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Abbeycare @abbeycare.bsky.social · 1h

Families:

✅ What qualities did you value in yourself before addiction entered your lives?
✅ Identify traits that feel most disconnected now - and why
✅ Find people, activities or pursuits that let you express those qualities again

Family Recovery Compass: lk2.app/frc

Family Recovery Compass - Help For Loved Ones of Those In Addiction - Abbeycare

Family Recovery Compass by Abbeycare is a newsletter helping loved ones of those in addiction, to help themselves and others.

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Abbeycare @abbeycare.bsky.social · 3h

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Family Recovery Compass - Help For Loved Ones of Those In Addiction - Abbeycare

Family Recovery Compass by Abbeycare is a newsletter helping loved ones of those in addiction, to help themselves and others.

lk2.app

Abbeycare @abbeycare.bsky.social · 3h

Families: Always fixing or rescuing - yet nothing changes?

Here's how to escape the Victim Triangle:

✅Spot your role (Rescuer or Persecutor)
✅Ask “Is this really mine to fix?”
✅Support, don’t save.

Weekly tools for family addiction: lk2.app/frc

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Abbeycare @abbeycare.bsky.social · 23h

I Thought I Was Too Young To Be Sober | Listen UP Episode 1 - Darren Connell - Now Available

Darren Connell explains why overcoming shame about sobriety is key to recovery in Episode 1 of Listen UP.

EPISODE 1 - NOW AVAILABLE - lk2.app/luep1

#addictionrecovery

Abbeycare @abbeycare.bsky.social · 1d

"That Just Became The Norm..." | Listen UP Episode 8 - John Elford - Listen Now!

Uncover the link between trauma and addiction - and how to break the cycle. In Listen UP Episode 8, with guest John Elford.

EPISODE 8 - LISTEN NOW - lk2.app/luep8

#addictionrecovery

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Abbeycare @abbeycare.bsky.social · 1d

Recovery Starts With Connection. | Listen UP Episode 1 - Darren Connell - Listen Now

Fear of recovery is normal, but building a support network makes it easier. Darren Connell explains in Episode 1 of Listen UP.

EPISODE 1 - LISTEN NOW - lk2.app/luep1

#sobrietytips

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Abbeycare @abbeycare.bsky.social · 1d

"I Knew The Whole World Had Changed..." | Listen UP Episode 8 - John Elford - Out Now!

How one moment of realisation can re-arrange the future, and make the path forward clear. With John Elford, in Listen UP Episode 8.

EPISODE 8 - LISTEN NOW - lk2.app/luep8

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Abbeycare @abbeycare.bsky.social · 2d

Families: Feel like you're always stepping in, but nothing changes?

✅Start tracking patterns.
✅Set boundaries, not bailouts.
✅Expect emotions—yours and theirs.

Family Recovery Compass, by Abbeycare: The only newsletter for families loving someone in addiction lk2.app/frc

Abbeycare @abbeycare.bsky.social · 2d

"We Were Expected To Drink." | Listen UP Episode 8 - John Elford - Listen Now!
John Elford of Get Into Recovery explains how to overcome societal pressure - and what actually moves you forward in recovery. In Listen UP Episode 8.
EPISODE 8 - LISTEN NOW - lk2.app/luep8
#recoveryjourney

Abbeycare @abbeycare.bsky.social · 4d

"That Was The Beginning..." | Listen UP Episode 8 - John Elford - Listen Now!

Discover the specifics of turning recovery knowledge into action - so it sticks when urges rise - in Episode 8 of Listen UP, with guest John Elford.

EPISODE 8 - LISTEN NOW - lk2.app/luep8

Abbeycare @abbeycare.bsky.social · 5d

"There Was A Figure Stood There..." | Listen UP Episode 8 - John Elford - Out Now!

John Elford shares the haunting experience that taught him: pick life today and let everything else follow. In Episode 8 of Listen UP.

EPISODE 8 - LISTEN NOW - lk2.app/luep8

#chooseRecovery