The word of recovery came up in a support group meeting a few years back. I had to sit with that for awhile. I had recently been in a 2 1/2 year mental health crisis with living in my car and couch surfing and I finally decided I had enough. I finally came to the conclusion that I needed to reach out for support to get out of this hell so to speak I was in. My pride got in the way for that long. It has been a long journey to get where I am today (7yrs) however I continue to heal and problem solve my way through my minds chaos. That word RECOVERY. I always believed that word was for other things in life however I realized for myself I will be always in recovery with my mental health. There is so many facets that I have to consider and manage that at times its so overwhelming. I take several steps forward then a one or to back during times of discord within. Sometimes I feel so frustrated that I have to be in "Recovery" for the rest of my life.