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Why recovering from addiction requires grieving your former self

I've been sober for three years and I'm realizing I need to grieve the person I was when I was drinking even though everyone says I should just be grateful.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Transformation demands mourning the familiar self, even when that self was destructive.

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