Is recovery simply about symptom relief? Is it a lottery or a luck of the draw? It is about holding onto a dream and making it happen? or is it about freeing yourself from the stigma of mental health and choosing to moving forward? There are lots of ways we can think about recovery, for ourselves and for others. Since 2012 the Advancing Recovery in Ireland (ARI) initiative is supporting local mental health services to be more recovery focused and person centred. The "recover