Recovery Can Be

Change

Curing

Healing

Renewal

Reviving

Not using

Redeeming

Giving back

Reclamation

Restoration

A state of mind

Addressing trauma

Finding wholeness

A return to health

Making whole again

Creating a new life

Becoming whole again

Gaining independence

An ongoing experience

Dealing with mistakes

A normal human process

A spiritual experience

Integration and balance

Well-being and function

Being restored to health

Developing inner strength

Restoration from sickness

Restoring to a sound state

Being honest with ourselves

A journey rarely taken alone

Resilience and possibilities

Rising up every time we fail

A unique and personal journey

Building healthy relationships

A process of growth and development

Starting over and making a new ending

The regaining or returning of something

Being able to have healthy relationships

Changing the way we think through things

A return to a normal or healthy condition

Making or becoming sound or healthy again

Trying to live in a place that is healthy

Having tools to feel peace when we need to

Reclaiming the years the locust has stolen

Bringing together our body, mind and spirit

Attempting to change dysfunctional behaviour

Moving towards physical and emotional wellbeing

Having a sense of purpose and meaning in our life

The getting back of something that was taken away

Taking responsibility for the things we can change

A harmony between the mind, the body and the spirit

Not replacing one destructive dependency with another

A realistic appraisal of our abilities and limitations

A return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength

Being able to deal with situations that used to stump us

Finding hope, and developing self-respect and resilience

Taking care of our mental health more than we did before

A life journey of living a meaningful and satisfying life

The personal experience of the transcendence of suffering

Restoration, renewal, reviving, reclamation, and redeeming

Taking care of our physical health more than we did before

Development towards ever greater and more complex wholeness

Regaining possession or control of something stolen or lost

Building a life that is satisfying, fulfilling and enjoyable

Regaining, retaking or obtaining possession of anything lost

Appreciating that we are part of something bigger than ourselves

Learning how to get the kind of support from others that we need

Hope, self-determination, self-management, empowerment and advocacy

Freedom from feeling physically sick because of unhelpful behaviours

Avoiding looking forward or backward, and trying to keep looking upward

Reacting to life’s ups and downs in a more balanced way than we used to

Being able to enjoy life without resorting to former unhelpful behaviours

Handling negative feelings without resorting to past unhelpful behaviours

Living a life that contributes to society, to our family, or to our betterment

A journey of personal discovery which includes new learning on how to live well

Overcoming or managing disease or symptoms and making informed, healthy choices

Identifying and dealing with whatever’s getting in the way of our emotional wellbeing

A deeply personal, unique process of changing our attitudes, values, feelings, goals, skills and roles

A way of living a satisfying, hopeful, and contributing life even within the limitations caused by illness

The development of new meaning and purpose in our life as we grow beyond the catastrophic effects of past behaviours

Striving to be consistent with our beliefs and values in activities that take up the major part of our time and energy

Being able to create and live a meaningful and contributing life in a community of choice with or without the presence of illness

A process of change through which we improve our health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach our full potential

An ongoing dynamic process of behaviour change characterized by relatively stable improvements in biopsychosocial functioning and purpose in life

Choosing to get up in the morning and get out in the knowledge that, if we want to win this fight for survival, we’ve got to step up and take control

Gaining and retaining hope, understanding our abilities and limitations, engagement in an active life, personal autonomy, social identity, meaning and purpose in life, and a positive sense of self