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Our good friend Dave Willis joined Eric to unpack one of the most overlooked foundations of recovery: emotional safety. What starts as a conversation about rebuilding trust quickly reveals something deeper… why even after the addiction stops, the relationship can still feel broken.
Episode Title: Sober But Still Unsafe - with Dave Willis
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After losing her during treatment, he made a promise at her graveside: he would stop apologizing with words and start proving change through the way he lived.
For years, nobody knew Jeff Breedlove was secretly battling addiction—not his bosses, not his coworkers, not even his family. Watch the full Recovery Vow Podcast conversation on addiction, recovery, and rebuilding a life after 30 years of secrecy.
For decades, Jeff hid a life-consuming addiction behind a successful public image until a public arrest exposed everything. This is the story of rock bottom, recovery, and rebuilding trust one day at a time.
Listen to the full conversation on the Recovery Vow YouTube Channel.
After 30 years of active addiction, Jeff Breedlove learned that trust is rebuilt through consistent actions, not promises. Hear his story of recovery, reconciliation, and the work of earning trust back one day at a time.
05/28/2026
Eric and Kristen are live in the Collective now!
Recovery Vow Collective A safe and supportive community for couples & individuals navigating recovery from addiction. Stay grounded in Recovery, join the free 7-Day Challenge
05/26/2026
A lot of people in recovery hit this moment where they’re doing everything they know how to do… and it still feels like nothing is changing.
That’s usually when frustration starts to creep in.
Because from your perspective, you’re trying. You’re showing up differently. You’re not who you used to be.
But from their perspective, they’re not just responding to who you are today — they’re responding to what they’ve experienced over time.
And that gap? That’s where most couples either grow… or get stuck.
Rebuilding trust isn’t about proving a point or speeding up forgiveness. It’s about creating enough consistency that the other person can finally start to feel something different.
Not because you said it.
Because they experienced it.
That kind of change doesn’t happen all at once. It’s built slowly, in the small moments most people overlook.
If you’re in that space right now, you’re not alone — and you don’t have to figure it out by yourself.
Comment COLLECTIVE to join a community of people in recovery and relationships doing this work for real.
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Listen to the voices is these forward thinking experts, leaders, real people with real recovery who want to help.
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05/25/2026
A lot of couples focus on how to rebuild intimacy… but don’t think about what it takes to sustain it.
And that’s usually where things start to slip.
Not all at once.
But gradually, in the small moments that stop getting attention.
Connection isn’t something you fix once and move on from.
It’s something you keep choosing, especially when life gets busy, stressful, or uncomfortable.
The couples who maintain it aren’t doing anything extreme.
They’re just consistent in the ways that matter.
They stay honest.
They address things early.
They keep showing up for each other, even in simple ways.
That’s what protects what you’ve already worked so hard to rebuild.
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