Prescription drug addiction paired with paranoia and codependency creates a trap that worsens both problems. The addiction damages the brain, leaving a 41-year-old acting childlike, and professional help from an addiction specialist is the only way out.
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So there's a couple things at play here. There's extreme paranoia because of your addiction and there's codependency on your part.
Oh yeah.
And those two things are a deadly pair because the thing is that you're gonna be so codependent to his behavior that it used to be and so afraid to leave that you're gonna continue to just be in this cycle. And then you, because of paranoia, that you need to get serious help. And I'm gonna be real with you, you are going to need to talk to someone about an addiction specialist to figure out how to get you off of this prescription addiction. And you know that. You know it's frying your brain in front of us. We're seeing it. And I'm being real. It is literally reverting you back to a childlike state in the way that you're acting. You know that, right?
I tell him that all the time. I'm like, tell him you're 41 years old. You're not 12. Quit acting like a child. And it's like I wanna grab ahold of him and shake the shit out of him. Like, what is wrong with you?
Well, see, the funny part is I wanna grab you and shake the shit out of you.