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Scenario

When your closest friendship changes after you get sober

My best friend of fifteen years keeps making jokes about my sobriety that feel cutting, and I think she's drinking more than she used to, and we both keep pretending everything is normal but there's this new distance between us that we're both dancing around.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people who have grown in different directions are struggling to name what's happening between them without losing each other.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Parenting a child with mental health challenges?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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