How Helping Others in Recovery Can Help You Too

Helping Others Helps Your Own Anxiety & Depression

Sobriety can feel incredibly isolating at times, and the resulting depression, loneliness, or boredom can increase the risk of relapse. But there’s a very good way to combat those feelings: when you wish someone was there right now for you, reach out and see if you can be that person for someone else!

This breaks both of you out of isolation of course, and helps you build a meaningful connection, but it has another, more practical benefit: when you help someone work through their negative feelings, you’re also practicing ways to work on yourself — self-love, self-care, empathy, and patience.