Concepts Quote by Patricia Deegan

'Recovery' is an idea whose time has come. At its heart is a set of values about a person's right to build a meaningful…

— Geoff Shepherd

Recovery is not a gift from clinicians, but the responsibility of us all. We must become confident in our own ability to change our…

— Ronnie Coleman

“Recovery is not only fun, it is simple. It is not always easy, but it is simple. It is based on a premise many…

— Melody Beattie

The goal of recovery is not to become normal. The goal is to embrace the human vocation of becoming more deeply, more fully human.

— Patricia Deegan

“The challenge of recovery is to reestablish ownership of your body and your mind — of your self. This means feeling free to know…

— Bessel A. van der Kolk

“Recovery itself is a very un-glamorous daily process of being willing to fall down again, to break again, to cry again, to get up…

— Shannon Cutts

“Recovery means ... getting to look everyone in the eye who battled to believe in you ... and say, 'I won.”

— Brittany Burgunder

Recovery is an important word and a vital concept. It means renewal of life and energy. Knowing how and when to recover may prove…

— James E. Loehr

We all have demons. I am a human being and I have bad days and I have bad things going on in my head…

— Crystal Renn

Recovering from suffering is not like recovering from a disease. Many people don’t come out healed; they come out different. They crash through the…

— David Brooks

“            Tempting as it may be to draw one conclusion or another from my story and universalize it to apply to another's experience, it is…

— Rachel Reiland

Recovery begins with embracing our pain and taking the risk to share it with others. We do this by joining a group and talking…

— John Bradshaw