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Even when you’re technically doing “okay,” early sobriety can feel hollow. You’re not drinking or using. You’re showing up. But it still feels like something’s

Even if you followed the rules last time, showed up to group, listened, journaled—something still didn’t click. That’s not your fault. A lot of people

You’ve been circling the idea of getting help for a while now. You’re not in a full-blown crisis, but you know your current habits aren’t

There’s a quiet kind of exhaustion that doesn’t show on your face. You still make it to work. You still answer texts. You still smile

Early recovery can feel like walking through a quiet house at night—you know you’re safe, but the stillness is hard to bear. After the constant

Even when you’ve reached the point where you know you need help, it’s normal to feel overwhelmed by the options. The internet is full of

You’re not spiraling. But you’re not okay either. You’re functioning—barely. You make it to meetings, hit deadlines, remember birthdays. You also drink more than you

You didn’t check into a treatment center. You didn’t sit in the intake chair or unpack your past in group therapy. But if your partner

There was no dramatic crash. No DUI, no lost job, no intervention. Just an invisible unraveling that only I could see. I was still delivering.

I didn’t think I had a real problem. Everyone around me smoked. Weed was casual, social, part of the culture. No one called it a