I’m regularly asked what recovery looks like, whether it be recovery from depression, an eating disorder, a loss such as a divorce or a death, or other experiences.  I’m not certain that I have the perfect answer, but here is how I think about recovery.  I view recovery as a journey, not a destination.  What I mean by that is that you don’t get to the point of not having any symptoms (of depression, grief, anxiety or an eating disorder) or returning to your normal baseline functioning without having worked very tediously to get there, and likely needing to continue to work to maintain those gains!  Thus, while there is a time to celebrate the achievement of abstinence from symptoms, it is not a time to stop doing what you have been doing.  Rather, keep doing those things that have helped you!