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Scenario

When one friend gets sober and changes the dynamic of a friendship

My best friend and I have been drifting apart since they got sober eight months ago and I'm still drinking regularly. We don't know how to spend time together anymore and we're both tiptoeing around it instead of talking about it directly, but I can feel us losing each other and it's breaking my heart.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sobriety can illuminate how much of a connection was built around shared habits, leaving both people to discover if there's something deeper underneath.

Your guide for this
Mira
Mira works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Peri

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