Respect Matters

5 Things TRUE FRIENDS Know About Boundaries and Humor

🍻 How Good Friends Handle Your Sobriety | Sober Psychology Short Here’s a truth bomb about recovery and real friendship: If someone has to tiptoe around your sobriety, it says more about your fragility than their behavior. Now don’t get me wrong — respect matters. And shoutout to the dude I golfed with today — he showed massive respect by watching his step around that. But I had to tell him what I’ll tell you: If my sobriety is so weak that someone else drinking near me sends me spiraling, I’ve got work to do. That’s not their burden — that’s my responsibility. What separates good friends from great ones? They know where your lines are… and they never take jabs at the wounds that haven’t healed. They might roast you over your golf swing — but they’ll never joke about the trauma you’re still bleeding from. That’s the kind of circle I want. That’s the kind of man I’m trying to be. So ask yourself today: 💥 Do your friends know how to joke with you — not at you? 💥 Are you solid enough in your recovery that their freedom doesn’t threaten your stability? Because if not, it’s time to recalibrate.