You're listening to the Love Over Addiction Podcast.

Hey, how are you?

So last week we talked about the powerful decision to leave

someone that you love that struggles with addiction.

And today we're going to talk about staying because if there's

one thing in our community that we practice, it is non-judgment.

I will never tell you whether you should stay or whether you should go.

That's ultimately a decision that you get to make and that you should

have full ownership of.

And there isn't one answer that fits everyone.

Plus today you might decide to stay, but as we're going to talk about,

you reserve the right to change your mind at any point.

And you can change your mind multiple times throughout the day,

whether you want to stay or whether you want to go.

Now, when I love someone struggling with addiction,

there were moments where I thought, this is it, I'm in it for life.

We are going to make it.

We've got what it takes.

This is, I remember it about the reasons why I fell in love with him

that I saw his true potential, that I was reminded that he was an amazing

human being when we first started dating.

And then there were moments where I was convinced

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