(((NEG)))
It does hurt. The only way I've gotten through it is to keep walking through it. Feel the pain as difficult as that is. Acceptance is important. Remaining open to hope also helps. Try to remind yourself that what you are doing just may be effective in ways you never imagined. If nothing else, you will come out stronger for it.
Time has allowed me to put some perspective on it all. It still pains me that someone I loved continues to drink themselves to death. I don't know why that is his path. I need to stay focused on my own.
Let us know how it goes.