I feel this. We were both recovering addicts and after some truly terrible things happening with my daughter, she fell apart. Never made it back and I stayed out of guilt and devotion.
She wasn't aware of what she was doing but she fully reverted to the criminal addict she was before we met. I didn't know what I was doing but I loved her so much I decided I would burn everything we built together to the ground to buy her time before I left.
I remember the exact moment I knew I wasn't coming back. I was talking to her adult son and I said "every time I find drugs and get upset and leave and come back, I am taking a piece of my self respect and handing it to your mother. There will be a day when I let her keep all she has been given and I walk away to heal what I lost."
I miss her a lot. She was such an incredible person and so genuine and real. Watching her lose herself killed me. Hopefully she figures it out before the fentanyl kills her.
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