boundaries – Raw Recovery Journey https://rawrecoveryjourney.com Stormborn Sobriety Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:44:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://rawrecoveryjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/cropped-large-thunderbird-32x32.png boundaries – Raw Recovery Journey https://rawrecoveryjourney.com 32 32 Resentments in recovery and family: Stop over-giving before you relapse https://rawrecoveryjourney.com/resentment/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 02:12:55 +0000 https://rawrecoveryjourney.com/?p=712 Recovery doesn’t just change who you are. It changes what people expect from you—and what you expect from them. Most resentments in recovery aren’t born from some dramatic betrayal. They’re built like plaque: tiny deposits, day after day. Twenty dollars here. A ride there. “Can you call your sister and smooth this over?” “Can you […]

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]]> Friends who still party: how to say no without the speech https://rawrecoveryjourney.com/how-to-say-no/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 03:29:22 +0000 https://rawrecoveryjourney.com/?p=694 You’re not “being dramatic.” If you’re in recovery, getting pulled back into party scenes isn’t cute, and it isn’t “just one night.” For a lot of us it’s a relapse pipeline that ends in jail, the ER, or a funeral. You don’t owe anyone a motivational speech while your life is on the line. The […]

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]]> Love Under Siege: When Helping an Addict Starts Enabling Addiction https://rawrecoveryjourney.com/enabling-addiction/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 03:11:30 +0000 https://rawrecoveryjourney.com/?p=689 I remember the lie that used to live in my mouth before it even reached my brain: “This is the last time.” It wasn’t always meant as a con. Sometimes it was desperation dressed up like a promise—said to keep the door open, keep the lights on, keep the panic down for one more night. […]

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]]> Relationships and Boundaries in Recovery: Stop Bleeding for People Who Won’t Do the Work https://rawrecoveryjourney.com/relationships-and-boundaries/ Mon, 19 Jan 2026 23:12:12 +0000 https://rawrecoveryjourney.com/?p=686 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. This is for both sides: the person in recovery who’s trying to stay upright, and the partner/parent/friend […]

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]]> Boundaries With an Addict: Proven Next-Step Plan for Family & Friends https://rawrecoveryjourney.com/boundaries-with-an-addict/ Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:56:58 +0000 https://rawrecoveryjourney.com/?p=613 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 it sticks. Learning how to set boundaries with an addict is for the person who’s […]

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