How do I rebuild trust with my family after addiction affected our relationships?

Trust isn't rebuilt with grand gestures or one apology. Rabia understood that love is proven in the small, repeated acts of showing up. Your family watched you choose something else over them—now they need to watch you choose differently, over and over, until the pattern becomes real. This takes time. Maybe a lot of it. Start by being specific about what broke. Don't say "I'm sorry I was a bad parent." Say "I missed your soccer games because I was using. I'm going to be there on Saturday." Then be there. On Saturday. And the next Saturday. Consistency is the language trust speaks. You'll also need to accept that some relationships may heal slowly or differently than you hoped. That's the grief you carry—and it's worth carrying, because it means you understand the weight of what happened. Rabia loved without demand for return. She loved because love itself was the point. That doesn't mean codependency—it means you do the work not to earn back what you took, but because your family, and you, deserve to be whole. The belonging you're rebuilding? It starts with you belonging to your own recovery first.