Show Notes
You're doing everything right — so why does sobriety feel like it's making everything worse?
One of my clients came to me about a month into our work together and she was defeated. Not the white-knuckling kind of defeated — the kind that comes from trying really hard and feeling like it's not working. She was crying more than when she was drinking. Fighting more with her partner. She couldn't answer the question "what do you like to do for fun?" without going completely blank.
She looked at me and said, "I think I'm doing this wrong."
She wasn't. And if you're in that same place right now — somewhere in that 30 to 90 day window wondering if sobriety is actually making things worse — this episode is for you.
I walk you through the 4 things that happen in early recovery that look like failure but are actually signs you're doing it exactly right.
In this episode:
Why nothing feels fun anymore — and what's happening in your brain Why you're more emotional in sobriety, not less Why your relationships feel harder right now The difference between needing rest and disappearing Why the 30–90 day window is quietly one of the most dangerous in early recovery
The discomfort isn't a detour on the way to healing. The discomfort is the healing.
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