Originally Posted by
tollbooth 
What gives them the willpower to make the choice of staying involved with an A family figure and not "give up" on them?
Some people stay and some people leave. Everyone here and in meetings can relate to you to a certain extent and when that happens it's easy to forget each situation is different.
You must have had a good reason to leave. Don't second guess yourself because you're suffering from selective memory right now and you miss her.
Originally Posted by
tollbooth Im just interested in hearing others opinions on this.
Becoming chemically dependent on a mood and mind altering substance is very different from developing cancer, pretty black & white to me.