Thanks Rosiepetal,
I just read your post.
I am sorry for your pain.
They are addicts.
Unless they are willing to truly work on themselves the minute they feel a void they must fill it.
If it cannot be with drugs or alcohol, it is with something or someone else.
But we too become addicted to them.
We must also look to fill the void that they have left behind.
We are powerless over them, but we are not powerless to heal ourselves.