Greek Recovery

Twelve Trials, Twelve Truths

A Mythic Journey Through Addiction and Redemption

Table of Contents Greek Recovery: Twelve Trials, Twelve Truths

Introduction
Why We Tell These Stories

Chapter One: Sysyphus – The Relapse Cycle
The Boulder, the Fall, and the Choice to Try Again

Chapter Two: Orpheus and Eurydice — Letting Go of the Past
The Longing That Looks Back

Chapter Three: Narcissus — Self-Destruction Through Ego or Shame
The Mirror That Lies

Chapter Four: Icarus — The Illusion of Control and the Fall
Wings of Wax, Lessons of Humility

Chapter Five: The Hydra — Triggers and Emotional Chaos
Slaying the Surface, Finding the Source

Chapter Six: Theseus and the Minotaur — Navigating the Inner Maze
The Thread That Brings Us Home

Chapter Seven: Persephone — Living Between Two Worlds
Shadow, Light, and Seasonal Grace

Chapter Eight: Tantalus — Craving What Cannot Be Reached
Hunger, Entitlement, and Enoughness

Chapter Nine: Daedalus — The Architect Who Stayed
Wisdom, Grief, and the Ones Who Warn

Chapter Ten: Atalanta — Strength, Vulnerability, and the Cost of the Race
What We Miss When We Always Run

Chapter Eleven: Odysseus — The Long Way Home
Temptation, Fantasy, and the Fight to Return

Chapter Twelve: Philoctetes — Pain, Exile, and the Call to Return
The Wounded One Still Needed

Bonus Chapter Thirteen: Heracles — The Long Road Back
Twelve Labors, Daily Redemption

Epilogue
The Next Step