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Recovery is a process and an attitude, not a place. It is about regaining what may have been lost: rights, roles, responsibilities, decisions, potential, and support. It is not about symptom elimination, but about what an individual wants in his/her life, how he/she can get it, and how others can help/support the individual to get there. It is about rekindling hope for a productive present and a rewarding future-and believing that one deserves it! Recovery involves people having a personal vision of the life they want to live, seeing and changing patterns, discovering that symptoms can be managed and doing it, finding new ways and reasons for doing it, and doing more of what works and less of what doesn’t. Recovery is about reclaiming the roles of a “healthy” person, rather than living life as a “sick” person. Recovery is about getting there...
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