The recovery file should be the latest changes you made to the file - so long as you have not down graded the auto save options in the Work Environment.
It certainly shouldn't be days old.
If you have saved recently then there should be a BPN (backup) file in the same job directory as Marc mentioned.
Again, so long as you have not turned of the backup option in the Work Environment.
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