recovery journey
Gradual restoration process
Recovery journey is the ongoing process of healing from addiction, mental illness, trauma, or serious physical condition.
The term emphasizes that recovery isn't a single event but a gradual path with setbacks and progress: Her recovery journey has had its ups and downs.
Common in therapeutic and support-group contexts, it frames healing as personal and nonlinear rather than purely medical.
- healingRestoration of health
- progressMovement toward improvement
- setbackReverse in progress
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- turning pointDecisive moment of change
one day at a time · sobriety · resilience · therapy · support group · support · steps · courage · struggle · growth · inner peace · strength · hope · surrender · making amends · breakthrough · sponsor · meetings
recovery journeydownward spiral
Self-reinforcing deterioration
relapse · deterioration · decline · self-destruction · falling off the wagon
recovery journeyquick fix
Hasty temporary solution
magic bullet · miracle cure · silver bullet · instant gratification · band-aid solution
recovery journeydenial
Refusal to accept reality
avoidance · stagnation · giving up · resignation · willful blindness
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