That word again, “recovery.” Its meaning is always related to progress: the journey from illness to wellness, from being incapacitated to being effective, reclaiming the parts of yourself buried under problems you’re finally overcoming. This word has been in heavy rotation in my vocabulary for so very long, with the basic assumption that when you hit bottom, you’ll finally admit to having a problem and ask for help. Sometimes people never bottom out—or at least don’t realize they’ve hit bottom.
