recovery
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The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.
Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc.
The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court.
The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had.
In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke.
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It's even pleasant to be sick when you know that there are people who await your recovery as they might await a holiday.
One must not forget that recovery is brought about not by the physician, but by the sick man himself. He heals himself, by his own power, exactly as he walks by means of his own power, or eats, or thinks, breathes or sleeps.
There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.
The most important thing about recovery is to pass the message on.
Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.
Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.