Recovery is a daily reprieve from active alcoholism, and awareness, acceptance, and right action are keys to healing and wellbeing. It’s like climbing a mountain: as you ascend the slope onward and upward, the view toward the wide-open spaces is different depending upon which side you’re climbing. The capacity for positive change and recovery is exactly the same at 10,000 feet on the northside as it is on the other sides of the mountain, but the view (experience) differs. In other words, the differences in your recovery and your neighbor’s depend upon which face of the mountain you’re on—they depend on how you look at your life’s journey to sobriety.