My partner and I are both in recovery from alcohol addiction and we've been sober for different amounts of time, but lately we keep having these weird moments where one of us will mention wanting a drink and the other gets triggered, and then we both feel guilty and ashamed but we can't figure out how to talk about cravings without destabilizing each other.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people sharing the same struggle can inadvertently become each other's greatest vulnerability.
“Where Are You with Addiction as mental health condition?”
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