Originally Posted by
Cyranoak 
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Love doesn't matter to alcoholism and addiction. It can't cure it, it can't control it, and it sure as hell doesn't stop it. Not love for children, not love for husbands and wives, and not love for mothers and fathers.
It is the single worst enemy of the victims of alcoholism and addiction because it is so useless in the face of this disease, and delays for so long the decisions and actions that can and should be made to help those suffering from it.
Cyranoak
Oh my gosh Cyranoak.....you are Sage Wise on this. THANK YOU for stating it in such clear terms. I've been touching around the edges of this, realizing my romantic fantasies hold me securely to such profound pain. I'm printing this out....and will read it every day. THANK YOU