My sponsor used to say this to me all the time: “Trust in the process of recovery.” But what does it actually mean to trust in the process? And furthermore, what exactly is the process of recovery itself? I think in order to get the full meaning of this advice, we need to define our terms a little. What actually is the process of recovery? The full process of recovery is going to be a bit different for each individual, as each journey into recovery will be unique. On the other hand, there are enough similarities with each journey that we can label those similarities as “the process” that we have to go through in order to become successful in our recovery. This is how we help each other. If no one shared any similarities at all, then we would obviously not be able to help each other. There would be no point to a 12 step meeting because nothing that you said could possibly help anyone else. But the truth is that we share enough of the same experiences in our journey that it becomes helpful to share information. I may not know exactly what you are going through, …