Since my first post on here, I feel like in the last two years I have had many breaking points. Many of those points I thought were going to be relationship deal breakers, but they turned out to make my relationship with my partner so much stronger and better.
I am now coming into the third week of my partner accepting that he needs help and having one relapse within those three weeks with heroin. Because I am struggling to work on my self-care, especially because of this pandemic and doing everything at home (my car also decided it wasn’t going to start yesterday, so no escaping the house!), I am having way more mental/emotional breakdowns. I have spent more time focusing on my boundaries, reading for fun vs. reading JUST about addiction, and making sure I get the rest/activities I need. At the same time, I am teetering on the edge of whether I stay in this relationship or keep working through it with his addictions. He is getting some of the help he needs (I personally think that inpatient might be better), but I am feeling so drained and worn out over the constant stress this has brought me.
How do you get through those points where you thought there was no return?
How do you get through your breaking points?
jlynnmarch
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