Brain Awareness Recovery Initiative (BARI) is a collaborative project created to produce and distribute educational materials designed to help the person in early addiction recovery identify areas of need for intervention and track progress achieved in brain function restoration. An important goal may be to build a solid foundation in all facets of recovery. BARI is a tool, one of many resources a person challenged by addiction needs to sustain long-term term recovery."Brain-Healing First Aid: How to Recover my Brain's Abilities during Addiction Treatment" and our three poster series, as our first productions in the BARI can offer identification of problem areas, new insight, helpful suggestions, and specific brain exercises for healing to help you put more "tools in your toolbox" to assist in creating a sustainable recovery plan. Not every area and/or suggestion will fit everyone. We have used numerous resources to come up with common brain function deficits experienced by a majority of people negatively affected by substance abuse and addiction.