Roadways to Recovery

Houselink held a large recovery meeting on October 23, 2006. During a brainstorm activity the following question was posed to the participants:

“WHAT WOULD YOUR PERSONAL DREAM OF RECOVERY LOOK LIKE?”

Here are the answers people gave:

Wellness
Having a home
Standing up for yourself
Resilience
Exercise, take vitamins
Get off medication
Self-reflection
Making new friends; keeping old ones
Employment
Self-care; eating healthy food
Reducing medication as much as possible
Hope; self-help
Don't let anyone tell you you can't do something
Independence
Learn to drive
Having fun
Listen to music
In order to succeed turn negative experienceinto positive
Understanding loss
Reach out and help others
Everyone has talent
Fresh air
Get rid of negativity
Challenging stereotypes and norms
Recognition for volunteer work
Positive ways to realizing anger
Moving away from negativity and towards positivism
Expressing yourself through art
Setting limits and boundaries
Getting restOvercoming adversity
Willing to take risks
Acknowledge your own process
Choosing leadership role in one's life
Overcoming stress
Individualize recovery
Can't compare yourself to others
Responsibility for yourself
Being grateful for what you have
Asking for help is important and nosign of defeat
Be proud of yourself