Stormborn Sobriety
Stormborn Sobriety
Relationships & Boundaries is where recovery gets real with other people—family, partners, friends, coworkers—and with yourself. It’s about learning to say no without guilt, stop enabling chaos, rebuild trust with actions, and protect your peace so sobriety can actually stick.
Boundaries aren’t “selfish.” They’re how you stay sober, stay sane, and stop letting other people’s chaos rent space in your nervous system. In recovery, relationships and boundaries either support the rebuild—or they become the slow leak that takes you out.…
Early recovery is a raw, unstable season. Boundaries aren’t “nice ideas” or “communication tips”—they’re the line between staying sober and sliding back into the same mess. Boundaries protect your time, your nervous system, and your access to safe people when your brain is…
If you’re reading this, it’s already been bad. You’ve watched someone you love disappear behind lies, chaos, and “I’ll change tomorrow.” You’ve tried being nice, being tough, being patient, being loud, being quiet, paying the bill, not paying the bill—none of…
A common question we hear is, “How do I help someone who refuses help?” You can’t force recovery, but you can stop feeding the chaos, protect your home, and keep a clear path to real treatment open. The goal isn’t to “win the argument”—it’s to reduce harm,…
When I was in active addiction, there was a stretch of months when the mother of my children had to set what felt, to me, like extreme boundaries. I was disinvited from my oldest son’s birthday in mid‑October. I wasn’t allowed to…