I've been watching this for 8 years and I just don't see this as living.
I think the same thing about my brother's lives - they made them so small, smaller and smaller....
I am grateful every day that I do not have an addiction!! I love my body and my brain and my power to make the choices each day that will bring me pleasure and joy! Brundle how are YOU living? Can you detach enough from this person's misery and be focused on your own joy, your own growth??
It is difficult to live within what's supposed to be a "relationship" with a person who neither shows us the love we need nor lets us express our love to them freely to be lovingly received. It can make us very sick in mind and body...please take care of yourself...(((((((hugs)))))))
peace
b