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When you and your sponsor disagree about recovery pace

My sponsor and I see my recovery progress completely differently - they think I'm rushing into commitments too fast and I feel like they're holding me back from rebuilding my life. We're both committed to my sobriety but can't agree on what healthy recovery looks like right now.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people committed to the same recovery goal are operating from fundamentally different models of what sustainable progress looks like.

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