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How sobriety can create unexpected social grief

I quit drinking eight months ago and all my friendships were built around bars and parties, so sobriety saved my life but killed my social world.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Recovery often requires abandoning entire social networks, creating loss of community alongside the challenge of healing.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Disenfranchised grief — when loss isn't recognized?”

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