At The Sanctuary, we define "recovery" differently than how it is defined in traditional treatment centers, 12-step programs, or the allopathic medical paradigm. In the traditional paradigm, recovery describes the process of combating a disorder. The word implies an ongoing disease-oriented process. In this paradigm, you are never fully healed nor do you ever get completely better. In the new paradigm, you do fully heal and you do get completely better. We believe that addictions and disorders are symptoms of underlying issues and that it is possible to identify and resolve these issues and to move into a state of being recovered. Being recovered means that you are no longer defined or identified by a disease, diagnosis, or any other disempowering or dysfunctional label.