long-term recovery
Gradual return wellness
Long-term recovery is the ongoing process of maintaining sobriety and rebuilding life after addiction, extending well beyond initial treatment.
It encompasses not just abstinence but the gradual restoration of health, relationships, and purpose: She's been in long-term recovery for fifteen years.
The phrase acknowledges that recovery isn't a destination but a sustained practice.
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- healingRestoration of health
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- making amendsCompensating for wrongdoing
abstinence · therapy · sponsor · one day at a time · twelve-step · support group · wellness · support · maintenance · progress · personal growth · life skills · journey · milestone · clean · sober · counseling · mental health
- emergency stagesacute phase, crisis, preparation, response, onset
- disaster responsedisaster relief, search and rescue, first responders, emergency preparedness, emergency shelter
long-term recoveryquick fix
Hasty temporary solution
band-aid solution · temporary fix · acute care · emergency treatment · overnight success
long-term recoverydownward spiral
Self-reinforcing deterioration
terminal illness · permanent disability · degenerative disease · terminal decline · permanent damage
long, longer, longest, length, lengthen, lengthy, lengthwise, longish, longing