Maybe it is 2 steps forward, 1 step back, which is still moving forward?

Also, when a person first starts out to heal they have a lot of bad stuff going on and when they start their work they start to turn things around a little at a time. So they have a good day then they turn around and face the other stuff in their life that isn't so good and they then think that they are falling back. This isn't really falling back. This is facing what still needs to be fixed. There are no magic bullets out there that flip everything into good. Getting better is gradual work.