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Anyone who has suffered through alcoholism or addiction themselves or had a loved one is welcome to post here.
Myself, I am a recovered alcoholic/addict. A few years ago, my addiction took me to homelessness and i nearly lost my life and my freedom. I didnt have the luxury of a ritzy rehab facility to help me, no disrespect at all to those who do, but i had to do it the hard way- cold turkey, at homeless shelter and church rescue mission recovery program. 4 years later and I am self supportive, have a career and money in the bank and growing my business. Other than a couple minor relapses, i have no desire for dope any more, and have even gotten sick of smoking weed (makes me paranoid and anxious now).
I recently reconnected with my ex gf who i have known for 20 years- we were each other's first love, had an entire life planned together that went sideways. I have never met such a perfect girl for me, and she says the same. Will spare the details, but a friend of mine who years ago got into our business and took it on himself to cause problems with her family with our business ruined things at the time. It had been 6-7 years ago since we last spoke.
We got back in touch and long story short, she admitted me made a gigantic mistake and begged for my forgiveness. She was in a miserable marriage and said she thought about me all the time and knew she fucked up and hated herself for it.. after a couple weeks, she decided she was filing for divorce, leaving him and wanted to work things out with me.
She has become a complete alcoholic in her depression and misery- she tried to downplay her drinking at first, even though i could tell. She finally came clean after everything was filed and she walked away that she has been hiding drinks and getting a lot more fucked up than she was letting on. A lot of people had begged her to go to rehab for some time, but i was able to get through to her. I had her go to an AA meeting and asked her to speak with the lady heading it who put her in touch with another lady who had similar trauma's that she connected with well.... 3 days laters and she is in detox and committed to a 90 day program and will probably be on the other side of the country. She will be going to a female only facility.
We were supposed to be spending the holidays together, and i know if i had told her not to go she would have listened... but it was the right thing to do. She was very broken and absolutely needs it.
Has anyone in here had a significant other go off to rehab for a long period or had to go to rehab while in a relationship?
Myself, I am a recovered alcoholic/addict. A few years ago, my addiction took me to homelessness and i nearly lost my life and my freedom. I didnt have the luxury of a ritzy rehab facility to help me, no disrespect at all to those who do, but i had to do it the hard way- cold turkey, at homeless shelter and church rescue mission recovery program. 4 years later and I am self supportive, have a career and money in the bank and growing my business. Other than a couple minor relapses, i have no desire for dope any more, and have even gotten sick of smoking weed (makes me paranoid and anxious now).
I recently reconnected with my ex gf who i have known for 20 years- we were each other's first love, had an entire life planned together that went sideways. I have never met such a perfect girl for me, and she says the same. Will spare the details, but a friend of mine who years ago got into our business and took it on himself to cause problems with her family with our business ruined things at the time. It had been 6-7 years ago since we last spoke.
We got back in touch and long story short, she admitted me made a gigantic mistake and begged for my forgiveness. She was in a miserable marriage and said she thought about me all the time and knew she fucked up and hated herself for it.. after a couple weeks, she decided she was filing for divorce, leaving him and wanted to work things out with me.
She has become a complete alcoholic in her depression and misery- she tried to downplay her drinking at first, even though i could tell. She finally came clean after everything was filed and she walked away that she has been hiding drinks and getting a lot more fucked up than she was letting on. A lot of people had begged her to go to rehab for some time, but i was able to get through to her. I had her go to an AA meeting and asked her to speak with the lady heading it who put her in touch with another lady who had similar trauma's that she connected with well.... 3 days laters and she is in detox and committed to a 90 day program and will probably be on the other side of the country. She will be going to a female only facility.
We were supposed to be spending the holidays together, and i know if i had told her not to go she would have listened... but it was the right thing to do. She was very broken and absolutely needs it.
Has anyone in here had a significant other go off to rehab for a long period or had to go to rehab while in a relationship?