Hi Ladyshadow,

I'm proud to meet you. You're a very strong person, emotionally and mentally. You made an extremely hard decision to protect and benefit you and your partner. If you didn't do what you did, there may be a scary news story about you right now.

I have a lot of respect for someone who can move away from addiction and make positive changes and good choices. People like me and you often trust our emotions when it would be smarter and healthier to trust the evidence and make "brain" decisions instead of "heart" decisions.

This board has helped me so much.

Is there something you can for yourself in the coming days? Something to show yourself some self care?

Love yourself. If your friend was hurting and scared right now you'd look after them. So... What would it look like to look after you??

RDMercer