One of the most difficult aspects of our emotional recovery is the countless number of little deaths we’re going to be asked to endure along the way.

The people we knew, the places we used to go, the habits we used to have; all these things that came into our lives when we were sick – even because we were sick – we’re going to have to let them go.

They’re going to have to fall away and die.

And we’re going to have to grieve them…