Your Recovery Doesn't Need to Be Perfect Many men unknowingly replace addiction with perfectionism. *****They believe recovery means never making mistakes.**** Never feeling anxious. Never arguing. Never struggling. But that's not recovery. That's pressure. Recovery isn't measured by perfection. It's measured by how quickly you return to your values after life knocks you off course. Everyone has difficult days. The difference is having a plan before those days arrive. The S4M