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What is a primary responsibility of a peer providing recovery support?

  1. To manage the peer’s finances

  2. To offer personal training

  3. To advocate for the peer

  4. To monitor medication intake

The correct answer is: To advocate for the peer

A primary responsibility of a peer providing recovery support is to advocate for the peer. Advocacy plays a crucial role in recovery as it involves supporting individuals in expressing their needs, goals, and preferences, ensuring that their voice is heard in their recovery journey. This support may include helping the peer navigate social services, healthcare systems, and various recovery resources. By fostering an empowering environment, the peer advocate assists their counterpart in gaining autonomy and confidence in managing their recovery. In contrast, managing a peer’s finances, offering personal training, or monitoring medication intake are not typically within the scope of a peer support role. While these tasks may be important in an individual’s overall recovery plan, they usually require specific qualifications or expertise that a peer supporter would not possess. Therefore, advocacy stands out as a fundamental and defining responsibility of peers in recovery settings.