The Contract to Recover

This isn’t a formality. It’s a decision.

The Contract to Recover is a one-page, plainspoken agreement—a quiet promise you make to yourself before the blast, before the betrayal, before the bottom drops out.

It exists for anyone who has ever stood in the debris field after something life-altering. Veterans. First responders. Fighters of silent wars. People who know what it means to carry on because someone has to.

You can print it. Fold it. Sign it. Slide it into your notebook or behind your ballistic panel. Or just carry the words in your head. But once the file exists, your subconscious remembers: you obligated yourself to recover.

Because surviving isn’t the same as returning.
And staying in the wreckage isn’t the same as healing.