The Ones Who Stayed

a blog for those who love someone

struggling with addiction

 

We are "the ones who stayed." Stayed in the lives of our addicted partners, family or friends. Loving someone through addiction and recovery is not for the timid. You are part of an elite group of souls who chose to remain when others fled.

 

These articles are addressed to those of you who are without addictions, but love an addicted person and are committed to being a part of that person's life.

 

There are volumes upon volumes of published works on addictive behaviors, co-dependence, enabling and the like. This is not one. This work simply seeks to help those partners, friends, and family members of addicts who are navigating the treatment and recovery processes while trying to live their daily lives.

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    Loving an Addict without Losing Yourself

    Loving an Addict without Losing Yourself

    Understand that you cannot understand. That’s the first hurdle. If you do not have addictive tendencies yourself, you will never truly...
    Dirty Words

    Dirty Words

    Understand that the “rest of the world” doesn't understand After years of working in recovery circles, the terms “alcoholic” and “addict”...
    Sweet Surrender

    Sweet Surrender

    I have some close friends who play in a rock & roll band on the club circuit. They were performing at a club in my town that I choose not...
    R-E-S-P-E-C-T

    R-E-S-P-E-C-T

    My husband often says that his definition of respect is based on seeing someone acting in a manner that he, given the same set of...
    Love is Cool Like That

    Love is Cool Like That

    My husband’s friend Alan passed away this week. I didn’t like Alan. “Oily” would be the word I would use to describe him. He was a ex-con...

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