What rate of descent did you have when you initiated the recovery and what was your height loss during recovery?
Usually not much of either but as everybody knows, early recognition is the key. Much less than pushing forward on the cyclic and sitting there waiting for something to happen, that I can tell you. If you are going to argue that it's ineffective (I don't know this) in full blown VRS at 2000'+ per minute, you're missing the point.