Healing from trauma, addiction, mental or physical illness, or any other life issue is hard work. It can be truly exhausting.
Do we get to take breaks? There are people in recovery who swear that once we are in recovery, we must always be working hard on it.
There's even a saying that goes something like "If you're not working on recovery, you're working on a relapse." I'm not convinced that this is true. I view recovery as a lifelong journey, and I understand the importance of working on all the issues that arise as we heal and grow.
But why shouldn't we rest and relax occasionally in our recovery? If we are feeling stable and doing well and have done the work we need to do to identify when we are feeling vulnerable, surely we can stop once in a while along our recovery journey and just enjoy the view.
I don't think we should ever become overconfident, smug, or complacent in or about our recovery. But we can rest and replenish.