This is my Story....
Hi, My Name is Rachel. I am a wife of a recovering addict. My husband was addicted to painkillers. He has chosen to get help for himself, and I am so supportive of this. He is going to a Methadone clinic, seeing a councelor, and we as a couple are going to marriage counceling. This idea of treatment is all very new to us both. I am scared, but hopeful. I have felt so alone for so long. I have no friends, and slowly I feel as if my needs/wants/dreams have been put aside. It is hard comeing to the realization that we are powerless over the addiction. I want what is best for myself, my husband, and my marriage. I know I am powerless over his addiction, and that his choices are his to make, and mine are mine to make. How to you cope? How do you learn How do you get past the hurt, distrust, anger, and resentment?