Healing and recovery is not even really the point. We don't want to heal so we can feel a little better. We heal so we can accept and embrace ourselves and the beautiful life we are building. To soak up all the good life has to offer. To let go of all the things we were carrying, many of which were not ours to carry. We heal so we can see and embrace all the wonderful things about ourselves we didn't know or had shame about. We heal to learn to live, not simply exist!