A chick who has a slutty past, who gets into an exclusive relationship with a guy, but relapses into an episode of sluttiness and indulges her unquenchable desire for getting drunk and sampling random cocks.
That chick I dated was a recovering cockaholic- what did I expect?
by brovahedi March 13, 2009
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Noun- a recovering wigger is a white male or female that is no longer a wigger (see wigger) they have gotten over the mental illess of believing they are back and now are trying to become a part of normal society. Back in the late 1990s there was a surge of wiggers as the century turned, the effects of 90s infulnced "black culture" has dimmed down Dramitacily as society has now learned inheriting black culture has caused a cascade of negative effects on the general society.
by 2016ldh November 15, 2016
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An American who has been living in another country long enough to understand that/why the people in that country feel antipathy toward Americans, and is modifying their behaviour/educating themselves to overcome those deficiencies.

From the phrase "recovering alcoholic".
No, it's all right, you can invite Crandall to Grandpère's birthday: he's a recovering American.
by Matti! Matti! Matti! January 4, 2011
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an individual who has been introverted their whole life and is attempting to, or being forced by a change in their environment (job, project, relationship, etc.) to, become more outgoing and expressive.
“i feel like i’ve been talking for too long, i’m a recovering introvert so i feel bad when i talk a lot continuously
by 6e February 25, 2022
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Noun.
One who used to be infatuated with japanese things, anime. Overall hated the country they live in.
Overall horrible to be around. Always making jokes and saying things in japanese. Usually 10-19 years old.
Man: "I love anime, japan is sooooo awesome CX"
Man 2: "I'm a recovering weeb, don't like anime or japan..."
by cp2581 December 7, 2016
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After being a manager for many years the person attends rehabilitation and a twelve step program to get over the trauma of dealing with employees and their petty problems at work.
Joe use to be a really easy going, nice, intelligent person but now he is a recovering manager and sits around all day with slobber running down his face.
by Deborah Spicer June 21, 2006
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A person who spends almost all of their school career (High School, College, Etc.) focusing only on grades and their resume while not making friends or being social at all before suddenly asking themselves "What the hell am I doing with my life?" The person then dedicates a lot of time to hanging out with people and making friends. These people should be treated with patience and sympathy as they typically enter this phase with limited social skills but are trying their hardest to learn what they missed.
*A group of people just hanging out*

Person: Dude! You're always with us but I still don't know much about you! Why so quiet?

Me: Sorry. I'm still trying to figure everything out. I'm a recovering academic.

Person: Oh hey! Welcome to the party man!
by toomanythoughts March 13, 2019
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