TY - JOUR AB - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the experiences of one person’s journey of recovery and use these as the basis for reflection on things that assist people in this journey.Design/methodology/approach A reflective approach is used to consider things assist the process of recovering a life with mental health and addiction problems.Findings Reflections are presented on the factors facilitating recovery focusing on those things that contributed to finding hope, taking back control and discovering opportunity.Originality/value This narrative account contributes to the peer literature on recovery. VL - 20 IS - 4 SN - 2042-8308 DO - 10.1108/MHSI-04-2016-0013 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/MHSI-04-2016-0013 AU - Roeg Waldo PY - 2016 Y1 - 2016/01/01 TI - Discovering myself, a journey of rediscovery T2 - Mental Health and Social Inclusion PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 217 EP - 220 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -