# How to Stop Over-Giving When Friendships Feel One-Sided | Episode 354

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Podcast: [Fragmented to Whole: Life Lessons from 12 Step Recovery](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fragmented-to-whole-life-lessons-from-12-step-recovery-182478)
Published: 2026-06-01T11:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode 354 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about social boundaries, over-functioning in friendships, and what happens when relationships quietly become dependent on your emotional labor, effort, and self-abandonment. When I first entered recovery, I thought my relationship struggles were mostly about romantic relationships. What I eventually realized was that many of the same codependent patterns were showing up in my friendships and colleague ...

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