I have always struggled with the whole concept of “recovery” from mental illness. It would be nice if it was some neat, ordered, linear process with quantifiable markers of success.
I think if we are honest enough with ourselves we would realize we all wish for that. It would be nice if there was a 12 step program or magic wand we could wave and all of a sudden all the pain and heartache would go away and we would be better.
Instead it is a tangled mess of two steps forward, three steps back and then slipping on a piece of junk and riding the spiral downwards to end up somewhere near where you started or sometimes even further away from your “goal.” I have also found the further I journey into recovery, the more I realize my efforts and
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