Addiction Is Not Normal

Love Over Addiction

Michelle Anderson

Society & Culture, Wifeofanalcoholic, Codependency, Relationships, Recovery, Alanon

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

When you think about the relationship you have with your loved one that suffers from addiction, you're more than likely the one who does all of the giving and gets nothing - or very little - in return. Does this sound familiar?

But here's the thing: that's not a normal relationship because addiction is not normal.

Tune into this week's episode to hear why you might be experiencing some trauma because of your loved one's behavior. I also share how to get to a place of feeling empowered and happy again (and why you deserve the love that you so freely give to others).

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https://loveoveraddiction.com/normal/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Love Over Addiction Podcast.
0:04.5	Hey, how are you? I had a nightmare a couple days ago about my ex-husband and I occasionally
0:30.5	have the maybe once a month. I'm never replaying like a specific situation in my head that occurred
0:37.0	in my past. It's always a present situation that my ex-husband comes into and it always ends badly
0:48.2	and it stays with me for days and I think that's fascinating because it's been like a gazillion years
0:58.5	since I left him and it proves to me that what you and I are going through while loving someone's
1:07.3	suffering from addiction, it's trauma. It's real legit trauma that is buried subconsciously
1:17.0	in our heads and in our hearts and I've done all the therapy. I've spent all the time and money
1:25.8	doing the work. You guys, I've dedicated my work to learning about addiction and helping others
1:36.0	through this and if I don't mean to be like, oh, I'm sounding snobby but if anyone should be healed
1:44.9	from this, it should be me and yet it's still there's traces and there's the lingers of trauma
1:56.0	that still reside that need to be taken care of and sometimes it happens it's triggered because
2:04.5	I hear some news about him from family members that makes me so grateful that I left
2:13.3	reminds me why I did and it's super confirming that for me leaving was the right answer
2:20.5	and then it works my way through my subconscious and comes out and manifests into my dreams
2:26.1	and other times it's just I think there's just old residual fear there that will always live there
2:33.6	and that's why I want to say to you and I hope this is confirming that addiction tends to
2:41.3	make us feel like we are the dramatic ones or we are the ones with the problems and the issues
2:50.5	that somehow were difficult right but in reality the truth is is what you are experiencing is
2:59.2	incredibly traumatic and that should hopefully encourage you to perhaps take a look at yourself
3:13.0	and ask yourself the question am I addicted to addiction it's an easy trap to fall into I fell
3:22.7	into it myself where you were born you I'm talking to you in particular we're born with an
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