A short monologue from Nick Stumbo about recovery in relationships. The speaker outlines phased healing—intense pain that subsides into discomfort, learning new rhythms, and rebuilding trust—and emphasizes that both partners must commit to the process. While full recovery may take years, meaningful hope can appear within months if both are working intentionally.
And I think in recovery, if we think about our relationship. And again, it does require a spouse who's also committed to the process. But if they are, there are going to be these phases where you're not going to be in, you know, constant pain for three years and then run full speed. There might be a season where the pain is intense, but as it subsides, then there's discomfort, there's learning new rhythms, then there's growing in some of that trust and those new those new normals. And all this, as a a phased approach can be helpful. I just think it's encouraging to tell a couple, yeah, the full process may be years, but a few months in, if you're both really leaning in and doing your work, you may begin to have hopefulness much, much sooner than that.
