How to Leave a Drug Addict

Recovering from any addiction can be extremely emotionally challenging. Before sobriety, most of us were solely focused on getting our drug of choice in order to cover up our emotions. Early sobriety should be spent on personal development and obtaining the healthy coping skills needed to navigate our lives productively. Many of us in recovery have heard people recommend that an individual should remain in platonic relationships within the first year of sobriety.

While recovering from an addiction, it’s common to lose your sense of However​, you should not date someone from your regular meetings.

But then you see a woman. Potentially the girl of your dreams. It me? There had to be a catch. You have visions of sober parties playing charades and checkers. Not so fast, bub. Hear me out before you swipe left.