E109: Relationships and Sobriety: How Recovery Affects Your Family and Friends

In this episode of Through the Glass Recovery Podcast, we take a look into the ripple effects sobriety can have on personal relationships. Often, the road to recovery isn't just about changing your habits—it's about transforming the way you interact with the people closest to you. Whether it's mending broken trust, fostering deeper connections, or navigating difficult conversations, sobriety will profoundly impact your connections. In this episode, you'll hear real-life stories from author Patti Clark and Kerryann, finance professional and student of psychology, who have experienced these shifts firsthand, sharing their insights, struggles, and successes in rebuilding bonds and fostering healthier relationships in their journey to sobriety.

"I get to show up now."

In this episode:

• The painful reality of letting certain relationships go
• Choosing relationships carefully
• How your spouse can support you
• Different people will react to your sobriety in different ways
• How to respond when people think you're boring
• Dealing with the friction when you stand up for yourself
• Removing expectations from relationships
• Relationships with teen children
• Codependency, and how to disconnect with love
• Connected relationships shine a light on the empty ones

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Patti Clark is the award-winning author of This Way Up: Seven Tools for Unleashing Your Creative Self and Transforming Your Life. Her own experience as a middle-aged woman in recovery is deeply reflected in her new book, Recovery Road Trip: Finding Purpose and Connection on the Journey Home.

Patti was born and raised in Northern California, lived in New Zealand for many years, and is now living in Portugal. 

https://www.patticlark.org

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