What is Recovery?

Recovery is a life-long journey, not a destination.  Recovery is a process, not a cure.  We can't cure your mental illness any more than diabetes or other life-long diseases can be cured.  But we can help you regain control of your life.

Is Recovery Possible?

Recovery is indeed possible.  We can help you to take control of your disease.  We can help you create  a plan of action in case you begin to lose control of your disease.  We can help you to communicate to your support group (family, friends, co-workers and health care providers) the type of help you need to regain control.

“Recovery is as individual as the individual”
-Yvette Sangster, (in NTAC newsletter, 1999)

Recovery includes, but is not limited to:

• Getting one's life back
• Being able to get up each day and go to work
• Believing in oneself.
• Not letting illness control one's life
• Staying awake all day
• Having a reason to live
• Having a checking account
• Being able to help others
• Understanding the medications that are part of recovery
• Not hurting oneself
• It means not focusing on one's illness everyday.

Recovery can be different things to different people.