 Family members are another source of social support preventing SUD relapse,8 but rural veterans may not receive the same family support benefits urban veterans do. In urban veterans SUD treatment, family members are typically involved in their treatment. The family members of rural veterans, however, are less likely to attend educational, individual or group sessions given their distance from the residential SUD treatment site and typically have no support themselves as they interact with their returning veteran. Thus, rural veterans return home to live with families who may be less able to provide meaningful support to their newly sober veteran. 