My partner and I are both in recovery and we're dealing with completely different physical symptoms - they have chronic pain that got worse after stopping opioids, I'm dealing with digestive issues from years of drinking - and we're trying to be intimate again but our bodies feel like strangers to us and to each other. We don't know how to reconnect physically when everything feels different and fragile.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people in recovery are trying to rediscover physical connection while both of their bodies are healing and changing in different ways.
“Where Are You with Addiction — physical dimension?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.