other people's relationships!

Old 02-17-2014, 07:30 AM
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other people's relationships!

A friend of mine has met a new guy and is head over heels, its that obsessive and all consuming thing that takes over us! She was meant to go ski ing which was pre arranged with friends. She got on the plane.. then got off again.
I was thinking to myself that it worried me. The guy has a bit of a coke habbit and their relationship looked like a car crash about to happen...
Then I thought about my own relationship.... that I couldn't possibly go on a week's holiday without my ABF because the worry would be too much. My BF has been sober for 7 months, in aa- he's being a good boy! But the trust is not back, will it come back??
I manage my time off work and take him into consideration a great deal, he does not do well with time on his hands. Don't get me wrong I do make time for myself. I have a horse who is my sanity.
I want to support him, I'm proud of his progress.... but there's always a but isn't there!
Sometimes it feels like living a life with the handbrake on..
I love him dearly, but trust is such a huge thing. Does it return?
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Old 02-17-2014, 07:38 AM
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I manage my time off work and take him into consideration a great deal, he does not do well with time on his hands.

I know it seems helpful to keep him occupied and not let him have too much time on his own to deal with, that simply REINFORCES the fact to you that HE cannot be trusted. trust is built thru responsible reliable repeated consistent actions on the part of the other....they DEMONSTRATE that they are trustworthy thru their actions and deeds. but if you are controlling his environment and not allowing him to be who he is and do what he does you will have nothing to watch and witness.

think of it like training wheels. we'll never know if we can really ride a bike until we take them off. it' scary, because those training wheels are our security blanket, they keep us from falling over. but they also hold us back. taking them off DOES bring risk....risk of pain and possible injury.

you won't know if he IS someone you can trust again until you let him operate under his own power.
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Old 02-17-2014, 10:27 AM
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he does not do well with time on his hands
That is part of what is learned in AA, and not your problem to worry about.
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