My address book on my Mac was over written by the contact list from my iPhone, Help? restore??

Recently picked up an iphone - beginning to think it was a mistake. Just found the address book on my Mac was over written by my iphone contact list.
How did this happen, why was I not warned? and can I somehow restore my address book? I'm lost any help is greatly appreciated!

I really appreciate you taking the time to help me out, and I apologize for my lack of understanding. no problem, sometimes it's better not to know in detail what's going on inside your mac
ok, on one side you have a backup of your computer you made some time ago when you had all your contacts on your phone, right?
On the other side you have your computer as it is now, the MobileSync folder contains a backup of your phone, but you can't use it because it contains the wrong data.
So in order to have the backup from some date in the past you'll have to replace (overwrite) the folder on your computer. This can be done by moving the old MobileSync folder to the location I described earlier.
After you replaced the folder, there will be the "old" backup inside and you can go into itunes/settings/devices and see if the backup can be used to restore your phone.

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