Originally Posted by Learn2Live

We search for that little sliver of light. We hope with all of our heart that something they say or do is a sign that they are going to return to being that loving, sweet, kind, caring person they used to be. We think because they want to talk it means they are finally in so much pain they want to turn things around. But in reality, what we see and what we hear is just the ghost of a man we once knew. A tiny squeak of a voice that once boomed with happiness and confidence and love. They never return. Even when they get sober, they don't return to who they once were. Every day we change. That was then, and this is now. We cannot turn back the clock.