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the slow, unglamorous business of becoming someone your old self wouldn't recognize.
means The process of returning to a normal state of health, strength, or function after illness, injury, loss, or setback — whether of a body, an economy, or a person.
from From Latin recuperare, 'to regain or get back,' which gave Old French recoverer and then Middle English recoveren. The same root grows the more genteel word 'recuperate.' That recuperare splices re- ('again') with capere ('to take, to seize') — so at heart, recovery is the act of taking yourself back, piece by piece, from whatever took you.
- muscle repair
- muscles grow during rest, not during the workout
- sleep stage
- deepest healing happens in slow-wave sleep
- relapse rate
- most addiction recovery includes setbacks, not straight lines
- word origin
- from Latin recuperare, to regain or get back
- economic term
- recoveries are named only after the recession ends
alcoholics anonymous — founded 1935, over 2 million members worldwide in 12-step addiction recovery
betty ford center — hazelden betty ford in minnesota, founded 1954, treated celebrities and politicians for addiction
phoenix house — founded 1967 in new york, therapeutic community treating 5,000+ people annually for substance abuse