The process of overcoming a particular life problem, such as gambling, codependency, mental illness, or childhood abuse, through inner change and personal growth, usually through a self-help program or psychotherapy.
The process of returning to health after being ill or injured.
Freedom from codependency; it often entails a long process of counseling and of reestablishing one’s own identity and self-esteem.
Also known as sobriety; the physical and mental state of an individual who has been dependent on alcohol or drugs and is now living without the addictive substance. A person in recovery has accepted treatment and is happy living a lifestyle marked by abstinence.
Regaining of the condition of health or function which preceded the occurrence of a disease or disability. Used in the context of postoperative care, recovery refers to the period of time immediately following surgery, during which the patient is closely monitored in the recovery room until stabilized. Patients stay in the recovery room until they are ready to be returned to their hospital room (if inpatients) or to go home (if outpatients).
The process or act of becoming well or returning to a state of health.