If you’ve worked closely with people, pushing business boundaries long enough, you’ll have some drama, breakups, and maybe a betrayal. When you take your work seriously and own the business, everything about it is personal.

My story today started with a close friendship, led to a close business partnership, and ended with a bombshell betrayal.

There is much truth in recovery models, but they tend to lack specificity around betrayal and fail to detail what acceptance and integration look like over the very long run. So here’s one guy’s journey. I hope you never feel this pain. If you have or do, I hope this helps.

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