You're listening to the Love Over Addiction Podcast.

Hey, it's me, Michele. 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 podcasts that just does a bunch of 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.

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 gal, 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 a family friend or a sibling in your life somewhere along the line

in your childhood, you learned not to trust. And so when you found someone who you wanted to

partner with for the rest of your life, you were secretly hoping on some probably very subconscious

level that they would be able to heal your trust issues, which is kind of messed up, right?

I mean, we probably should not go into relationships thinking that somebody else can make up for our past.

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