A goal asks what you want to achieve. Identity asks who you are practicing being. The second question gives small actions meaning and makes recovery easier.
Use direction, not a label
Choose an identity with movement in it: someone who returns, speaks honestly, or cares for tomorrow.
Collect believable evidence
Each kept promise becomes a vote. Make the vote small enough to cast often.
Build the restart
People who change shorten the distance between disruption and return.