Peer Recovery Specialist Certification Exam Study Guide for 2025 Update.

1. SAMHSA specifies 4 major dimensions that support a life in recovery. - Health, home, purpose, & community 2. Health - Managing ones disease(s) as well as living as well as living in a physically & emotionally healthy way. 3. Home - A stable & safe place to live. 4. Community - Relationships & social networks that provide support, friendship, love, and hope. 5. Purpose - Meaningful daily activities, such as job school volunteerism, family care-taking, or creative endeavors, and the independence, income and resources that participate in society. 6. Guiding principles of recovery - RECOVERY EMERGES FROM HOPE. The belief that recovery is possible provides the essential and motivating message of a better future. That people can and do overcome the internal and external challenges, barriers, and obstacles that confront them.