About, In, Recovery: Universal Appeal, Personal Experience.

What we all want, need, strive, hope for: "You'll be good as new" What we want and hope to hear after a personal or collective setback (e.g., bankruptcy), upon the official diagnosis of a disease/medical condition, or in the midst of malady...pre- and post morbidity, how much we can expect to recover and at what rate.

   President previous: "We had the world's strongest economy until this virus...we'll come back even stronger..."

    President present: "We'll get America back on track, back where it was before..."

Sounds a bit like prognostication to me, what about you? (see May 19th)

Getting Traction, Taking (12) Steps: Whether trying to recover from a physical or fiscal mishap, or combatting a lifelong unhealthy habit, there are identifiable steps (as well as gadgets to track them😀)-- proven, time tested methodologies in every domain of life, that you can engage to: a) get started; b) sustain progress; c) hold on to your gains, prevent 'relapse'.

S.O.S. (Seek Out Support!): Depending on the specific domain, condition, and/or challenge you are facing, there are people in your life as well as professionals, along with support groups (whether informal or formal) who can assist us in each of the foregoing (a/b/c) steps. In the case of bad habit breaking there are, of course, "Twelve Step" programs. What I have shared with you before in this space, is that the only difference between those inside the formal meeting and those on the outside, is the 'outsiders' are just less aware they are, in fact, in recovery as well--we are all working on one problem or another, a physical, mental, or behavioral challenge. The noted 12 steps are one great way to structure a plan of attack as well as to hang on to whatever recovery you can realize--the originators won't mind, and no one will tell--it' s 'anonymous', after all. Don't be shy; ask for help and active support, knowing someday you'll be asked in turn. 

Step by Step...Walk before you run, Pace: Ironic advice from someone with my temperament. But what I am referring to here is, when you start feeling even the slightest bit better, experience a degree of improvement, there is a tendency to 'overdo' things, to approach activities and engagements prior to interruption with too much zeal and, in doing so, 'add insult to injury', and perhaps screw up your own recovery (note to selfie here).

Sustainable Recovery (?): What we have learned from the unexpected, usually uninvited experience, that we can use for prevention, for prophylactic measures, a look back as well as a 'fond farewell'...