{"id":38,"date":"2016-07-26T13:06:44","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T13:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buckinghamshirerecoverycollege.org.uk\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2025-09-19T17:45:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T16:45:33","slug":"what-is-recovery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/bucksrecoverycollege\/tutors\/what-is-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Recovery?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A person\u2019s journey of recovery is a highly individual process.<\/p>\n<p>It is about developing a meaningful and satisfying life regardless of a condition or diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>It is using and developing your skills and talents to become all you want to be and do all you want to do!<\/p>\n<p>Specialist treatment like therapy and medication may be important, but it is only a part of the story.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nhsuk-care-card nhsuk-care-card--non-urgent\">\n                <div class=\"nhsuk-care-card__heading-container\">\n                    <h3 class=\"nhsuk-care-card__heading\"><span role=\"text\"><span class=\"nhsuk-u-visually-hidden\">Non-urgent advice: <\/span>The recovery journey<\/span><\/h3>\n                    <span class=\"nhsuk-care-card__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"nhsuk-care-card__content\">\n<p>Everyone\u2019s journey to recovery is personal and unique, but three things are especially important:<\/p>\n<h3>Hope<\/h3>\n<p>Recovery needs hope.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Having people around you who believe in you can make a big difference.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s hard to believe in yourself if others think you won\u2019t succeed.<\/li>\n<li>When you feel unsure, others can hold on to hope for you until you\u2019re ready to believe in yourself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Choice<\/h3>\n<p>Recovery means making choices about your life.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Decide what\u2019s important to you and set milestones to work toward.<\/li>\n<li>Take back control of your life, find new dreams, and create a sense of purpose.<\/li>\n<li>Learn how to manage challenges so they don\u2019t stop you from reaching your goals.<\/li>\n<li>Choose the kind of support you need to achieve your ambitions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Opportunity<\/h3>\n<p>Recovery is about opening up opportunities for a full and meaningful life.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find activities, work, or hobbies that give your life value.<\/li>\n<li>Take part in community life and enjoy leisure activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A person\u2019s journey of recovery is a highly individual process. It is about developing a meaningful and satisfying life regardless&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1210,"parent":9,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-38","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/bucksrecoverycollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/bucksrecoverycollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/bucksrecoverycollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/bucksrecoverycollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/bucksrecoverycollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/bucksrecoverycollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1450,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/bucksrecoverycollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions\/1450"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/bucksrecoverycollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/bucksrecoverycollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/bucksrecoverycollege\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}