I equate recovery with healing. I don't view addiction as a disease but it certainly wreaked a lot of havoc and disarray in my life. Recovery is the word I used when I first got here (before knowing anything about its connotations) because it seemed to be the most natural and accurate word to describe what was occurring- I was recovering mentally, emotionally, physically..
I now feel I'd have to second guess myself if I wanted to use it, in case I may not "qualify". Which frankly I think is kind of an unproductive way of seeing things. No one should own or monopolize this term imo, it can mean different things to different people.