LibraryScenariosWhen families struggle to rebuild after addiction recovery
Scenario

When families struggle to rebuild after addiction recovery

My family keeps bringing up things that happened when I was drinking heavily five years ago, not in a mean way but like they're still waiting for me to fix something I can't fix, and I don't know how to have the conversation about what we can actually repair and what we just have to live with.

Laozi
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Past harm creates a gap between what forgiveness looks like and what healing actually requires from everyone involved.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Regret and the past?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.