About Recovery Capital Project

Recovery Capital Project is a practical framework and facilitation practice built around a simple idea: people often have more to work with than they realize—and sometimes what they need most is less drag, better orientation, and more room to move.

At the center of RCP are The 10 Things, a practical framework for working with reality, capacity, resources, relationships, pressure, choice, and what comes next.

The work uses a simple lens:

Restore what needs attention.
Preserve what is already working.
Build what is useful.

Where RCP Came From

RCP grew from more than two decades of lived and professional experience around recovery, treatment, reentry, corrections, and human services.

Recovery capital was the original soil: the people, relationships, strengths, skills, resources, opportunities, and other forms of capital that can help support a life.

Over time, the same questions kept appearing in other places.

What are we carrying?

What is actually happening?

What resources are available?

What is draining capacity?

What is already working and worth protecting?

Where do we still have choice?

What would be useful now?

Those questions turned out to matter well beyond recovery. They showed up in reentry, burnout and overload, helping professions, teams, organizations, relationships, transitions, and ordinary life.

The contexts changed.

The underlying work didn't.

How RCP Works

RCP isn't built around fixing people.

It starts with what's actually here—strengths and constraints, resources and responsibilities, what is working, what isn't, and what may deserve attention.

The goal isn't perfection or dependence on RCP.

It's useful work people can take with them and use in their own lives, teams, organizations, and communities.

Get what you need and get on with your life.

About the Facilitator

Tony Mouw is the founder and facilitator of Recovery Capital Project.

His background includes more than two decades of lived and professional experience connected to recovery, substance-use services, reentry, corrections, and human services. His work has included individual support, groups, education, program development, and collaboration across institutional and community settings.

RCP grew from that experience—and from years of noticing that people often know more, have more, and are more capable than the systems around them make visible.

Tony's approach is practical, participatory, and grounded in respect for the people in the room.