Originally Posted by
mssweetums 
I dont understand why I believed what the relative said to me? Am I that so far gone that I would go for that? Why do I even still care about him? i have only known him since August. I am scared for me, and my choices and my ability to believe the things that I hear from others. I have never been this way before, and do not understand, how I could do this now, to myself.
I feel horrible.
The one thing I do know is that the alcoholic in my was very charming when he was good. Made me believe in the future with him against my better judgement. There is something they do to "hook" you in. So don't be too hard on yourself for wanting to believe.
It sounds like most of us here have visited that confusion at one time- if not many times