Book excerpt: This workbook provides self-care tools for persons who live with challenges related to mental illness. This workbook will help you to identify symptoms of mental illness, practice techniques that may help manage symptoms, and identify services that support RECOVERY. The author organized proven self-care techniques using the acrostic R-E-C-O-V-E-R-Y. The units are REALIZE, EDUCATE, CONNECT, OWN, VERIFY, EVALUATE, RENEW, and YOU. Each unit contains a brief summary of the related research findings. The summaries can help you understand what you could expect to benefit from applying the techniques to your RECOVERY.