A person may be able to live with and help a loved one cope with one or the other without losing themselves in the process. But when they’re both active and unacknowledged by the person afflicted, the threat isn’t losing the sense of self, it’s the ultimate threat.
Tag: Co-Dependent
One Peaceful Night
Having come to the terms of the whirlwind of the journey I’d just been on, once I landed, drove home, and fell into bed, I slept for the first time in years without worry. One peaceful night.
Loving an Addict
Loving an addict leaves you in one of the loneliest places in the world. It means feeling judged for staying with the addict and yet sentenced for withdrawing support for the addict. It means knowing that no one else in the world has any idea what you are going through, but everyone in your life thinks they know what you should do.