You're listening to the Love Over Addiction Podcast.

Hey there! How are you?

I am at home outside, as you can hear with the birds in the background.

I'm homeschooling, which is so much fun. I'm really, really enjoying myself.

In fact, I'm convinced that I missed my calling to be a teacher.

Not so much, just joking. In fact, this again has given me complete respect for teachers.

I'm trying to teach my fourth grader about integers. Does anyone know what an integer is?

Does anyone remember what an integer is? I don't. Lost. I am lost in fourth grade math.

Anyways, today we are going to be talking about what to do or better yet what to ask yourself

if you have decided to leave your relationship with someone who suffers from addiction.

So we have a community of very, very special safe, safe place that has been an existence for,

I think, over 10 years, at loveoveraddiction.com.

And we have a Facebook group. And a lot of those women inside the program,

they a lot end up leaving their loved ones.

And deciding that they've had enough and saying, you know what, I deserve better than this.

I'm not going to settle for crumbs. I want the entire pie. And I need to move on.

I found the strength. I have the courage. I am not getting what I need and what I want in this

relationship with this very sick individual. I don't mean sick as entwisted. I mean sick as an unhealthy.

And this is it. Like, I've got to make a break for it because I get one life to live. And I think

there's hope. I think there's a possibility that I can create a better life. And so not everyone does

that. But a lot of women find themselves in that position. And then they ask, okay, Michelle,

so what do I do now? I've left. I've gone through the very scary process of getting a divorce

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