National Recovery Month is held every September to promote the benefits of addiction treatment and celebrate the strength of the recovery community. It’s all about spreading awareness and hope about the process, so we sat down with Dr. David de Gijsel, our Chief Health Officer, to talk about what recovery looks like for members of Better Life Partners. Here’s a breakdown of what he discussed.
What does recovery mean to us?
Recovery is an effort by our members and by our organization to help people with the struggle that addiction brings to their lives. Most people find their recovery is a unique process. That’s why we build a treatment plan around your goals. Anything you want to do around your struggle with substance use counts as “recovery” in our book. That could mean that you never want to use again, or that you’re looking for ways to use safely.
You don’t have to “hit rock bottom” to start
Some people believe you can only engage in the process of recovery once the suffering gets so severe that people become desperate, or don’t see a way out. We don’t believe that here—and we’re certainly not alone. We welcome any sort of recovery at any time in the journey of addiction and substance use.
Recovery looks different for everyone. (And that’s okay.)
The term “recovery” suggests that you’re out to find something that you lost or rebuild something that was destroyed. But for many people, recovery might look more like moving beyond the years of suffering from addiction into a new life. The good parts of a prior life might reappear, but for some, parts of your old life may be gone forever—and perhaps even for the better. While recovery may be a process of restoring something, we should embrace the idea that what you restore is really up to you.
Ready to start your recovery journey? Give us a call at (866) 679-0831.
