addiction recovery
Healing from dependence
Addiction recovery is the ongoing process of overcoming dependence on substances or compulsive behaviors.
It encompasses treatment, abstinence, and rebuilding one's life after addiction: She's been in recovery for three years, a recovery program.
Recovery implies sustained effort rather than a single event—people speak of being "in recovery" indefinitely, acknowledging that managing addiction is lifelong work.
- relapse preventionStrategies against returning symptoms
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- support groupsGatherings for shared struggles
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- detoxificationRemoving harmful substances internally
mutual aid · mindfulness · abstinence · 12-step programs · transitional housing · emotional regulation · sober curious · sobriety · clean time · one day at a time · resilience · Alcoholics Anonymous · making amends · medication management · coping mechanisms · journaling · goal setting · triggers
- opioid addictionheroin, opium, morphine, fentanyl, codeine
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- community servicesparks, family services, libraries, family support, schools
- redemptionredemption arc, redeemed, forgiven, saved, moral redemption
- support groupssupport groups, support group, self-help groups, group therapy, peer support
- uplifting storiessuccess story, comeback story, underdog story, redemption story, survival story
addiction recoveryrelapse
Return to former illness
falling off the wagon · backsliding · spiraling · regression · hitting bottom
addiction recoveryoverdose
Harmful excess intake
self-destruction · deterioration · decline · mental deterioration · organ failure
addiction recoveryusing
Putting into service
substance dependence · bingeing · enabling · denial · getting high