POST CRISIS PLAN

I will know that I am "out of the crisis" and ready to use this post crisis plan when I am able to:

How I would like to feel when I have recovered from this crisis

You may want to refer to the first section of your Wellness Recovery Action Plan--What I am Like When I am Well. Your perspective may have changed in this crisis, The use is nothing if not any need till what you do and think this is listed may be different from the one you wrote previously.

Post Recovery Supporters List

I would like the following people to support me if possible during this post crisis time. Who Phone number What I need them to do

Arriving at Home (if you have been hospitalized or away from home)

If you have been hospitalized, your first few hours at home are very important. Will I feel safe and be safe at home? ___y ___n If your answer is no, you may want to respond to the following question: What will I do to ensure that I will feel and be safe at home?

I would like to stay (where) ______________ for (how long) ___________ before I go home. I would like _____________ or _______________ to take me home.

I would like _______________ or _______________ to stay with me.

When I get home I would like to _______________ or ______________. If the following things are in place, it would ease my return:

Things I must take care of as soon as I get home

Things I can ask someone else to do for me.

Things that can wait until I feel better

Things I need to do for myself every day while I am recovering from crisis.

Things I might need to do every day while I am recovering from this crisis.

Things and people I need to avoid while I am recovering from this crisis.

Signs that I may be beginning to feel worse--anxiety, excessive worry, overeating, sleep disturbances

Wellness tools I will use if I am starting to feel worse--star those that you must do--the others are choices

________________________________________________________________________What do I need to do to prevent further repercussions from this crisis--and when I will do these things?

People I need to thank: Person When I will thank them How I will thank them

People I need to apologize to: Person When I will apologize How I will apologize

People with whom I need to make amends: Person When I will make amends How I will make amends

Medical, legal, or financial issues that need to be resolved: Issue How I plan to resolve this issue

Things I need to do to prevent further loss--like canceling credit cards, getting official leave from work if it was abandoned, cutting ties with destructive friends, etc.:

Signs that this post crisis phase is over and I can return to using my Daily Maintenance Plan as my guide to things to do for myself every day.

Changes in the first four sections of my Wellness Recovery Action Plan that might help prevent such a crisis in the future.

Changes in my crisis plan that might ease my recovery.

Changes I want to make in my lifestyle or life goals.

What did I learn from this crisis? ______________________________________________

Are there changes I want or need to make in my life as a result of what I have learned?

If so, when and how will I make these changes?

Timetable for Resuming Responsibilities

Develop plans for resuming responsibilities that others may have had to take over or that did not get done while you were having a hard time, things like child care, pet care, your job, cooking and household chores.

SAMPLE Responsibility: getting back to work While I am resuming this responsibility, I need (who) my spouse to

drive me to work so I don’t have to take the bus. Plan for Resuming

resume full work schedule Responsibility _____________ Who has been doing this while I was in crisis _________ While I am resuming this responsibility, I need (who) ____________________________ to ______________________________________________________________________

Plan for resuming

Responsibility _____________ Who has been doing this while I was in crisis _________ While I am resuming this responsibility, I need (who) ____________________________ to ______________________________________________________________________

Plan for resuming Responsibility _____________ Who has been doing this while I was in crisis _________ While I am resuming this responsibility, I need (who) ____________________________ to ______________________________________________________________________

Plan for resuming

Responsibility _____________ Who has been doing this while I was in crisis _________ While I am resuming this responsibility, I need (who) ____________________________ to ______________________________________________________________________

Plan for resuming

Responsibility _____________ Who has been doing this while I was in crisis _________ While I am resuming this responsibility, I need (who) ____________________________ to ______________________________________________________________________

Plan for resuming