The development of The Recovery Capital Index (RCI) sounds so interesting! Could you please kindly elaborate more for me?

No worries.

Thanks for the explanation.

Sure. Conceptually, recovery capital is a logical model for defining a complex notion of wellness or the sum of resources necessary to initiate and sustain recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction. These constructs of recovery and recovery capital provide a solid definition of the essence of addiction wellness: a lived experience of improved life quality and a sense of empowerment and purpose. FIT recognizes that addiction wellness encompasses much more than sobriety, so the organization took these constructs of recovery capital one step further to develop and validate an instrument that would provide insight into the individual’s asset predictors for quality of life improvement. In this way, the Recovery Capital Index (RCI) is a holistic, person-centered metric, irrespective of a person’s treatment modality or recovery or wellness pathway, and is usable at all stages of the wellness process. Using a multidimensional score from 1 to 100 to measure an individual’s addiction wellness, the RCI provides a comprehensive baseline and tracks intervention effectiveness, allowing clinicians, peer coaches, and other care team members to follow individual progress to tailor intervention and support at any point in the continuum of care.