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When family members are in recovery at different stages

My dad and I are both trying to quit drinking and we keep getting sober at different times which means one of us is always further along and it's creating this weird dynamic where we can't really be honest about our struggles without feeling like we're letting the other person down.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people attempting the same transformation discover that being out of sync creates isolation rather than solidarity.

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