rituals, language, etiquette; and opens doors for opportunities for community participation. Advocate: Provides an invaluable service for those resistant to remaining abstinent from drugs and/or alcohol, but who must do so due to legal, medical, family or contractual obligations. Helps the individual's families navigate complex social, service and legal systems. Educator: Provides a client with normative information about the stages of recovery. They can facilitate the process necessary to remain free from the addiction, inform client of the professional helpers within the community and about the prevalence, pathways, and lifestyles of long-term recovery. Community organizer: Every member of the community support center helps develop and expand recovery support resources, enhances cooperative relationships between professional service organizations and local recovery support groups, cultivates opportunities for people in recovery to participate in volunteerism, and performs other acts of service to the community. Lifestyle consultant/coach: Supports the client through challenges arising from everyday activities. For some, this is done through several one-on-one sessions each week, while some clients prefer daily telephone contact. Assists individuals and their families to develop sobriety-based rituals of daily living; and encourages activities across religious, spiritual, and secular frameworks that enhance life's meaning and purpose. Friend: Provides sober companionship; a social bridge from the culture of addiction and mental illness to the culture of recovery. See also Drug rehabilitation Mutual aid Recovery coaching Self-help groups for mental health References External links National Association of Peer Specialists, Inc. (NAPS) Institute for Recovery and Community Integration Peers Envisioning and Engaging in Recovery Services (PEERS) Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) Recovery within Reach International Association of Peer Specialists Educational psychology Mental health occupations Peer support