Recoverists

If you are happy to subscribe to the
Recoverist International Charter you can join us. Recovery lies within individuals, families and communities and is self directed and empowering.

2. Recovery lies within our ‘connectedness’ to others and has many cultural dimensions.

3. Recovery is supported by peers, families and friends within communities.

4. Recovery involves the personal, cultural and s

tructural recognition of the need for participative change & societal transformation.

5. Recovery involves a continual process of change and self-redefinition for all of us.

6. Recovery challenges all discrimination and transcends shame and stigma.

7. Recovery emerges from hope, love and our gifts to others.

8. There are many pathways to Recovery and no individual, community or organisation has the right to claim ownership of the ‘right pathway.’

9. Recovery exists on a continuum of improved health and well-being.

10. Recovery transcends, whilst embracing, a wide variety of approaches and does not seek to be prescriptive.

11. Honesty, self-awareness and openness lie at the heart of Recovery.

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