You're listening to the Love Over Addiction Podcast. Hey, it's me Michelle, how are you doing?

me Michelle, how are you doing? I want to talk today about a very, very important subject called trust.

And it's probably one of the most obvious and overlooked subjects in relationships, period.

Whether there's addiction present or not,

trust is the most fundamental factor of a successful relationship and it can be

disastrous if you don't have trust.

So what does trust mean and what does it practically look like, right?

Because we're not some podcast that just does a bunch of woo-woo-woo self-help words, we actually break it down and describe it and

dissect it for you so that you can apply what you learn in your life. it and if you're not

if you can apply what you learn in your life because if you're not applying, you're not growing.

And if you're not growing, you're staying stuck.

And if you're stuck, you're miserable, right? So let's go back to the

beginning when you first met your loved one who suffers and struggles with addiction.

My bet, if I were a betting type of

would be that you came into this relationship

as an untrusting person.

And if I were to take that bet, double down on that bet, take that bet further, I would say you probably came into the relationship an untrusting person

due to some traumatic experiences of not

being able to trust some adult in your childhood.

I'm thinking maybe you had a difficult relationship with a parent

or your trust was violated by with a

family friend

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