# Helping other people

**URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/helping-other-people/4511
**Category:** Life in Recovery
**Created:** [December 31, 2016, 8:29am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/helping-other-people/4511 "2016-12-31T08:29:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Jiddis](https://talkingsober.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/22d042/32.png) [@Jiddis](https://talkingsober.com/u/Jiddis)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2016, 8:29am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/helping-other-people/4511/1 "2016-12-31T08:29:58Z")

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Tonight a friend admitted she has similar addictions to me and it felt so good to help guide her. It was really important for me to take that step in my sobriety.

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### Author: ![Robin](https://talkingsober.com/user_avatar/talkingsober.com/robin/32/138167_2.png) [@Robin](https://talkingsober.com/u/Robin)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/helping-other-people/4511/2 "2016-12-31T13:09:19Z")

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It’s great having a friend who is recovering with you. Just be careful. If one fails the other might too. It happens a lot when recovering addicts date. Not saying that’s the case, though.