Three of us from our addiction recovery group started meeting weekly to check in and hold each other accountable, but now one person keeps relapsing and the other two of us are handling it completely differently - I want to be compassionate but my friend thinks we need tough love, and meanwhile our friend who's struggling has stopped showing up entirely.
More people experience this than they realize.
Different approaches to supporting someone's addiction recovery can fracture the very support system meant to provide stability.
“Where Are You with Addiction as mental health condition?”
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