ScaryTime…..I think it always feels weird when we learn that they are with someone. No matter how we felt about them...and, even if we know that it would, eventually, happen....
Go ahead and cry...as long as you need to. I believe in crying. It needs to come and, is part of the healing process. It really makes it all feel very real...
Alcoholics will, often, move into a relationship, quickly.....as it takes the focus off their own personal issues and brings a rush of dopamine into their brains....
We know what dopamine does---gives us a pair of rose colored glasses to wear!----for a while.....