

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.
ABOUT ME

I'm Marti Bradley and I've spent the past several decades living among, working with and loving addicts and alcoholics. I'm married to a substance abuse interventionist and work alongside him, as well as working as a manager for a self-development company. I'm a Master Practitioner in Usui-Tibetan Reiki with more than 15 years of education in the healing arts, energy work and the journey of self-awareness.
This blog seeks to help those with addicts in their lives to live and love joyously while navigating addiction treatment and recovery. My wish is that the words written here will stir your thoughts, make you smile, offer hope and remind you that you are never alone. We're all in this together.