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When sobriety doesn't fix all problematic behaviors

I am five years clean but still compulsively lie about small things and I do not understand why I cannot stop even though I am sober.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Recovery from substance use may not address deeper patterns of self-protection that served survival functions.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Recovery identity — from addiction?”

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