A Goodbye Letter From the Addict to the Addiction Leave a comment

As good as I felt when I was with you at times, I felt terrible during others. I missed out on important events and gave up things that once meant a lot to me. I hit some of the lowest points in my life, and I now realize that I am worth more. It is time for me to regain control. I will pursue new opportunities, achieve new goals, and adopt a healthy lifestyle. And to do all of this, I need you out of my life.

• Because of you, I’ve spent nights in jail, I lost my license, my job, my marriage, and my kids won’t speak to me.
• I don’t know why my memory is so short and why I always remember the good times with such intensity.
• I realized they all came as a result of my interactions with you.
• This is a difficult letter to write, and I should have written it years ago.
• He has said that you demanded all of his attention and had become the major part of his job.

Our success stories statnd testament. Contact us for a confidential chat and evaluation. You threatened me with illness, depression, anxiety. I reached a point where I wouldn’t go anywhere without you.

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I just knew that things were just easier when you were around. We’ve known each other a long time, haven’t we? goodbye letter to alcohol examples You’re in one of my earliest, most frightening memories, although I didn’t know you were there at the time.

I know the future can and will be exciting, but also a challenge, a challenge I will embrace and will face head-on. I have hope in my heart, and hope is a wonderful thing. Mostly I coped, but a series of stressful events, cumulatively devastating to me and my newly-thin skin, led me to seek your comforting arms again.

Don’t go!

The other people I was with were bothered by that, and they began to avoid me because they didn’t like you — and they no longer liked the “me” I had become. This is my dear addiction letter, a testament to the isolation and pain you caused. I know that I can hear you shouting for me at times, calling me back to hang around with you. But I know that you are an evil that my life needs to be without.I am healthier without you. Since leaving you I suffer less anxiety about normal life things that others can deal with.

• With all the will I have, you will not be permitted in my life again.
• I think it happened when I had to go away and live on my own.
• It is understandable that the writer may be emotionally charged.
• You nearly took that from me forever, but I have it back, and you will never have it again.