Do they ever go back to being who they were?
My son says that his wife is not the woman he married at all. DIL did not have many of the characteristics of an addictive personality before she was put on such huge doses of pain pills. She was a very strong, independent, sunny girl. She has changed so much in her personality since she has become addicted to pain pills and sadly, much of the change is very negative. So I am wondering, for those of you who have had a loved one recover from addiction, do they go back to being the person they were or is there some permanent scarring .