What is recovery?
In physical health recovery refers to the process of moving from illness to wellness. Our hurts, habits and hang-ups are like an illness and using the tools of Celebrate Recovery we begin to move toward wholeness. Some might say from bondage to freedom in Christ. Others might say from self-reliance to faith in Christ.
Recovery is the process of obtaining materials or energy resources from solid waste. Recovery includes solid waste management options other than landfilling. Recovered plastics might be recycled into new products. Suitable recovered plastics might be composted. Recovered plastics could be converted to energy in waste-to-energy facilities or used to make process engineered fuels, combinations of collected plastics and paper processed into fuel pellets and the pellets used in conjunction with coal and other fuels in industrial boilers.
Recovery is “the regaining of something lost or taken away” or “restoration to a better condition.” Both of these definitions apply to people who struggle with an addiction or a compulsive behavior, or loving someone who struggles with these problems. These people have lost control of their lives, made a lot of very destructive decisions, and deeply hurt the ones they love. In most cases, years of destructive behavior and lies have compounded the initial problem with alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling, food, or fixing others’ problems. The shame that results from this kind of lifestyle doesn’t disappear magically by wishing it away. Like refinishing a valuable piece of furniture, it takes an extended process of time, intention, hard work and resources. Addiction and compulsive behavior go through a process in their development.
