The thing about recovery is that we can be rolling along doing well in our lives, and then something will happen, or we will start to notice a new pattern, and it will become apparent that it's time to dig in and do more intensive self-development work. Thankfully, by this point in my life, I have learned to listen to my intuition and to trust myself enough to know when it's time to go back to the drawing board of my recovery.
I'm a bit stubborn, so I might think I can handle whatever is crunchy in my life on my own for a spell, but then it becomes obvious that I can't. I might take a course or read a few books, thinking those things will get me into a better place, and those things might make a dent of a difference.
Inevitably for me, I'll admit that I need more therapy. I will not be thrilled with this realization, and I might resist it for a while, but I'll feel more hopeful as soon as I set up an appointment with a therapist and start the process of going deeper into what's happening for me.
I do what I need to do to get at the core of my continued healing.