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What are the 3 principles of recovery?
Holistic: Recovery focuses on people’s entire lives, including mind, body, spirit and community. Nonlinear: Recovery isn’t a step-by-step process but one based on continual growth, occasional setbacks and learning from experience. Strengths-based: Recovery builds on people’s strengths. An important factor in the recovery process is the presence and involvement of people who believe in the person’s ability to recover; who offer hope, support, and encouragement; and who also suggest strategies and resources for change. The 12 spiritual principles of recovery are as follows: acceptance, hope, faith, courage, honesty, patience, humility, willingness, brotherly-love, integrity, self-discipline, and service. Positive affirmations are simple statements that break through negative thinking and help people believe in themselves. These supportive comments can empower individuals to pursue a healthier, better tomorrow. During recovery, a person’s mental well-being is just as important as their physical health. maximising choice • supporting positive risk-taking • the dignity of risk • medico-legal requirements • duty of care • promoting safety. maximising choice • supporting positive risk-taking • the dignity of risk • medico-legal requirements • duty of care • promoting safety.
What are the 6 principles of recovery?
maximising choice • supporting positive risk-taking • the dignity of risk • medico-legal requirements • duty of care • promoting safety. Rule 1: Change Your Life The most important rule of recovery is that a person does not achieve recovery by just not using. Recovery involves creating a new life in which it is easier to not use.
What is the first rule of recovery?
Rule 1: Change Your Life The most important rule of recovery is that a person does not achieve recovery by just not using. Recovery involves creating a new life in which it is easier to not use. An important factor in the recovery process is the presence and involvement of people who believe in the person’s ability to recover; who offer hope, support, and encouragement; and who also suggest strategies and resources for change. Recovery identifies four dimensions to support a healthy life. These include health, home, purpose, and community. Recovery embraces all aspects of life, including housing, employment, education, mental health and healthcare treatment and services, complementary and naturalistic services, addictions treatment, spirituality, creativity, social networks, community participation, and family supports as determined by the person. If performing recovery, there are two types of recovery processing: normal and catastrophic.