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February 18, 2017 at 4:41 am #128187
Dee Dee
ParticipantDear, Adele..
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dee Dee, I have never been in your position but I used to be the bastard your bf was. I was a meth addict for years.I was very smart which makes me very manipulative. And though I was never been abusive (verbally or physically), or cheat, I did put my ex gf in hard times for the last 1,5 year of our relationship. I think it could be enlighten you to see from another point of view in this case.
First of all, as someone who have been clean for years and then relapsed and clean again, I want to ask you.. do you really know who’s your bf? By knowing who he is, I mean the person behind all that manipulative acts, behind the images he might’ve created in front of you. It is very important for you to remember clearly how he behaved when he is clean for some period. This is the person he really is. Because whoever he has become when he is under influence or briefly clean (less than one or two months) is clearly not the real person he is. If u can remember who he is behind all the mess he created, think, does that person worth all this shit? Does that real person inside him worth your love and your efforts?
Second, if that person is indeed worth it, then please help him. What you must understand, addiction is a disease. It’s not just a bad habit one can quit in an instance. Think of it thas a low blood sugar illness, where one must continue consume sugar or he’s body will collapse. So in order to keep his mind and body function, he will do anything like lying or stealing. In this case, the sugar is meth which is quite expensive. If you really love him, encourage him to find the help he needs. Be there with him. Find the cause why he keeps using again, is it the neighborhood, his friends, works (I used to use because my job in film industry knows no working hour so I need meth to boost my stamina all the time). Remind him the person he was before all of this happened. Because as an addict, after all the disappointment we caused to the ppl we loved, at some point we started to believe that we’re nothing more than a pathetic loser.
The third one, if you’re not so sure which one is the real him and which one is the addict, then I’m sorry to say that you might have fall in love with the images he’s trying to make. Keep your distance, but try to keep him under the loop, befriend with him, help him only if you could but do nothing more than what a friend would do. With this attitude, you can justify the blame he accused you. Try to explain to him that you would still be around, as a friend but nothing more. Try to get new activities that keep your thoughts away from him. At least that’s what my ex gf does and it looks like it’s working.
I hope this help you in anyway that’s possible.
Dee.
February 18, 2017 at 4:44 am #128189Dee Dee
ParticipantOh, I’m sorry I forgot to answer your crucial question.
No, Adele, it is not your fault at all. That’s the only thing I have never done as an addict, blaming someone else for all the bad shit happened in my life.
Don’t take the blame for something that he did. It’s just his act, an excuse, an effort to run from reality that he is a pathetic loser now. Don’t listen to that bs.
Dee.
February 18, 2017 at 6:01 am #128197Karen Macrae
ParticipantThere are so many things going on here and there is a big umbrella where he could be included under… I am thinking narcissist personality . Check out some U-Tube videos on this.
No matter, you have only one live to live and you deserve to be happy. If being happy means trying to fix this broken human, then by all means stay. If not, go, and go no contact. Do not answer calls or emails.
Good luckFebruary 18, 2017 at 8:28 am #128201Anonymous
GuestDear Adele:
You asked: “how can someone say they love you more than anything and hurt you so much?”
My answer: saying it is easy, verbalizing the sounds and words it takes to say :I love you more than anything” takes very little time and very little effort, a few seconds and it is done. The person saying it may feel love as he says it, or not.On the other hand, to not hurt you by not using meth, for example, is a very difficult, time consuming effort, requiring so much more than a few seconds of a verbal output.
You asked: “AM i wrong for holding on to his awful past mistakes? IS it my fault?”
My answer: These are not your fault: his history and present practices of meth addiction, his childhood, his past before he met you, all of which were not encouraging regarding a prospect of a healthy relationship with you.
In your relationship with him, you are responsible for your part in it. For example, it is possible that the girlfriend of a meth addict is abusive to the meth addict. The fact that he has been or is a meth addict does not mean that his girlfriend is necessarily not- abusive. It can be both. I think it is often both because of the great distress the two parties are experiencing. Distress often leads to abuse.
My advice: Since abuse begets abuse and he is abusive to you, make this latest breakup the final one. Work on your part in a relationship, being loving, kind, etc., with a man who treats you respectfully. Let professionals help him with his addiction- you are not a professional, not your job.
* Your first line: ““Insanity is doing the same thing over and over”- your quote is incomplete: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
anita
February 19, 2017 at 11:26 am #128331shordeel
ParticipantYea well. I blocked him. I’ve had enough of being abused.
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