As a tax payer, (and remember, even the mentally ill pay taxes every time they purchase anything or anything is purchased on their behalf) if I had a mental illness I would want to be individually diagnosed and personally supervised through the length of my illness, even it it means my whole life. Not taking complete care of the metal ill is writing an embarrassing chapter in American history.

Self-determination, empowerment, and hope are vital to recovery
because they are the avenues for finding our voice to become active
participants in a society based on equality of access to jobs,
housing, education,and health care. We are glad SAMHSA emphasizes trauma-informed, culturally-attuned, peer-delivered care for MH and SA.

If you are a human being, recovery is probable if you can find a supportive community to surround you. Recovery defined in this way is for everyone.

Revcovery must include the hope of fun and enjoyment in life, we need to know the work is going to lead to more than just alleviation of symptoms.

Thsi definition leaves out the place of medical/behavioral treatment out. This is a crucial part of recovery. Also, patients suffering from substance use disorders might need to be on medications assisted therapy and it would be important to make the case that abstinence is abstinence from illicit/non prescribed drugs.

In the definition of recovery, only change is mentioned. It seems to imply that the person has never been in a stable place. Many patients were in a very stable place before their illness and recovery might mean to get back to that place.

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People with mental illness may use substances to dumb their mental illness, and folks can have mental illness without substance abuse and become alcoholics with mental illness. One can wake up and never drink again, but you can not wake up and quit having a mental illness.

Recovery is the multifaceted integrated support systems which enable individuals to obtain physical, emotional and spiritual support while contending with issues of chemical disorders and/or mental disorders.

Mental health recovery vs and alcohol / drug addiction recovey

When asked, peer and family members defined recovery as a personal journey that consists of fulfilling an array of personal goals that lead to a better quality of life, through this journey or process, an individual gains self-sufficiency, productivity, and independence. Peer and family members described recovery as a multifaceted process, because it entails fulfilling goals in several aspects of a person’s life, such as improving physical and mental health, gaining or restoring relationships, furthering education or vocational skills, improving living arrangements and gaining employment. Therefore, each person experiences recovery differently, or as one member noted “it is self-defined.”

Recovery is a belief in the capacity of every individual to lead a full, rich, productive life.