The shock and trauma of our addict’s behaviors is something that we have to settle in ourselves. Not for them – for us. Whether we stay with them – or not. The stories here are all very similar. The addict’s will do what they all do. What they have always done. It doesn’t matter who they are with, who their parents are, who their children are, who they are married to, who they are. We all want to feel that for us, they won’t ever do the awful things that they do – or did. This vile drug – cocaine will change the best of the best. It will devastate them and all who love them. When you realize that it doesn’t matter what you say or do. When you realize that. Only then can you figure out how to release them and move forward, to put your shock, pain, and trauma in a healthier place. So, there is a reasonable chance to heal and move forward. With or without them.
