Which role is described as advocating for both the recovery community and the recoveree, and protecting the rights of the recoveree?

• A. Friend and Companion
• B. Role Model
• C. Advocate
• D. Community Organizer

Answer: (C)

Advocacy in recovery coaching centers on representing the person’s voice, protecting their rights, and helping them navigate systems so they can exercise choice and receive appropriate care. The role is about standing up for the recoveree’s autonomy, ensuring informed consent, access to services, and dignity, while also aligning with the recovery community’s values of peer support and empowerment. This makes the advocate the best fit because it explicitly focuses on both supporting the recovery community and safeguarding the individual recoveree’s rights and preferences.

This isn’t just about being a friend or a role model, who provide support or inspiration, or about organizing resources for a group. Those functions may be valuable, but they don’t inherently center the protective, rights-focused advocacy that ensures the recoveree’s voice is heard and their choices are respected within the system of care.