As you walk into the Lounge at PRS Mt. Vernon, you can’t help but focus on the enormous Recovery Tree painted on the wall: it measures approximately 23 feet long and 10 feet high. But though the size will catch your eye, the details will mesmerize you. The tree contains apples, pears, and flowers. Every client has added into either a pear or apple his or her own definition of ‘recovery.’ The staff added their own recovery statements to the floers growing from the base of the tree. Here’s what recovery from mental illness means to just a few of our clients:
-Recovery is turning mountains into hills.
-Recovery is never giving up.
-Recovery, where anything can happen.
-Recovery is life taking on new meaning.
-Recovery is improving myself in life and staying healthy. Y ou can shine no matter what you area made of.
-Recovery is the part of life that leads to better things.
