Tool: The Support Gap Map

When a support relationship ends — a sponsor, therapist, mentor, program, or even a steady friend — it's easy to describe the loss in one broad sentence: "I miss them" or "I don't have that support anymore." But support is rarely one thing. It's usually several different functions bundled into one relationship. When that relationship ends, all those functions disappear at once, which is often why the loss hits so much harder than expected. This worksheet exists to slow that down and get specific.

Something feels off, and you can’t quite name it.

Maybe a sponsor stepped back, a therapist relationship ended, or a program wrapped up — and now you’re left feeling less steady, less grounded, without being able to point to exactly why.

That fog is real, and it’s more common than you think.

Here’s the truth: support was never just one thing.

It was doing several jobs at once — pushing you to reflect, keeping you accountable, offering structure, cheering you on, sharing expertise.

When it disappeared, all of that disappeared together.

No wonder it hit so hard.

The Support Gap Map helps you stop guessing and start seeing.

You’ll break the loss into its real, working parts so the vague “something is missing” feeling becomes specific, nameable, and — most importantly — fixable.

This isn’t about finding “another them.” It’s about learning exactly what you need, so you can rebuild stability on your own terms, one piece at a time.

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