My dad and I are both trying to get sober at the same time - he's 30 years deeper into alcoholism than I am but I'm the one who went to treatment first - and now we're in this weird dynamic where we're trying to help each other but also competing about who's doing recovery 'right' and I don't know if this is helping or making everything harder.
More people experience this than they realize.
Recovery becomes complicated when the people who most understand your struggle are also the ones who trigger your deepest patterns of comparison and control.
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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.