The Phoenix rises from the ashes.
"Collectively, the voices of people in recovery say that, through their close encounters
with death of body or self, they have come to understand both the fleeting transience and preciousness of life, and, as a result, the importance of living every moment as a gift
to be cherished and lived to its fullest....They constitute what might be called a Phoenix Society
of men and women, who in the face of utter personal destruction, have not only survived
but been reborn, often with decades of life to live, to serve, to teach."
William L. White, "The Boon of Recovery"
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