether it worked (LO-3).
Pair every technique with a person — the toolkit ends with a name, never just a tactic.

Session 3 · timed agenda

Min	Segment	Facilitator notes
10	Check-in circle	One win, one hard moment, days count.
10	Scores go-round	Include craving logs: how many, hardest one, what worked.
25	Teach	The wave model — rise, peak (usually minutes, not hours), fall. Then the toolkit: delay, breathe, distract, move, reach. Technique + person, always.
20	Discussion	Prompt: “Describe your last craving like a weather report — where did it start, how long did it peak?” Externalizing reduces shame.
20	Workshop	Members build/refine the Craving Plan Card and trade one working technique with a partner.
5	Commit & close	Each member commits: use a toolkit technique on every craving this week and log which worked.

Exercise 3.1

The 15-Minute Delay Drill· 15–20 min, once for real or rehearsed

Purpose — The delay works because cravings peak and pass faster than they promise. Practicing on a calm day builds the muscle before the storm.

Step 1. Choose the moment: a real craving if one arrives this week, otherwise rehearse with a vivid memory of your last one.

Step 2. Start a 15-minute timer and say aloud: “I can decide in 15 minutes. Right now I'm doing something else.”

Step 3. Fill the 15 minutes with one pre-chosen action from your card — walk, shower, call, chore. Not deciding IS the technique.

Step 4. When the timer ends, rate the craving again 0–10. Log both numbers on Worksheet 3B — the before and after IS the lesson.

Step 5. Journal one line: what the wave did while you weren't watching it.

Deliverable — One completed delay drill with before/after intensity logged — evidence, in your own numbers, that waves pass.

WS 3A

My Craving Plan Card

Fill it in, photograph it, carry it. In the moment you won't invent a plan — you'll read one.

When a craving hits, I will first:

Delay — my 15-minute activity:

Breathe — my technique (e.g., 4-4-8 × 5 rounds):

Distract — my go-to (place, task, playlist):

Move — my scene change:

Reach — my first call: …and my backup:

If intensity hits 9–10 and won't pass: call my green contact, then 988 if I'm unsafe. The card ends with people, not willpower.

WS 3B

Craving Log

Every craving, every time — including the ones that won. A logged lapse is data; an unlogged one is a secret.

Date	Intensity 0–10	Technique used	After 0–10	Worked?

Pattern I notice across the week:

Unit 3 homework & checkpoint

Homework	Est. time	Due
Read: Managing Your Cravings (full)	90 min across the week	Day 50
Worksheet 3A — Craving Plan Card built, photographed, carried daily	30 min + carry	Day 46 →
Exercise 3.1 — the 15-Minute Delay drill, logged	20 min	Day 47
Practice one breathing + one distraction technique; log both	20 min	Day 49
Worksheet 3B — every craving logged, before/after intensities	ongoing	Every day

CHECKPOINT 3 ☐ Craving card complete and carried · delay drill practiced and logged · toolkit used on every craving this week · craving log current.

Unit 4

Habits That Carry You — Days 52–60

Willpower is a battery; habits are the charger.

Unit objectives

Choose and run five daily health habits — meals, movement, sleep, mindfulness, connection — on the weekly tracker, 7 consecutive days (LO-4).
Design one habit stack: anchor an easy new habit to something you already do daily (LO-4).
Add ONE habit goal to the FOCUS portfolio — drafted, scored 8+, committed aloud — for a max of 4 active goals (LO-4, LO-5).
Pass the 60-Day Gate: full portfolio FOCUS Check, all four skills verified, milestone marked.

Session 4 · timed agenda

Min	Segment	Facilitator notes
10	Check-in circle	One win, one hard moment, days count.
10	Scores go-round	Full portfolio scores + tracker box-counts.
25	Teach	The five habit domains and why they're relapse infrastructure: sleep debt and skipped meals lower the price of a craving. Then habit stacking: after-I-X-I-will-Y.
20	Discussion	Prompt: “Which habit domain collapsed first in your using days — and which repairs fastest now?”
20	Workshop	Members finalize the habit goal in the Goal Builder, score it in pairs, and check the portfolio: max 4, all 8+.
5	Commit & close	Members name their Gate day and their 60-day celebration.

Exercise 4.1

The Habit Stack· 20 min, solo

Purpose — New habits fail when they need new willpower. Stacked habits borrow the momentum of something you already never skip.

Step 1. List five things you already do every single day without deciding (coffee, shower, lock the door, brush teeth, drive home).

Step 2. Pick the weakest of your five tracker domains. Choose a 2-minute starter version of it (one glass of water = meals; 10 breaths = mindfulness; text one person = connection).

Step 3. Write the stack sentence: “After I [anchor], I will [2-minute habit].” Say it aloud. Post it where the anchor happens.

Step 4. Run it for the rest of the course. Track it as one of your daily tracker boxes. If it fails two days running, shrink the habit — never the anchor.

Deliverable — One posted habit-stack sentence, running daily on the tracker — the seed of your habit goal.

WS 4A

The Weekly Habit Tracker

Five domains × seven days. Four or more boxes a day is a win; a missed day is data.

Habit	M	T	W	T	F	S	S
Meals — 3 real ones
Movement — 20+ min
Sleep — 7+ hrs / set bedtime
Mindfulness — 5+ min
Connection — one real contact

My habit-stack sentence (Exercise 4.1):

My habit goal (from the Goal Builder), scored /10:

WS 4B

The 60-Day Gate — Final Review

Complete on Day 60 with your partner, group, or facilitator. Bring the whole toolkit.

☐ Full FOCUS Check on the entire portfolio (3–4 goals) — anything under 8 recalibrated
☐ Support network map current · at least 8 meetings attended this month · three calls made
☐ Trigger map complete with intensities · four-step response runs from memory
☐ Craving card carried · craving log current · delay drill evidence in the journal
☐ Habit tracker: 7 consecutive days complete · habit goal active and scored 8+
☐ 2-month milestone marked on the tracker — and celebrated deliberately

The skill from this month I trust most under pressure:

My readiness for EXPAND (lifestyle · relapse prevention · long-term): YES / NOT YET, because

Student signature: Facilitator / partner:

Final

The Reflection — Month Two, in Writing

One page, three prompts, witnessed — not graded.

On Day 60, after the Gate, write one page (250–400 words) responding to all three prompts. Read it to your partner, group, or facilitator.

Prompt 1 — Compare a craving from early this month with one from this week. What did the toolkit change — in the craving, or in you?
Prompt 2 — Who on your support map surprised you — in either direction — and what did that teach you about asking?
Prompt 3 — EXPAND builds the life that makes relapse unnecessary: lifestyle, storm-proofing, long-term monitoring. What life are you starting to want back — or want for the first time?

Workbook

The Days 31–60 Workbook

One entry per day. Write in the book — that's what it's for. Miss a day? Log it as data and keep going.

How to use it — each day has today's task, two questions to answer in writing, and the daily log strip — which now includes your goal logs alongside mood, craving, and one gratitude. Ten honest minutes is a complete day.

Course 2 · BUILD — Complete

Your people. Your triggers. Your cravings. Your habits. Your system.

Next: Course 3 · EXPAND (Days 61–90) — new lifestyle, the storm plan, monitoring, and graduation.

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