# 326 Tighten Your Helmet Cord

A Japanese proverb that goes back to Samurai warrior time is "After victory, tighten your helmet cord." This emphasizes that we may have won a battle but that doesn't mean the war is over. In this episode we look at seven ways that we can utilize this proverb as a guide for us in recovery. As stated by Kambei Shimada in Akira Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai," "When you think you're safe is precisely when you're the most vulnerable.