I've been in recovery for eighteen months but my closest friends still treat me like I might break at any moment, and I've started avoiding them because their careful kindness feels like another kind of disappearing. We all want things to go back to normal but none of us knows what normal looks like now.
More people experience this than they realize.
The protective distance that emerges around someone in early recovery can become its own form of isolation for everyone involved.
“Where Are You with The grief of addiction — losing yourself and others?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.