Recovery is a practice of remembering the self, trusting the self, honoring the self, and healing and caring for the self, all of which return us to ourselves. We may not be familiar with our self.
Patterns of neglect, trauma, and addictive behavior mean we may have never understood, trusted, or known the self. We might have avoided the self.
We might have been told—and believed—someone else's version of our self. So the process of healing is one of returning to the self or recovering the self.
This means that no two recoveries are the same, which means that recovery cannot be a prescriptive practice. We can look to each other for guidance or help and share modalities that have worked.
We can look toward pillars, touchstones, and foundations that have worked for other people who have designed their own recovery pathways, patchworks, and practices. But the right mix of practices depends on the individual.