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How grief affects addiction recovery support

My sponsor died last month and I have been struggling not to drink but I feel like I cannot talk to anyone else about how angry I am at him for leaving.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The loss of crucial support figures can destabilize recovery while simultaneously making it difficult to express complex emotions like anger toward the deceased.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Addiction as mental health condition?”

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