Recovery is a process of decisions
Recovery is a decision to live and not die. With life being a series of hills and valleys, we all are under the universal law of choices decisions , consequences and rewards. For bad decisions we suffer under the consequences that apply and for correct decisions we reap the associated rewards. This law applies to the entire universe every creation is mandated to this right of passage. We cannot keep making the same mistake over and over. The consequences get demonstrative worst as the wrong act is repeated . The ultimate consequence for wrong decisions is to be prevented from making any decisions at all or in other words death. The reward for making correct decisions is you get to make more decisions. Thus the reward for correct decisions is life. The reward for hard work is more work, you do a good job you get to do it again. Recovery is a decision to live. Recovery means life. The converse is to not recover or die. Once the decision to live is made recovery is possible.